The year of 2008 has been a time of achieving major victory besides withstanding enormous challenges for the economic and social development of China. Under the correct leadership of the Party Central
Nuclear power plants exhibit non-linear and time-variable dynamics.Therefore,designing a control system that sets the reactor power and forces it to follow the desired load is complicated.A supercritical water reactor...Nuclear power plants exhibit non-linear and time-variable dynamics.Therefore,designing a control system that sets the reactor power and forces it to follow the desired load is complicated.A supercritical water reactor(SCWR)is a fourth-generation conceptual reactor.In an SCWR,the non-linear dynamics of the reactor require a controller capable of control-ling the nonlinearities.In this study,a pressure-tube-type SCWR was controlled during reactor power maneuvering with a higher order sliding mode,and the reactor outgoing steam temperature and pressure were controlled simultaneously.In an SCWR,the temperature,pressure,and power must be maintained at a setpoint(desired value)during power maneuvering.Reactor point kinetics equations with three groups of delayed neutrons were used in the simulation.Higher-order and classic sliding mode controllers were separately manufactured to control the plant and were compared with the PI controllers speci-fied in previous studies.The controlled parameters were reactor power,steam temperature,and pressure.Notably,for these parameters,the PI controller had certain instabilities in the presence of disturbances.The classic sliding mode controller had a higher accuracy and stability;however its main drawback was the chattering phenomenon.HOSMC was highly accurate and stable and had a small computational cost.In reality,it followed the desired values without oscillations and chattering.展开更多
Stochastic point kinetics equations(SPKEs) are a system of Ito? stochastic differential equations whose solution has been obtained by higher-order approximation.In this study, a fractional model of SPKEs has been anal...Stochastic point kinetics equations(SPKEs) are a system of Ito? stochastic differential equations whose solution has been obtained by higher-order approximation.In this study, a fractional model of SPKEs has been analyzed. The efficiency of the proposed higher-order approximation scheme has been discussed in the results section. The solutions of SPKEs in the presence of Newtonian temperature feedback have also been provided to further discuss the physical behavior of the fractional model.展开更多
In this paper, we investigate the existence of positive solutions of a class higher order boundary value problems on time scales. The class of boundary value problems educes a four-point (or three-point or two-point...In this paper, we investigate the existence of positive solutions of a class higher order boundary value problems on time scales. The class of boundary value problems educes a four-point (or three-point or two-point) boundary value problems, for which some similar results are established. Our approach relies on the Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem. The result of this paper is new and extends previously known results.展开更多
We transform the singular integral equations with solutions simultaneously having singularities of higher order at infinite point and at several finite points on the real axis into ones along a closed contour with sol...We transform the singular integral equations with solutions simultaneously having singularities of higher order at infinite point and at several finite points on the real axis into ones along a closed contour with solutions having singularities of higher order, and for the former obtain the extended Neother theorem of complete equation as well as the solutions and the solvable conditions of characteristic equation from the latter. The conclusions drawn by this article contain special cases discussed before.展开更多
A computer generated quadratic and higher order apertures are constructed and the corresponding numerical speckle images are obtained. Secondly, the numerical images of the autocorrelation intensity of the randomly di...A computer generated quadratic and higher order apertures are constructed and the corresponding numerical speckle images are obtained. Secondly, the numerical images of the autocorrelation intensity of the randomly distributed object modulated by the apertures and the corresponding profiles are obtained. Finally, the point spread function (PSF) is computed for the described modulated apertures in order to improve the resolution.展开更多
Using the extension of Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem in a cone, we prove the existence of at least one positive solution to the nonlinear nth order m-point boundary value problem with dependence on the first or...Using the extension of Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem in a cone, we prove the existence of at least one positive solution to the nonlinear nth order m-point boundary value problem with dependence on the first order derivative. The associated Green's function for the nth order m-point boundary value problem is given, and growth conditions are imposed on the nonlinear term f which ensures the existence of at least one positive solution. A simple example is presented to illustrate applications of the obtained results.展开更多
文摘The year of 2008 has been a time of achieving major victory besides withstanding enormous challenges for the economic and social development of China. Under the correct leadership of the Party Central
文摘Nuclear power plants exhibit non-linear and time-variable dynamics.Therefore,designing a control system that sets the reactor power and forces it to follow the desired load is complicated.A supercritical water reactor(SCWR)is a fourth-generation conceptual reactor.In an SCWR,the non-linear dynamics of the reactor require a controller capable of control-ling the nonlinearities.In this study,a pressure-tube-type SCWR was controlled during reactor power maneuvering with a higher order sliding mode,and the reactor outgoing steam temperature and pressure were controlled simultaneously.In an SCWR,the temperature,pressure,and power must be maintained at a setpoint(desired value)during power maneuvering.Reactor point kinetics equations with three groups of delayed neutrons were used in the simulation.Higher-order and classic sliding mode controllers were separately manufactured to control the plant and were compared with the PI controllers speci-fied in previous studies.The controlled parameters were reactor power,steam temperature,and pressure.Notably,for these parameters,the PI controller had certain instabilities in the presence of disturbances.The classic sliding mode controller had a higher accuracy and stability;however its main drawback was the chattering phenomenon.HOSMC was highly accurate and stable and had a small computational cost.In reality,it followed the desired values without oscillations and chattering.
文摘Stochastic point kinetics equations(SPKEs) are a system of Ito? stochastic differential equations whose solution has been obtained by higher-order approximation.In this study, a fractional model of SPKEs has been analyzed. The efficiency of the proposed higher-order approximation scheme has been discussed in the results section. The solutions of SPKEs in the presence of Newtonian temperature feedback have also been provided to further discuss the physical behavior of the fractional model.
基金The NSF (11201109) of Chinathe NSF (10040606Q50) of Anhui Province+1 种基金Excellent Talents Foundation (2012SQRL165) of University of Anhui Provincethe NSF (2012kj09) of Heifei Normal University
文摘In this paper, we investigate the existence of positive solutions of a class higher order boundary value problems on time scales. The class of boundary value problems educes a four-point (or three-point or two-point) boundary value problems, for which some similar results are established. Our approach relies on the Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem. The result of this paper is new and extends previously known results.
基金Supported by the NNSF of China (10471107)RFDP of Higher Education of China (20060486001)
文摘We transform the singular integral equations with solutions simultaneously having singularities of higher order at infinite point and at several finite points on the real axis into ones along a closed contour with solutions having singularities of higher order, and for the former obtain the extended Neother theorem of complete equation as well as the solutions and the solvable conditions of characteristic equation from the latter. The conclusions drawn by this article contain special cases discussed before.
文摘A computer generated quadratic and higher order apertures are constructed and the corresponding numerical speckle images are obtained. Secondly, the numerical images of the autocorrelation intensity of the randomly distributed object modulated by the apertures and the corresponding profiles are obtained. Finally, the point spread function (PSF) is computed for the described modulated apertures in order to improve the resolution.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China (No. A2006000298)the Foundation of Hebei University of Science and Technology (No. XL2006040)
文摘Using the extension of Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem in a cone, we prove the existence of at least one positive solution to the nonlinear nth order m-point boundary value problem with dependence on the first order derivative. The associated Green's function for the nth order m-point boundary value problem is given, and growth conditions are imposed on the nonlinear term f which ensures the existence of at least one positive solution. A simple example is presented to illustrate applications of the obtained results.