Simulation of Advanced High Temperature Reactor Control System using MATLAB

摘要

An advanced high temperature reactor (AHTR) that utilizes the excellent heat transfer properties of molten salts can offer high conversion efficiencies of nuclear heat for power production and other industrial applications. A typical AHTR system design involves 3 loops as shown in Figure 1. The coolants in the primary and secondary loops are molten salts in this design. The process loop can either utilize helium in the Brayton cycle or another coolant for other processes. This last process loop is where the nuclear energy is utilized, either for electricity generation or effecting chemical processes through process heat.