Steam generator level control system and method of preventing oscillation of steam generator level

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10256000-B2
Application number	US-201514981407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Priority date	Dec 29, 2014
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

Provided are a method and system for improving control of a steam generator level for preventing oscillation of the steam generator level in a nuclear power plant. In order to prevent oscillation of a steam generator level and resultant shutdown of a nuclear reactor, which may be caused when a high-level priority control function is frequently and repeatedly turned on/off as the steam generator level is excessively increased, by improving a feedwater control system in the nuclear power plant, a proportional integral control value may be controlled to be reduced, and thus, output while a certain condition is met after a high-level priority mode is deactivated or a signal instructing to enter the high-level priority control mode may be controlled not to be output.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A steam generator level control system configured to prevent oscillation of a steam generator level at a nuclear power plant, the steam generator level control system comprising:
a comparator configured to compare a steam generator level with a predetermined level-set value;
a proportional integral control output unit configured to generate a proportional integral control value by using an output from the comparator;
a high-level priority control signal generator configured to output a signal instructing to enter a high-level priority control mode if the steam generator level is equal to or greater than first criteria, and output a signal deactivating the high-level priority control mode if the steam generator level is equal to or less than second criteria after the steam generator level is equal to first criteria; and
a high-level priority control signal receiver configured to control a control signal using the proportional integral control value of the proportional integral control output unit to be transmitted to a main feedwater pump and a feedwater control valve in a normal mode, obstruct a control signal using a value of the proportional integral control output unit in the high-level priority control mode, and control a predetermined output value to be transmitted to the main feedwater pump and the feedwater control valve,
wherein the proportional integral control output unit comprises:
a proportional integral controller configured to generate a proportional integral control value by using an output from the comparator; and
an output reducer configured to control the proportional integral controller to generate, for a certain time, the proportional integral control value lower than the proportional integral control value in the normal mode if a high-level priority control mode is deactivated according to a signal from the high-level priority control signal generator,
wherein the output reducer reduces the proportional integral control value until the steam generator level is reduced to a value equal to or less than a predetermined value after the high-level priority control mode is deactivated.

Assignees

• Kepco Eng & Constr Co Inc

Inventors

• Song In Ho
• Song Myung Jun
• Jeong See Chae
• Lee Ju Han
• Kim Shin Whan
• Kim Eung Seo

Classifications

• F22B35/004

  Control systems for steam generators of nuclear power plants · CPC title

• F22D5/30

  responsive to both water level and amount of steam withdrawn or steam pressure · CPC title

• G21D3/001 Primary

  Computer implemented control · CPC title

• F22B37/46

  responsive to low or high water level, e.g. for checking, suppressing or extinguishing combustion in boilers · CPC title

• F22D5/32

  influencing the speed or delivery pressure of the feed pumps · CPC title