Port-Hamiltonian Control of Nuclear Reactors

Authors

Zhe Dong, Bowen Li, Junyi Li, Xiaojin Huang, Yujie Dong, Yajun Zhang, Zuoyi Zhang

Abstract

The port-Hamiltonian form (PHF) of nuclear reactor dynamics is first given with the corresponding Hamiltonian function determined by the shifted-ectropies of neutron kinetics and reactor thermal-hydraulics. Then, a passivity-based control (PBC) is proposed by adding extra damping injections to the PHF, and it is shown by theoretical analysis that satisfactory closed-loop stability can be guaranteed. The newly designed control law is applied to a nuclear heating reactor, and the simulation results not only verify the theoretical analysis but also show the satisfactory reactor power-level control performance.

Citation

• Journal: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1022–1036
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• DOI: 10.1109/tns.2022.3167524

BibTeX

@article{Dong_2022,
  title={{Port-Hamiltonian Control of Nuclear Reactors}},
  volume={69},
  ISSN={1558-1578},
  DOI={10.1109/tns.2022.3167524},
  number={5},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science},
  publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
  author={Dong, Zhe and Li, Bowen and Li, Junyi and Huang, Xiaojin and Dong, Yujie and Zhang, Yajun and Zhang, Zuoyi},
  year={2022},
  pages={1022--1036}
}

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