Patent ID: 9099207
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G21C,G21D,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A reactor core monitoring system, comprising: an information retention portion configured to retain a regular cycle time interval and a short cycle time interval used for calculating reactor core performance data, the time interval of the short cycle being shorter than the regular cycle thereof; a first data storage portion configured to store the reactor core performance data calculated in the timing of the regular cycle, the reactor core performance data including at least one information of power distribution, thermal limits, and amount of fuel consumed; a second data storage portion configured to store the reactor core performance data calculated in the timing of the short cycle asynchronous to the regular cycle; a signal processing portion configured to create heat balance data based on a process signal in a cycle which is shorter than the short cycle, the process signal including at least one information of reactor pressure, temperature, flow rate, control rod position, average power range modeling signals, and local power range modeling signals; a data acquisition portion configured to acquire, in a timing of the regular cycle, latest heat balance data from the signal processing portion and reactor core performance data which was calculated in a previous timing of the regular cycle from the first data storage portion, while also being configured to acquire, in a timing of the short cycle asynchronous to the regular cycle, latest heat balance data from the signal processing portion and reactor core performance data from either the first data storage portion or the second data storage portion which was calculated most recently regardless of whether calculated in the regular cycle or the short cycle; and a data calculation portion configured to calculate new reactor core performance data indicating an updated amount of fuel consumed based on the acquired reactor core performance data and the heat balance data, the new reactor core performance data being stored in the first data storage portion or the second data storage portion.