Announcements

• The course for the 2005/06 academic year is now complete. This page is maintained for archival purposes. For a complete list of past, curent and future offerings, see the overall Schedule.
• Location: Pickering Learning Centre (PLC), Pickering, Ontario.
• How to get to Pickering location: Map (pdf 411kb).
  • PLC floor plan (pdf 167kb) [password protected]. Room location is indicated in the schedule below
• Note: location has changed from Durham College, main campus, Simcoe Building, Oshawa. Map of the Durham College/UOIT campus
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Course Description:

This course covers the basic control, instrumentation and electrical systems commonly found in CANDU based nuclear power plants. The course starts with an overall view of the dynamics associated with different parts of the plant, i.e. reactor, heat transport systems, moderator, steam generator, turbine, and electrical generator. Based on such knowledge, the control and regulation functions in the above systems are then defined. Different instrumentation and measurement techniques are examined, along with control strategies. The time and frequency domain performance characterizations of control loops are introduced with consideration of actuator and sensor limitations. Different controller design and tuning methods and instrumentation calibration procedures are discussed. Two modes of operation of CANDU plants will be analyzed, i.e. normal mode and alternate mode. Advanced control technologies, such as distributed control systems, Field bus communication protocols are introduced in view of their potential applications in the existing and newly constructed CANDU power plants. The electric systems in the CANDU plant will be examined. The modeling of the dynamics and control devices for the generator will be covered in details. The dynamic interaction between the CANDU power plants and the rest of the electric power grid with other generating facilities and various types of load will be studied.

Prerequisite: Registration in the UNENE Joint M. Eng. Program
Lecturer: J. Jiang, contact information

Course Outline (doc 40kb)

Course Schedule

• September 9, UOIT Room K11
  • Lecture 1-1, 9:00AM - 10:15AM
  • 30 minutes Break
  • Lecture 1-2, 10:45AM - 12:00Noon
  • one hour lunch break
  • Lecture 1-3, 1:00PM - 2:15PM
  • 30 minutes break
  • Lecture 1-4, 2:45PM - 4:00PM
• September 16, PLC Room 1403
  • Lecture 2-1
  • Lecture 2-2
  • Lecture 2-3
• September 23 PLC Room 1403
• September 24 PLC Room 1403
• October 7 PLC Room 1403
• October 14 PLC Room 1405A
• October 21 (review) PLC Room 1405A
• October 22 (exam) PLC Room 1403

Course Notes

• [Some of these course notes are password protected. You will need to register in the course and contact the instructor to receive the password.]
• Lecture 1-1 Introduction (ppt 680kb)
• Lecture 1-2 Basics of Control Systems (ppt 2.5Mb)
• Lecture 1-3 Modeling of Dynamic Systems (ppt 1.4Mb)
• Lecture 1-4 Laplace Transforms (ppt 1.5Mb)
• Lecture 2-1 Transient and Steady-state Responses (ppt 3.2Mb)
• Lecture 2-2 Frequency Domain Analysis of Control Systems (ppt 1.9Mb)
• Lecture 2-3 Classical PID Control (ppt 1.0Mb)
• Lecture 3-1 Root Locus and Transient Performance (ppt 1.5Mb)
• Lecture 3-2 Control System Design Techniques (ppt 1.4Mb)
• Lecture 4-1 Basic Principle of Measurements (ppt 3.8Mb)
• Lecture 4-2 Measurement of Temperature (ppt 3.3Mb)
• Lecture 5-1 Measurement of temperature with some examples (ppt 3.2Mb)
• Lecture 5-2 Measurement of Level (ppt 6.9Mb)
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• Feedback and Control Systems MathLab ebook (zip Mb)