First IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'95)
Control and supervision of a complex production process using hybrid systems techniques
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
November 06-November 10
ISBN: 0-8186-7123-8
New processing activities for the decommissioning of the Experimental Breeder Reactor II are being carried out at Argonne National Laboratory. The task addressed in this paper is a process to convert metallic sodium to sodium carbonate. The main idea is to characterize this sodium operation as a system that integrates real-time continuous and discrete-event components and then apply hybrid system techniques to design and implement the control and supervisory policies. This paper introduces the research in progress at ANL on this conversion process, the flow of material, and the hybrid control solution.
Index Terms:
fission research reactors; nuclear engineering computing; fission reactor core control; complex production process supervision; hybrid systems techniques; Experimental Breeder Reactor II; Argonne National Laboratory; metallic sodium; sodium carbonate; hybrid system techniques; hybrid control solution
Citation:
H.E. Garcia, "Control and supervision of a complex production process using hybrid systems techniques," iceccs, pp.63, First IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'95), 1995