Robust control of the PWR core power using quantitative feedback theory

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1 PART 2, 2011, Pages 258-266

  Torabi, Keivan ^a   Safarzadeh, Omid ^b   Rahimi Moghaddam, Abolfazl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nuclear reactor; pressurized water reactors (PWR); Quantitative feedback Theory (QFT); robust control

Indexed keywords

LINEAR MODEL; LTI SYSTEMS; NON-LINEARITY; OPERATING CONDITION; PRESSURIZED WATER; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY; REACTOR POWER; UNCERTAIN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; WORKING CONDITIONS; QFT CONTROLLERS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; ROBUST CONTROL; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 79951673025     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2094207     Document Type: Article

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