Smart soft-sensing for the feedwater flowrate at PWRs using a GMDH algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1 PART 2, 2010, Pages 340-347

  Lim, Dong Hyuk ^a   Lee, Sung Han ^a   Na, Man Gyun ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Feedwater flowrate; Fouling phenomena; Group method of data handling (GMDH); Soft sensing; Venturi meter

Indexed keywords

FEEDWATER; FEEDWATER FLOWRATE; FOULING PHENOMENA; GROUP METHOD OF DATA HANDLING; SOFT-SENSING; VENTURI METERS;

MONITORING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 77950666260     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2035121     Document Type: Article

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