Cascade control strategy for a space nuclear reactor system

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-112

  Alvarez Ramirez, Jose ^a   Puebla, Hector ^a   Espinosa, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRICITY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRONS; SPACE STATIONS;

CASCADE CONTROL; MODELING ERROR ESTIMATOR; NEUTRON FIELD DYNAMICS; POINT KINETICS APPROXIMATION; SIX DELAYED NEUTRON GROUP; SPACE NUCLEAR REACTOR POWER SYSTEM;

SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0342955659     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(00)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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