Abstract:
By the theoretical analysis of the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) control system, the corresponding Simulink model was established and the simulation analysis of the MNSR control system was carried out. To facilitate the stability analysis, the mathematical model of the MNSR control system was reduced and discretized, based on the open-loop transfer function after reduction and discretization, the stability analysis was performed using the rltool analysis toolbox of the Matlab, and the critical gain for different sampling time was obtained. The calibration of the proportional coefficient
Kp for the PID controller at different sampling time Ts was carried out with the introduction of positive step reactivity in the steady-state operation of the reactor, and the optimal calibration values of
Kp at different sampling time were determined. The optimal differential coefficient
Kd at different
Ts and
Kp was calibrated. After calibrations of
Ts,
Kp and
Kd, the reactor neutron flux density, control rod velocity and response to control rod introduction reactivity at negative step reactivity input and slope reactivity input were analyzed at
Ts=60 ms,
Kp=2 500 and
Kd=300. The results of the simulation analysis show that the Simulink modeling about the MNSR control system is accurate and the analytical data are reliable, which provides a theoretical basis for software and hardware designs of the MNSR control system.