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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2021.09.029

Henry gas solubility optimization for control of a nuclear reactor: A case study  

Mousakazemi, Seyed Mohammad Hossein (Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Payame Noor University)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.54, no.3, 2022 , pp. 940-947 More about this Journal
Abstract
Meta-heuristic algorithms have found their place in optimization problems. Henry gas solubility optimization (HGSO) is one of the newest population-based algorithms. This algorithm is inspired by Henry's law of physics. To evaluate the performance of a new algorithm, it must be used in various problems. On the other hand, the optimization of the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) gains for load-following of a nuclear power plant (NPP) is a good challenge to assess the performance of HGSO. Accordingly, the power control of a pressurized water reactor (PWR) is targeted, based on the point kinetics model with six groups of delayed-neutron precursors. In any optimization problem based on meta-heuristic algorithms, an efficient objective function is required. Therefore, the integral of the time-weighted square error (ITSE) performance index is utilized as the objective (cost) function of HGSO, which is constrained by a stability criterion in steady-state operations. A Lyapunov approach guarantees this stability. The results show that this method provides superior results compared to an empirically tuned PID controller with the least error. It also achieves good accuracy compared to an established GA-tuned PID controller.
Keywords
Pressurized water reactor (PWR); Proportional-integral-derivative (PID); controller; Henry gas solubility optimization (HGSO); Point kinetics core model; Lyapunov stability synthesis;
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