An Intuitive Signal Processing Approach for Temperature Fluctuations in Fuel Subassemblies
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Paawan Sharma, N Murali, P Mohanakrishnan and P Swaminathan. Article: An Intuitive Signal Processing Approach for Temperature Fluctuations in Fuel Subassemblies. International Journal of Computer Applications 33(10):22-27, November 2011. Full text available. BibTeX
@article{key:article,
author = {Paawan Sharma and N Murali and P Mohanakrishnan and P Swaminathan},
title = {Article: An Intuitive Signal Processing Approach for Temperature Fluctuations in Fuel Subassemblies},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Applications},
year = {2011},
volume = {33},
number = {10},
pages = {22-27},
month = {November},
note = {Full text available}
}
Abstract
This paper describes the approach towards signal processing characteristics of temperature fluctuations from a fast thermocouple located above fuel subassemblies of fast reactor. Simulated temperature profile denoting various power levels was fed to the FPGA and the RMS value at each power level was calculated in real time. The technique mentioned in the paper helps in the analysis of reactor power and also fluctuation in it due to subassembly blockage. Altera Cyclone III FPGA was used as target device for Terasic DE0 board.
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