Petri nets and pseudo-bond graphs for a nuclear reactor primary coolant system

Mark James Wootton, John Andrews, Adam L. Lloyd, Roger Smith, A. John Arul, Gopika Vinod, Shri Hari Prasad, Vipul Garg

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Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate the application of timed Petri Net methodology to the frequency of initiating faults in the coolant circulation system of a fictional nuclear reactor design. A second model is presented where the Petri Net is coupled with a Bond Graph representation of reactor thermodynamics, and distributions of temperatures reached by core coolant and fuel cladding during component failures is produced.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019
EditorsMichael Beer, Enrico Zio
PublisherResearch Publishing Services
Pages3831-3838
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789811127243
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019 - Hannover, Germany
Duration: 22 Sept 201926 Sept 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019

Conference

Conference29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHannover
Period22/09/1926/09/19

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Gratitude is expressed to EPSRC for their financial support of the DaMSSLE project, reference code EP/M018210/1. Additional thanks go to Andrey Vasilyev for useful conversations regarding the Modelica modelling language and the BondLib package.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 European Safety and Reliability Association. Published by Research Publishing, Singapore.

Keywords

  • Bond Graphs Modeling
  • Coupled PN-BG Modeling
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Nuclear Reactor Coolant Circlation
  • Petri Net Modeling
  • Risk and Reliability Engineering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Safety Research

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