Method of renovating the control system for controlling control clusters in a nuclear reactor, and a corresponding control system
US5059382A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Control clusters, each of which comprises a plurality of neutron-absorbing rods, are operable by means of electromagnetic mechanisms whose coils are powered by power bridges driven from a control desk (11). The control system includes a controlling hard-wired logic circuit (12) serving the desk and supervising a plurality of hard-wired logic interfaces each of which serves a subgroup (10) of electromagnetic mechanisms for a determined number of clusters. The static power assemblies (9) each including a hard-wired logic interface and the power bridges of the subgroup(s) (10) served thereby are successively and independently replaced by at least one electronic power assembly (23) constituted by a computer and the power bridges of a subgroup served thereby.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.