Core automated monitoring system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorFred C.-C. Chao
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Abstract
An automated monitoring system and method of operation is provided for a nuclear reactor having a pressure vessel containing a reactor core for boiling water to generate steam. A plurality of monitors provide signals for respective monitoring parameters for monitoring operation of the reactor, and a computer includes a database therein containing predetermined setpoints for the monitoring parameters. The computer identifies abnormal and normal behavior of the monitoring parameters based on the database, and determines cause of abnormal behavior of the monitoring parameters using artificial intelligence. A warning i also provided to identify the cause of the monitoring parameter abnormal behavior. And, automatic mitigation action may also be effected.
Claims11
A core automated monitoring system (CAMSYS) comprising:
- a nuclear reactor including a reactor pressure vessel containing a nuclear reactor core for boiling water in said vessel to generate steam;
- a plurality of monitors for monitoring operation of said nuclear reactor, each monitor providing a signal for a respective monitoring parameter;
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- a CAMSYS computer including:
- a database containing predetermined setpoints for said monitoring parameters;
- means for identifying abnormal and normal behavior of said monitoring parameters based on said database;
- means for determining cause of abnormal behavior of said monitoring parameters including predetermined artificial intelligence rules associated with each, primary one, of said monitoring parameters for determining said abnormal behavior cause based on performance of preselected related, secondary, ones of said monitoring parameters;
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- means for determining a control parameter to mitigate said monitoring parameter abnormal behavior.
For a nuclear reactor including a reactor pressure vessel containing a nuclear reactor for boiling water in said vessel to generate steam, and a plurality of monitors for monitoring operation of said nuclear reactor, each monitor providing a signal for a respective monitoring parameter, a method of operation comprising:
- providing a database containing predetermined setpoints for said monitoring parameters;
- identifying abnormal and normal behavior of said monitoring parameters based on said database;
- automatically determining cause of abnormal behavior of said monitoring parameters in a computer based on said database and predetermined artificial intelligence rules associated with each, primary one, of said monitoring parameters for determining said abnormal behavior cause based on performance of preselected related, secondary, ones of said monitoring parameters;
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- automatically determining a control parameter to mitigate said monitoring parameter abnormal behavior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.