Robust Optimal Gain Scheduling Controller for Nuclear Reactors

ABSTRACT:

Nuclear power reactors are, in nature nonlinear and time varying. These

characteristics must be considered, if large power variations occur in their

working regime. In this paper a robust optimal gain scheduling controller for

regulating the power of a nuclear reactor has been designed and simulated.

The proposed controller is capable of regulating power levels in a wide power

range (10% to 100% power levels). The controller achieves a fast and good

transient response. The simulation results show that the proposed controller

outperforms the fixed optimal control recently cited in the literature for

nuclear power plants.