Jingkang Li , Zunyan Hu , Zeguang Li , Liangfei Xu , Jianqiu Li
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Temperature fluctuation mitigation of heat pipe cooled reactor with closed Brayton cycle during load-following dynamic power regulation
Heat pipe cooled reactors (HPRs) offer the potential to achieve load-following control without the need for control rods or drums, thereby simplifying the control system. However, during load-following operation, HPRs experience fluctuations in temperature, which can impact safety. Limited research has focused on mitigating temperature fluctuations of HPRs during dynamic power regulation leveraging their inherent load-following capabilities. This study examines the characteristics of an HPR with closed Brayton Cycle (CBC), and develops a load-following control algorithm. A simplified CBC model is proposed to facilitate control strategy analysis. Model predictive control (MPC) is employed to suppress temperature fluctuations, revealing that the dynamic response of output power under MPC resembles that of a first-order inertial system. Consequently, a power control algorithm based on first-order inertial feedforward control is introduced. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm, with a time constant ranging between 500 and 1000 s, significantly mitigates temperature and power fluctuations in HPRs during load-following dynamic power regulation.
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Annals of Nuclear Energy provides an international medium for the communication of original research, ideas and developments in all areas of the field of nuclear energy science and technology. Its scope embraces nuclear fuel reserves, fuel cycles and cost, materials, processing, system and component technology (fission only), design and optimization, direct conversion of nuclear energy sources, environmental control, reactor physics, heat transfer and fluid dynamics, structural analysis, fuel management, future developments, nuclear fuel and safety, nuclear aerosol, neutron physics, computer technology (both software and hardware), risk assessment, radioactive waste disposal and reactor thermal hydraulics. Papers submitted to Annals need to demonstrate a clear link to nuclear power generation/nuclear engineering. Papers which deal with pure nuclear physics, pure health physics, imaging, or attenuation and shielding properties of concretes and various geological materials are not within the scope of the journal. Also, papers that deal with policy or economics are not within the scope of the journal.