Published January 20, 1993 | Version v1
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Fault detection system for Argentine Research Reactor instrumentation

Creators

  • 1. Office 11-93, 1104 - Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • 2. Argentine Navy, Comodoro Py 2055
  • 3. Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 138 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
  • 4. 205 Mechanical Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (United States)

Description

The design and implementation of a redundancy management scheme for the on-line detection and isolation of faulty sensors is presented. Such a device is potentially useful in reactor-powered spacecraft for enhancing the processing capabilities of the main computer. The fault detection device can be used as an integral part of intelligent instrumentation systems. The device has been built using an 8-bit microcontroller and commercially available electronic hardware. The software is completely portable. The operation of this device has been successfully demonstrated for real-time validation of sensor data on Argentina's RA-1 Research Reactor

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
271
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1275-1281.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
10. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion.
Dates
10-14 Jan 1993.
Place
Albuquerque, NM (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25037161
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEFECTS; DESIGN; DETECTION; RA-1 REACTOR; REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
ARGONAUT TYPE REACTORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; TRAINING REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-930103--.