Application of On-Line Digital Noise Analysis to Reactor Diagnosis in JMTR
Masayuki IZUMI, Hiromasa Iida · Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology · 1973
The reactor noise analysis technique is particularly useful in reactor diagnosis for on-line monitoring if the raw noise signals can be processed in almost real time. An on-line reactor noise analysis system has been developed with use made of the mini-computer HITAC-10. This system utilizes functions for calculating the power spectral density in almost real time, plots the output by digital incremental plotter, and displays the results by means of color graphic display equipment, in order to detect anomalous reactor conditions with the statistical technique. Using this system, reactor noise signals have been measured and analyzed under various operational conditions in the JMTR. The variance of the power spectral density is found to fit a logarithmic probability density function. This function is independent of the frequency, but is dependent on the number of sampling functions. A logical procedure for anomaly detection based on statistical characteristics has been developed. It is applied to a case where it is supposed that the PWR operating mode in the OWL-1 is the normal process and that the BWR mode is the anomalous. It is demonstrated as a result, that this procedure can successfully detect anomalous processes.