Linear and Non-Linear Stability Analysis in Boiling Water Reactors: The Design of Real-time Stability Monitors

Linear and Non-Linear Stability Analysis in Boiling Water Reactors: The Design of Real-time Stability Monitors presents an analysis of the most innovative BWR reactors and stability phenomena in one accessible resource. It provides existing literature on BWRs to give early career engineers and researchers a solid background in the field, along with the latest research on stability phenomena, nuclear power monitors, and advanced computer systems used for the prediction of stability. The book emphasizes the importance of BWR technology and its embedded neutron monitoring systems (APRMs and LPRMs) and introduces non-linear stability parameters that can be used for the onset detection of instabilities in BWRs. This book will be a valuable resource for nuclear engineering students focusing on linear and non-linear analysis, as well as for those working and researching in a nuclear power capacity looking to implement stability methods and estimate decay ratios using non-linear techniques. The inclusion of analytical case studies of existing plants helps the reader to apply the theory learned to their own projects to identify well-established patterns of oscillations and implement stability methods within new and existing BWR nuclear power plants. Explores the nuclear stability of Boiling Water ReactorsPresents the most advanced methods of digital signal processing and their application in the design of real-time monitoring systemsEvaluates linear signal processing methods, such as autoregressive models, Fourier-based methods, and wavelets to calculate the decay ratioIncludes case studies of various, existing nuclear power plants, along with mathematical models and simulations INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. BWR description 3. Instability phenomena in BWRs 4. Dynamics of BWRs and mathematical models 5. Stability in Nuclear Power Plants: The Monitoring System 6. Linear signal processing methods and the Decay Ratio estimation 7. Non-linear signal processing methods: DR estimation and non-linear stability parameters

• ISBN: 978-0-08-102445-4
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés