Higher Order Modeling of Reactor Regulating System and Nonlinear Neural Model Predictive Controller Design for a Nuclear Power Generating Station
Nonlinear Neural Model Predictive Controller
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53560/PPASA(59-1)747Keywords:
SIMO Modelling, Reactor Regulating System, Model Reduction, Nonlinear Neural Predictive Control, Helium Control Valve Dynamics, PHWR, Nuclear Power PlantAbstract
In the existing instrumentation and control system of an operating Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) based nuclear power plant, conventional controllers are used to control the reactor power. A new idea of Nonlinear Neural Model Predictive Controller (NNMPC) is introduced in this research work. The new 17th order nonlinear higher order model of Reactor Regulating System (RRS) is developed under different plant operating modes and various parametric conditions in Single Input Multi Output (SIMO) configuration with special emphasis on Helium Control Valve Dynamics (HCVD) and Coupled Nonlinear Iodine and Xenon Dynamics (CNIXD). The SIMO RRS model is developed based on first principle. The 17th order model is reduced to 9th order lower dynamic model using Balanced Truncation Method (BTM). The Reduced Order SIMO RRS (RO-SIMO-RRS) model is programmed, simulated and validated in SIMULINK environment. The plant Neural SIMO RRS (N-SIMO-RRS) model is developed using innovative data generated from RO-SIMO-RRS simulations. The plant neural N-SIMO-RRS model is optimized using Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm (LMA). Using the identified N-SIMO-RRS model, the Nonlinear Neural Model Predictive Controller (NNMPC) is designed, trained, verified, validated, and finally optimized using the backtracking technique in the SIMULINK environment. The optimized results are obtained from designed closed loop RRS and found within the acceptable design limits. The performance of the proposed closed loop RRS is also tested in reference tracking mode with excellent fast tractability near the optimal target demanded power level.
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