Embedded Sensors and Controls to Improve Component Performance and Reliability -- Bench-scale Testbed Design Report

Melin, Alexander M.¹  Kisner, Roger A.¹  Drira, Anis¹  Reed, Frederick K.¹ 

[1] Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

关键词: BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS;    CONTROL SYSTEMS;    DESIGN;    MOLTEN SALT REACTORS;    SENSORS;    PUMPS;    TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K;    PERFORMANCE;    MAGNETIC BEARINGS;    MECHANICAL SHAFTS;    ALGORITHMS;    CONFIGURATION;    RELIABILITY;    EFFICIENCY;    OPTIMIZATION;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1239763
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM--2015/584
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1239763
Others  :  Other: NT0107000
Others  :  NENT062
Others  :  TRN: US1600570

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Embedded instrumentation and control systems that can operate in extreme environments are challenging due to restrictions on sensors and materials. As a part of the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Enabling Technology cross-cutting technology development programs Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation topic, this report details the design of a bench-scale embedded instrumentation and control testbed. The design goal of the bench-scale testbed is to build a re-configurable system that can rapidly deploy and test advanced control algorithms in a hardware in the loop setup. The bench-scale testbed will be designed as a fluid pump analog that uses active magnetic bearings to support the shaft. The testbed represents an application that would improve the efficiency and performance of high temperature (700 C) pumps for liquid salt reactors that operate in an extreme environment and provide many engineering challenges that can be overcome with embedded instrumentation and control. This report will give details of the mechanical design, electromagnetic design, geometry optimization, power electronics design, and initial control system design.