APPLICATION OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING TO OPTIMAL SHUTDOWN CONTROL.

Abstract

The digital computer algorithm produced by the methods of dynamic programming, generates optimal reactor shutdown programs that (i) minimize the postshutdown xenon concentration maximum, or that (ii) minimize the xenon concentration itself at a given postshutdown time. Such shutdown programs are found to consist of pulsing the reactor at specified intervals. The number and duration of the pulses depend on the parameters involved, especially the magnitude of the flux constraints, and the constraints on the xenon override reactivity available in a given fuel loading. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 27, 1965
Accession Number
AD0620655

Entities

People

  • M. Ash

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Reactivities
  • Reactor Shutdown

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies