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An Intuitive Signal Processing Approach for Temperature Fluctuations in Fuel Subassemblies

by Paawan Sharma, N Murali, P Mohanakrishnan, P Swaminathan
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 33 - Number 10
Year of Publication: 2011
Authors: Paawan Sharma, N Murali, P Mohanakrishnan, P Swaminathan
10.5120/4057-5832

Paawan Sharma, N Murali, P Mohanakrishnan, P Swaminathan . An Intuitive Signal Processing Approach for Temperature Fluctuations in Fuel Subassemblies. International Journal of Computer Applications. 33, 10 ( November 2011), 22-27. DOI=10.5120/4057-5832

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author = { Paawan Sharma, N Murali, P Mohanakrishnan, P Swaminathan },
title = { An Intuitive Signal Processing Approach for Temperature Fluctuations in Fuel Subassemblies },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { November 2011 },
volume = { 33 },
number = { 10 },
month = { November },
year = { 2011 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 22-27 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume33/number10/4057-5832/ },
doi = { 10.5120/4057-5832 },
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%A P Swaminathan
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

This paper describes the approach towards signal processing characteristics of temperature fluctuations from a fast thermocouple located above fuel subassemblies of fast reactor. Simulated temperature profile denoting various power levels was fed to the FPGA and the RMS value at each power level was calculated in real time. The technique mentioned in the paper helps in the analysis of reactor power and also fluctuation in it due to subassembly blockage. Altera Cyclone III FPGA was used as target device for Terasic DE0 board.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Temperature fluctuations Root mean square Subassembly Fast reactor

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