Abstract
Modular High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (MHTGR) is characterized by inherent safety and higher electrical efficiency, so it can effectively improve the safety and economics of the nuclear power plants. Based upon these advantages, the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-Pebble Bed Module (HTR-PM) is under design and will be constructed in China to demonstrate the safety and economics of MHTGR. The automatic control system is important and necessary to the safe, economical, and efficient operation of the MHTGR. This paper investigates the control characteristics of the HTGR nuclear power plants, and analyzes the control techniques and existing control strategies of HTGR plants. Advanced control technology which applies modern and intelligent control theory in industrial process provides an opportunity to improve the control performance of the MHTGR plant. Based upon the advanced control technology, the paper proposes a preliminary design concept of hierarchical coordinated control system to the control system design of the HTR-PM which employs the Distributed Control System (DCS) principle.
