Blockage diagnostics for nuclear power plant pressure transmitter sensing lines

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-372

  Lin, Kang ^a   Holbert, Keith E ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; FUNCTIONS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; STEAM POWER PLANTS;

HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IMPULSE LINES; LINE MODELS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NOISE DATUMS; OPERATIONAL DATUMS; PEAK MAGNITUDES; PI MODELS; PLANT OPERATIONS; PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCES; PRESSURE SENSING; PRESSURE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS; RESONANT PEAKS; SIMULATION RESULTS; STEAM PRESSURES;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 58349119391     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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