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Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Author: Jeffery Lewins
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 8 7 5 - 9
Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control highlights the application of classical control methods in the frequency space to the dynamic processes of a nuclear reactor. This book… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control highlights the application of classical control methods in the frequency space to the dynamic processes of a nuclear reactor. This book contains nine chapters and begins with an introduction to some important mathematical theories related to nuclear engineering, such as the Laplace and Fourier transforms, linear system stability, and the probability theory. The succeeding chapters deal with the frequency space of classical linear design. A chapter describes a stochastic model for the “lumped reactor” and presents equations that measure the departure from the mean, as well as representative experiments or applications of the theory to neutron detection. The discussion then shifts to the aspects of reliability and its consequences for safety of nuclear reactors and some techniques for nonlinear studies centered on the use of the state space and its equations in the time domain. The final chapter introduces the modern electric analogue computer and derives the patching or programming rules that can be use to find solutions to problems of interest using the analogous behavior of electric circuits. This chapter also provide examples of intrinsic interest in nuclear engineering showing the programming involved and typical results, including the slower transients of xenon poisoning and fuel burn-up. This book is intended for nuclear engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and nuclear engineering undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Dedication
ERRATA
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introductory Review
Publisher Summary
Laplace and Fourier Transforms
Linear System Stability
Review of Probability Theory
Chapter 2: Neutron and Precursor Equations
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Physical Data
Effective Values
Static Reactivity Calculations
Practical Calculations of Kinetics Parameters
Conclusion
Problems for Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Elementary Solutions of the Kinetics Equations at Low Power
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Kinetics Parameters
Some Exact Solutions
Some Approximate Methods
Problems for Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Linear Reactor Process Dynamics with Feedback
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Introduction
Neutronics Transfer Function
Void Effects
Reactor Thermal Transients
Reactor Plant Dynamics
Xenon Poisoning
Reactor Control Elements
Load Dynamics
Conclusion
Problems for Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Power Reactor Control Systems
Publisher Summary
Introduction
General Control Considerations
Sample Control Calculations
Light Water Reactors
Heavy Water Reactors (HWRs)
Gas Cooled Reactors
Sodium Cooled Reactors
Problems for Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Fluctuations and Reactor Noise
Publisher Summary
Introduction
Probability Equations
Correlation Functions
Experimental Applications
Conclusion
Problems for Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Safety and Reliability
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Introduction
Logical and Safety Circuits
FAULT TREE DIAGRAMS
EVENT TREE DIAGRAM
Failure Expectations
Chapter 8: Nonlinear Systems; Stability and Control
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State Space Representations
Stability in Nonlinear Systems
Liapunov’s Direct Stability Study
Application to Reactor Studies
Optimum Control Theory
Optimum Reactor Control
Problems for Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Analogue Computing
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Introduction
Linear Analogue Elements
Elementary Programs and Output
Computer Scaling
Additional Elements
Sample Programs
Conclusion
Problems for Chapter 9
Index
Inside Back Cover
- No. of pages: 278
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- eBook ISBN: 9781483278759
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