Optimal control of a coupled-core nuclear reactor by a singular perturbation method
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- Vol. 20 (6), 766-769
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tac.1975.1101096
Abstract
Optimal control of a two-core coupled nuclear reactor system is considered. The mathematical description of this system leads to an eighth-order nonlinear time delay model. This model is written in such a way that when a scalar parameter is perturbed, it reduces to a second-order model without time delays. Using the recently developed singular perturbation theory, an approximate solution valid for the eighth-order time delay model is obtained by solving only reduced-order models. Computational advantages of this method over the second variation method are discussed.Keywords
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