Fault tolerant signal validation for feedwater control system

Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – With control of reactor – By electronic signal processing circuitry

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376215, G21C 736

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ABSTRACT:
In a nuclear reactor the feedwater control system receives steam generator water level signals, including information to determine signal quality. The signal quality and additional signal validation determine how the water level signals are to be used by the feed-water control system. In the preferred embodiment, each water level signal is compared with a possible range and the difference or differential between all possible pairs of the signals is calculated and compared with an acceptable differential range. While alarms are sounded if any of these checks on the water level signals indicate an invalid signal, the water level signals are used to calculate a median level signal until there is less than two water level signals with good quality within the possible range or all differentials are outside the acceptable differential range. Thus, a single bad signal does not affect median signal selection, but the feedwater control system automatically switches to manual when a second invalid signal is detected, thereby preventing an inappropriate control action.

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