NCSU pressurized water reactor physical simulator

• Published in: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Nuclear Science; (USA) Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 1690 - 1695
• Main Authors: Caves, J.R., Miller, G.D., Wehring, B.W., Cornetti, R.W.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01-10-1989
• Subjects: 210200 - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Nonboiling Water Cooled; 220400 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Control Systems; Analog computers; ANALOG SYSTEMS; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; Computerized monitoring; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; FEDERAL REGION IV; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; Inductors; Instruments; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; Power generation; POWER PLANTS; Power system modeling; Power system protection; Pressure control; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR SIMULATORS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SIMULATORS; SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; USA; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
• ISSN: 0018-9499; 1558-1578
• DOI: 10.1109/23.41130

A 1/9-linear-scale operating model of a nuclear power plant that has been designed and constructed at North Carolina State University is described. The thermal-hydraulic response of the simulator is driven by a physical system that has been scaled to model the operation of a commercial pressurized-water-reactor plant. Computers control power, flows, pressures, and levels; monitor 32 channels of analog input and 48 channels of digital status and simulate the action of plant protection systems. The loop instrumentation system and the data acquisition and control system are detailed, and the planned utilization of the model is described.< >