1. Home
  2. Power and energy
  3. Nuclear engineering
  4. Reactor and plant instrumentation and control: general architecture

  5. Control architecture for nuclear power plants

Article | REF: BN3411 V1

Reactor and plant instrumentation and control: general architecture

Authors: Bernard APPELL, Guy GUESNIER, Jean CHABERT

Publication date: October 10, 1998 | Lire en français

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Automatically translated using artificial intelligence technology (Note that only the original version is binding) > find out more.

    A  |  A

    2. Control architecture for nuclear power plants

    2.1 Control constraints

    SCROLL TO TOP

    2.1.1 Functions of a nuclear power plant

    The primary function of a power plant is to generate electricity with the best possible continuity of service. In terms of control systems, this translates into operational safety requirements (availability, maintainability, reliability). In addition, the power plant must be able to contribute to the voltage and frequency stability of the grid. This is achieved by regulating the turbine-generator set and the reactor control clusters. This requirement...

    You do not have access to this resource.

    Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

    You do not have access to this resource.
    Click here to request your free trial access!

    Already subscribed? Log in!

    The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

    A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
    + More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
    From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

    This article is included in

    Nuclear engineering

    This offer includes:

    Knowledge Base

    Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

    Services

    A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

    Practical Path

    Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

    Doc & Quiz

    Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

    Subscribe now!

    Ongoing reading
    Control architecture for nuclear power plants
    Outline