| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7555092 |
System and method for continuous optimization of control-variables during operation of a nuclear |
June 30, 2009 |
| A system and method is provided for a continual updating of the optimization of multiple operational control-variables during the operation of a nuclear reactor over a plurality of fuel cycles. A networked computer system includes one or more hosts programmed to execute an optimizati |
| 7487133 |
Method and apparatus for adaptively determining weight factors within the context of an objectiv |
February 3, 2009 |
| The method and apparatus adaptively determine weighting factors within the context of an objective function for handling optimality conditions and constraints within an optimization search. The objective function is defined as a sum of credit and penalty components. The credit components |
| 7231333 |
Method and arrangement for developing core loading patterns in nuclear reactors |
June 12, 2007 |
| In the method, a set of limits applicable to a core may be defined, and a test core loading pattern design, to be used for loading the core, may be determined based on the limits. Reactor operation on at least a subset of the core may be simulated to produce a plurality of simulated resu |
| 7222061 |
Method and arrangement for developing rod patterns in nuclear reactors |
May 22, 2007 |
| In the method, a set of limits applicable to a test rod pattern design are defined, and a sequence strategy for positioning one or more subsets of the test rod pattern design is established. Reactor operation on a subset of the test rod pattern design, which may be a subset of fuel bundl |
| 7200541 |
Method and arrangement for determining nuclear reactor core designs |
April 3, 2007 |
| In the method, a set of limits are defined and a reference core design is generated based on the limits, and includes an initial loading pattern of current fresh fuel bundles arranged in a plurality of fuel locations. A unique subset of fresh fuel bundles is selected for evaluation as th |
