Nuclear reactor core performance data visualization system
US6404437B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A nuclear reactor core performance data visualization system provides a method and apparatus for extracting and visually displaying large amounts of numerical performance data acquired from an operational nuclear reactor or from a nuclear reactor core simulator. The visualization system apparatus includes a color display device, a digital computer having a data storage memory, and one or more data communications links for communicating with reactor core sensors and/or other computers. After acquiring performance parameter data, the visualization system computer extracts selected performance data and constructs two distinct data arrays in memory that are used in creating formatted files for generating specific types of visual displays. A first data array, containing time-varying reactor performance parameter data corresponding to the performance of reactor core elements in two dimensions over a predetermined duration of time, is used, to create digital image animation files for displaying dynamic color-coded graphics, including reactor core element diagrams and multi-ordinate graphs. Once animated, the displayed graphics allow the user to view a time-wise evolution of the changing n…
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