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Block diagram proposal of protection system for a PWR nuclear power plant
Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, Volume # 6 | Part# 1
Location: , Brazil
General Chair: Jorge Otavio Trierweiler
Program Chair: Francis J. Doyle, III.
Conference Editor: Francis J. Doyle, III.,
Jorge Otavio Trierweiler,
Argimiro R. Secchi,
Mehmet Mercangoz,
Luciane S. Ferreira
Posted online: 05-01-2008 29:23:14
Authors
Francisco Joailton de Lima, Claudio Garcia
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Index Terms
fault tree,nuclear reactor,protection system,reliability,safety
Abstract
This text presents a block diagram proposal of protection system for a PWR nuclear power plant. It describes the plant operation, as well as it defines what a protection system is. Some of the main inherent definitions to protection systems are shown and the system operation is explained in a global form. The block diagram proposed for the protection system can be used as a project foundation for the protection automation.
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