@inproceedings{4fc3920f96394e7f94b2133a8928c790,
title = "Hybrid Temperature-Reactivity PID Controllers for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Startup",
abstract = "In this work, a novel temperature-reactivity controller is introduced to rotate control drums based on a chamber temperature signal. It consists of two components: (1) a reactivity-driven proportional controller converting the temperature demand into a reactivity signal, and (2) a temperature-driven proportional-derivative controller which relies on a derivative term to anticipate sudden changes in demand and limit temperature overshoot. A weighting function is proposed to continuously transition from one component to the other.",
author = "Labour{\'e}, {Vincent M.} and Stefano Terlizzi and Sebastian Schunert",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 American Nuclear Society.; 2023 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023 ; Conference date: 07-05-2023 Through 11-05-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.13182/NETS23-41747",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023",
publisher = "American Nuclear Society",
pages = "38--43",
booktitle = "Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2023",
address = "United States",
}
