The Theory of the Correlation Method of Dynamic Analysis and its Application to Industrial Processes and Nuclear Power Plant

Abstract

The theory of the time domain relationship between the input and output of a linear process is presented, and the mathematical relationships are explained and clarified by graphical illustration. The theory of the correlation method of process dynamic analysis is similarly presented. Special reference is made to the use of pseudo-random binary signals as perturbation signals, and a design procedure for crosscorrelation experiments with a pseudo-random binary perturbation signal is given. Tables listing experiments so far reported in the literature are included, and applications in the process industries and to nuclear power systems are considered.