Robust Optimal Gain Scheduling Controller for Nuclear Reactors  Fulltext 

[ MEHRDAD KHAJAVI ] - Assistant Prof Islamic Azad University Takestan branch Takestan Iran
[ MOHAMMAD MENHAJ ] - Associate Prof. School of computer and electrical engineering, Oklahoma State University Oklahoma, U.S.A
[ AMIR SURATGAR ] - PhD student of electrical engineering Amir-Kabir University of Technology Electrical Engineering Department, Tehran, Iran

خلاصه مقاله:

Nuclear power reactors are, in nature nonlinear and time varying. These characteristics must b e considered, if large power variations occur in their working regime. In this paper a robust optimal gain scheduling controller for regulating the power of a nuclear reactor has been designed and simulated. The proposed controller is capable of regulating power levels in a wide power range (10% to 100% power levels). The controller achieves a fast and good transient response. The simulation results show that the proposed controller outperforms the fixed optimal control recently cited in the literature for nuclear power plants.

Modeling and control, Nuclear Reactors, Gain Scheduling, Optimal Control, Robust Control