The penn state intelligent distributed control research laboratory

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 478-482

  Edwards, R M ^a   Turso, J A ^a   Lee, K Y ^b   Garcia, H E ^b   Ray, Asok ^a  

^a Department of Nuclear Engineering ^*  (India)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed control; hierarchical control; intelligent control; microprocessor based control; nuclear power plant; robust control; simulation; TCP IP

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH LABORATORIES - PENNSYLVANIA;

DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026912990     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: 15580059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/60.148569     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. E.S. Kenney, R.M. Edwards, K.Y. Lee, Asok Ray, and S.T. Kumara, FINAL Technical Report: Engineering Research Equipment Grant - Microprocessor-based Controllers, NSF Grant ECS-8905917, January 1991.
2. S. Bhatt, J. Naser, L. Oakes, W. Reuland, J. Weiss, and D. Wilkinson, “Bridging the I&C Gap for Nuclear Plants,” EPRI Journal, December 1990, pp 36–39.
3. R.M. Edwards, J.A. Turso, H.E. Garcia, S. Dharap, and S. Lee, “Real-time Distributed Simulation Using the Modular Modeling System Interfaced to a Bailey NETWORK 90 System,” EPRI 1991 International Conference on Power Plant & Power System Training, Simulators, & Modeling, Miami Beach, Florida, April 1991.
4. R.M. Edwards, C. Chavez, S. Kamarthi, S. Dharap, R.W. Lindsay, and J. Staffon, “The Graphics-Based Human Interface to the DISYS Diagnostic and Control Guidance Expert System at EBR-II,” Proceedings of the 1990 International Fast Reactor Safety Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, Vol. III, pp 309–316, August 1990.
5. C.M. Chavez, J.H. Goldberg, and R.M. Edwards, “A Human Factors Evaluation of a Highly Automated Nuclear Power Plant,” AI 91: Frontiers in Innovative Computing for the Nuclear Industry, Jackson, Wyoming, September 1991.
6. Gerald L. Stephens, “Advanced Process Control with INF1 90,” Control Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 9, September 1988.
7. R.M. Edwards, D.W. Ruhl, E.H. Kievans, and G.E. Robinson, “Development and Testing of a Diagnostic System for Intelligent Distributed Control at EBR-II,” Proceedings of the 1990 International Fast Reactor Safety Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, Vol. III, pp 299–308, August 1990.
8. H.E. Garcia, Asok Ray, and R.M. Edwards, “A Reconfigurable Control Strategy for Distributed Digital Process Control,” Proceedings of the Sixth Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, pp 184–188, Yale University, Connecticut, August 1990.
9. H.E. Garcia, Asok Ray, and R.M. Edwards, “Reconfigurable Control of Power Plants Using Learning Automata,” IEEE Control System Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp 85–92 (1991).
10. H.E. Garcia, R.M. Edwards, Asok Ray, and E.H. Klevans, “On-Line Diagnostics and Intelligent Control for the Steam Plant at EBR-II,” AI 91: Frontiers in Innovative Computing for the Nuclear Industry, Jackson, Wyoming, September 1991.
11. R.M.Edwards, A. Ben-Abdennour, and K.Y. Lee, “Robust Control Design Verification Using the Modular Modeling System,” EPRI1991 International Conference an Power Plant & Power System Training, Simulators, & Modeling, Miami Beach, Florida, April 1991.
12. A. Ben-Abdennour, R.M. Edwards, and K.Y. Lee, “MIMOML Robust Control for Accommodating EBR-II Feedwater System Faults,” AI 91: Frontiers in Innovative Computing for the Nuclear Industry, Jackson, Wyoming, September 1991.
13. R.M. Edwards, K.Y. Lee, and MA. Schultz, “State Feedback Assisted Classical Control: An Incremental Approach to Control Modernization of Existing and Future Nuclear Reactors and Power Plants,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 92, pp 167–185, November 1990.
14. R.M. Edwards, K.Y. Lee, and Asok Ray, “Multi-Layer Robust Control for Safety Enhancement of Reactor Operations,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 63, pp 402–403, June 1991.
15. Dan Hughes, Mac Bryan, and Robert Gould, “Safety Issues Involved in Using the PSBR for Control Algorithm Testing,” AI 91: Frontiers in Innovative Computing for the Nuclear Industry, Jackson, Wyoming, September 1991.
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17. J.A. Turso, R.M. Edwards, Dan Hughes, Mac Bryan, and H.E. Garcia, “Experience With Developing a Real World Advanced Control and Diagnostic Testbed Using a University Research Reactor,” AI 91: Frontiers in Innovative Computing for the Nuclear Industry, Jackson, Wyoming, September 1991.
18. R.M. Edwards, “Robust Optimal Control of Nuclear Reactors,” Ph.D. Dissertation in Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, June 1991.
19. C.C. Ku, K.Y. Lee, and R.M. Edwards, “A Neural Network for Adapting Nuclear Power Plant Operation for Wide Range Operation,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 63, pp 114–115, June 1991.
20. J.R. Caves, G.D. Miller, and B.W. Wehring, “NCSU Pressurized Water Reactor Physical Simulator,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 36, pp 1690–1695, October 1990.