Space-time kinetics modeling of Advanced Heavy Water Reactor for control studies

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-324

  Shimjith, S R ^a   Tiwari, A P ^a   Naskar, M ^a   Bandyopadhyay, B ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED HEAVY WATER REACTORS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROL STUDIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE; INTERNAL FEEDBACK; LINEAR MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NEUTRON DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SPACE-TIME KINETICS; SPATIAL EFFECT; SPATIAL OSCILLATIONS; STATE SPACE FORM; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; VERTICAL PRESSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAVY WATER; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; XENON;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 75849150246     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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