Optimal Linear Parameter-Varying Control Design for a Pressurized Water Reactors

Bodenheimer, Bobby and Bendotti, Pascale (1995) Optimal Linear Parameter-Varying Control Design for a Pressurized Water Reactors. Technical Report. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. [CaltechCDSTR:1995.001]

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Abstract

The applicability of employing parameter-dependent control to a nuclear pressurized water reactor is investigated. The synthesis techque produces a controller which achieves specified performance against the worst-case time variation of a measurable parameter which enters the plant in a linear fractional manner. The plant can thus have widely varying dynamics over the operating range. The results indicate this control technique is comparable to linear control when small operating ranges are considered.

EPrint Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Additional Information:	The authors thank Jorge Tierno for many helpful discussions. Richard Murray, John Doyle, and Carolyn Beck provided useful comments. The second author gratefully acknowledges financial support provided by Ministere de la Recherche et de l'Espace (MRE), France.
Subjects:	All Records
ID Code:	108
Deposited By:	Caltech Library System
Deposited On:	14 September 2006
Unique Identifier:	CaltechCDSTR:1995.001
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