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Optimal controller design for reactor core power stabilization in a pressurized water reactor: Applications of gold rush algorithm

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  • H Abdelfattah
  • M Esmail
  • Said A kotb
  • Mohamed Metwally Mahmoud
  • Hany S Hussein
  • Daniel Eutyche Mbadjoun Wapet
  • Ahmed I Omar
  • Ahmed M Ewais

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Nuclear energy (NE) is seen as a reliable choice for ensuring the security of the world’s energy supply, and it has only lately begun to be advocated as a strategy for reducing climate change in order to meet low-carbon energy transition goals. To achieve flexible operation across a wide operating range when it participates in peak regulation in the power systems, the pressurised water reactor (PWR) NE systems must overcome the nonlinearity problem induced by the substantial variation. In light of this viewpoint, the objective of this work is to evaluate the reactor core (main component) of the NE system via different recent optimization techniques. The PWR, which is the most common form, is the reactor under investigation. For controlling the movement of control rods that correspond with reactivity for power regulation the PWR, PID controller is employed. This study presents a dynamic model of the PWR, which includes the reactor core, the upper and lower plenums, and the piping that connects the reactor core to the steam alternator is analyzed and investigated. The PWR dynamic model is controlled by a PID controller optimized by the gold rush optimizer (GRO) built on the integration of the time-weighted square error performance indicator. Additionally, to exhibit the efficacy of the presented GRO, the dragonfly approach, Arithmetic algorithm, and planet optimization algorithm are used to adjust the PID controller parameters. Furthermore, a comparison among the optimized PID gains with the applied algorithms shows great accuracy, efficacy, and effectiveness of the proposed GRO. MATLAB\ Simulink program is used to model and simulate the system components and the applied algorithms. The simulation findings demonstrate that the suggested optimized PID control strategy has superior efficiency and resilience in terms of less overshoot and settling time.

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  • H Abdelfattah & M Esmail & Said A kotb & Mohamed Metwally Mahmoud & Hany S Hussein & Daniel Eutyche Mbadjoun Wapet & Ahmed I Omar & Ahmed M Ewais, 2024. "Optimal controller design for reactor core power stabilization in a pressurized water reactor: Applications of gold rush algorithm," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(1), pages 1-20, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0296987
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296987
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    1. Jian Kong & Jinsong Li & Peng Li, 2024. "Optimization of chaotic light output in semiconductor laser systems based on multi-objective optimization algorithm," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(4), pages 1-23, April.

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