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Philippe Mathieu, E. Distexhe
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 2 | February 1986 | Pages 135-147
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33736
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Accurate control instructions in a reactor control aid computer are included in order to realize the boron makeup throughput, which is required to obtain the boron concentration in the primary coolant loop, predicted by a neutronic code. A modeling of the transfer function between the makeup and the primary loop is proposed. The chemical and volumetric control system, the pressurizer, and the primary loop are modeled as instantaneous diffusion cells. The pipes are modeled as time lag lines. The model provides the unstationary boron distributions in the different elements of the setup. A numerical code is developed to calculate the time evolutions of the makeup throughput during power transients.