Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1990-03-16
1993-01-12
Ruggiero, Joseph
Boots, shoes, and leggings
364469, 36455101, 376254, 376258, G06F 1546, G21C 1700
Patent
active
051795159
ABSTRACT:
Fine and coarse resolvers are used to detect the length of cable withdrawn from a spool to provide an indication of the position of a neutron flux detector at the end of the cable. The position indicated by the resolvers when the neutron flux detector passes a withdrawn limit switch is stored in nonvolatile memory as an offset when the cable is first installed in a flux mapping system. Thereafter, the position indicated by the resolvers, each time the neutron flux detector passes the withdraw limit switch, is compared to the offset. If the difference between the two is significant, a warning is generated, but operation of the flux mapping system continues. During movement of the flux detector, the change in position between two readings of the resolvers is divided by an amount of time measured by a programmable interval timer to determine average speed. A warning is generated if the average speed is outside an expected range. The expected range may vary depending upon the position of the detector. The position indicated by the resolvers when the flux detector indicates a reduction in neutron flux due to the presence of grid straps is compared with predetermined grid strap positions to determine an accurate top of thimble limit.
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"Brochure for Digital flux mapping system" from Westinghouse Nuclear Services Integration Division.
Wassel et al., "A microprocessor based automatic flux mapping system for pressurized water reactors", IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. NS-26, No. 1, Feb. 1979.
Litzinger Kevin P.
Lunz Kenneth G.
Panian M. G.
Ruggiero Joseph
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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