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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2020.24.6.557

Log Count Rate Circuits for Checking Electronic Cards in Low Frequency Band Reactor Power Monitoring  

Kim, Jong-ho (R&D Center of Woojinntec Inc.)
Che, Gyu-shik (R&D Center of Woojinntec Inc.)
Abstract
In order for thermal degradationIn, excore nuclear flux monitoring system, as a monitoring and signal processing methodology of reactor power, monitors neutron pulses generated during nuclear fission as frequency status, and converts them into DC voltage, and then log values resultantly. The methods realy applied in the nuclear power plant are to construct combination of counters and flip-flops, or diodes and capacitors up to now. These methodes are reliable for relative high frequencies, while not credible for reasonable low frequencies or extreme low values. Therefore, we developed the circuit that converts frequencies into DC voltages, into and into log DC values in the wide range from low Hz to several hundred high kHz. We proved their validities through testing them using real data used in nuclear power plant and analyzed their results. And, these methods will be used to measure the neutron level of excore nuclear flux monitoring system in nuclear power plant.
Keywords
Voltage adjuster; Divider; Excore nuclear flux monitoring system; Log converter; RMS-DC converter;
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