A Nonlinear Dynamic Optimization Technique for Controlling Xenon Induced Oscillations in Large Nuclear Reactors

1 January 1971

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Vol. 18 (1) , 408-411
https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1971.4325900

Abstract

The problem of controlling the spatial power distribution in a reactor core under changing load conditions is formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem. The one-dimensional distributed core model is approximated by using finite differences to obtain a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Linear programming is then used in an iterative scheme to determine the optimum control rod strategy.

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Optimal Control of Xenon-Power Spatial Transients
Nuclear Science and Engineering, 1968
Optimal control trajectories with minimax objective functions by linear programming
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1967