PID control for enhanced fuel temperature response

Simulation technology now provides the ability to design, test, and implement advanced control algorithms without the need for traditional writing and debugging of computer programs. The National Science Foundation and Electric Power Research Institute jointly sponsor a program for the experimental development of power reactor control using this simulation technology. A proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller to enhance the temperature response of a reactor has been identified using a high-level block diagram system model and sophisticated simulation technology.