Linear and Non-linear Stability Analysis in Boiling Water Reactors: The Design of Real-Time Stability Monitors

Linear and Non-Linear Stability Analysis in Boiling Water Reactors: Applications and Fundamentals of the Design of Real-Time Stability Monitors presents a thorough analysis of the most innovative BWR reactors and stability phenomena in one accessible resource. It firstly presents a summary of existing literature on BWRs to give early career engineers and researchers a solid background in the field, as well as the latest research on stability phenomena, nuclear power monitors and advanced computer systems used to for the prediction of stability. It emphasizes the importance of BWR technology and its embedded neutron monitoring systems (APRMs and LPRMs) and introduces non-linear stability parameters that can be used for the onset detection of instabilities in BWRs. The linear signal processing methods of autoregressive models, Fourier-based methods and other advanced methods, such as wavelets to calculate the decay ratio, are also analyzed to establish the scope of each method, and the advantages and disadvantages of each are considered throughout.

This book will be a valuable resource for nuclear engineering students focusing on linear and non-linear analysis, as well as for those working and researching in a nuclear power capacity looking to implement stability methods and estimate decay ratios using non-linear techniques. The inclusion of analytical case studies of existing plants helps the reader to apply the theory learned to their own projects to identify well-established patterns of oscillations and implement stability methods within new and existing BWR nuclear power plants.

Explores the nuclear stability of Boiling Water Reactors and presents the most advanced methods of digital signal processing and their application in the design of real-time monitoring systemsEvaluates Linear signal processing methods such as autoregressive models, Fourier-based methods and wavelets to calculate the decay ratioIncludes case studies of various existing nuclear power plants as well as mathematical models and simulations

1. Stability in Boiling Water Reactors: Models and Digital Signal Processing 2. Boiling Water Reactors Description 3. Instability Phenomena in BWRs 4. Propagation Phenomena in Boiling Water Reactors 5. Dynamics of BWRs and Mathematical Models 6. Linear Signal Processing Methods and the Decay Ratio Estimation 7. Non-linear Signal Processing Methods: DR Estimation and Non-linear Stability Indicators 8. Linear and Non-linear Stability Monitors for BWRs: Implementations and Performances