Neutron Flux Signal Acquisition from Plant Instrumentation Channel of Research Reactor for Reactivity Calculation
Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Vol. 07 (03), 145-154
- https://doi.org/10.4236/wjnst.2017.73013
Abstract
A design for instantaneous neutron flux signal acquisition system is being carried out for reactivity measurement of the nuclear research reactor. It is a computer-based digital data acquisition system that can perform continuous monitor and measurement of reactivity inserted into or removed from the research reactor. The acquisition system accomplishes with two major parts. The first part is an interfacing PCI based data acquisition card and the corresponding driver software intending to on-line acquisition of neutron flux signals from plant instrumentation channel. The second part incorporates the high-level Visual Basic real time program, indigenously developed for computation of reactivity by the solution of neutron point kinetic equations and other relevant functional modules like input file logging, reactivity calculation, graphics demonstration etc.Keywords
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