22.921
Nuclear Power Plant Dynamics and Control
January IAP 2006
Topics
- Introduction
- Reactor Operation at Power
- Use of MIT Research Reactor (Instructors: E. Lau and F. Warmsley)
- Reactivity Constraint Approach; Period Generated Control
- Light Water Reactor Startup
Readings
- Bernard, J. A. “Light Water Reactor Control Systems.” In Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering . Edited by J. G. Webster. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1999. ISBN: 9780471139461.
- ———. “Use of a Rule-Based System for Process Control.” IEEE Control Systems 8, no. 5 (October 1988): 3-13.
- There is no required textbook for this course. Students are expected to read the course notes assigned for each lecture, and consult supplemental readings from the published literature as distributed in class.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.