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A novel control scheme for power regulation in a research nuclear reactorhas been developed. The scheme combines different techniques such as state variablefeedback, first order numerical integration for stategainestimation, and fuzzy logicto attain a stable power regulation in the reactor. The proposed control strategyattains, in short time andwithout overshoot, different values of steady-state powerdeparting from a wide range of different values of initial power. The algorithm was subjected to exhaustive simulation tests and the experimental results obtained arehighly satisfactory
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Benítez-Read, J.S., Humberto Pérez-Cruz, J., Ruan, D. (2007). Nuclear Reactor Power Control Using State Feedback with Fuzzy Logic. In: Wang, P.P., Ruan, D., Kerre, E.E. (eds) Fuzzy Logic. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 215. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71258-9_14
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