Design and validation of optimized feedforward with robust feedback control of a nuclear reactor

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-257

  Shaffer, Roman ^a   He, Weidong ^a   Edwards, Robert M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; Feedforward control; Robust control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION; FEEDFORWARD CONTROL; LINEAR MODEL; ROBUST FEEDBACK CONTROL;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 4444303572     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3529     Document Type: Article

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