A Novel Control-rod Drive Mechanism via Electromagnetic Levitation in MNSR

• Authors: Mohammad Divandari , Mehdi Hashemi-Tilehnoee , Masoud Khaleghi , Mohammadreza Hosseinkhah
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, an electromagnetic levitation system was used with a synchronous motor to navigate the control rod of a small-type research reactor. The result from this prototype magnetic levitation system was in agreement with simulation results. The control system was programmed in MATLAB through open-loop system, closed-loop with state feedback and closed-loop with state feedback integral tracking. The final control system showed the highest performance with a low positioning error. Our results showed that the developed control system has the potential to be used as a reliable actuator in nuclear reactors to satisfy higher performance and safety.

Keywords

EN

magnetic levitation system; nuclear reactor; state feedback; tracking

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nukleonika
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 73-79

Dates

received

17 - 12 - 2013

accepted

25 - 4 - 2014

online

8 - 7 - 2014

Contributors

author

Mohammad Divandari

• Department of Electrical Engineering, Aliabad Katoul branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran, Tel: [phone]

author

Mehdi Hashemi-Tilehnoee

• Department of Electrical Engineering, Aliabad Katoul branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran, Tel: [phone]

author

Masoud Khaleghi

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sirjan University of Technology, Kerman, Iran

author

Mohammadreza Hosseinkhah

• Department of Electrical Engineering, Aliabad Katoul branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran, Tel: [phone]

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/nuka-2014-0008