Nuclear standby safety systems must frequently, be submitted to periodic surveillance tests. The main reason is to detect, as soon as possible, the occurrence of unrevealed failure states. Such interventions may, however, affect the overall system availability due to component outages. Besides, as the components are demanded, deterioration by aging may occur, penalizing again the system performance. By these reasons, planning a good surveillance test policy implies in a trade-off between gains and overheads due to the surveillance test interventions. In order maximize the systems average availability during a given period of time, it has recently been developed a non-periodic surveillance test optimization methodology based on genetic algorithms (GA). The fact of allowing non-periodic tests turns the solution space much more flexible and schedules can be better adjusted, providing gains in the overall system average availability, when compared to those obtained by an optimized periodic tests scheme. The optimization problem becomes, however, more complex. Hence, the use of a powerful optimization technique, such as GAs, is required. Some particular features of certain systems can turn it advisable to introduce other specific constraints in the optimization problem. The Emergency Diesel Generation System (EDGS) of a Nuclear Power Plant (N-PP) is a good example for demonstrating the introduction of seasonal constraints in the optimization problem. This system is responsible for power supply during an external blackout. Therefore, it is desirable during periods of high blackout probability to maintain the system availability as high as possible. Previous applications have demonstrated the robustness and effectiveness of the methodology. However, no seasonal constraints have ever been imposed. This work aims at investigating the application of such methodology in the Angra-II Brazilian NPP EDGS surveillance test policy optimization, considering the blackout probability growth during summer, due to the electrical power demand increase. Here, the model used penalizes test interventions by a continuous modulating function, which depends on the instantaneous blackout probability. Results have demonstrated the ability of the method in adapting the surveillance tests policy to seasonal behaviors. The knowledge acquired by the GA during the searching process has lead to test schedules that drastically minimize the test interventions at periods of high blackout probability. It is compensated by more frequent tests redistributed through the periods of low blackout probability, in order to provide improvement on the overall average availability at the system level.
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10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
April 14–18, 2002
Arlington, Virginia, USA
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Celso M. F. Lapa,
Celso M. F. Lapa
Comissa˜o Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Cla´udio M. N. A. Pereira,
Cla´udio M. N. A. Pereira
Comissa˜o Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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P. F. Frutuoso e Melo
P. F. Frutuoso e Melo
COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Celso M. F. Lapa
Comissa˜o Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Cla´udio M. N. A. Pereira
Comissa˜o Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
P. F. Frutuoso e Melo
COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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ICONE10-22496, pp. 123-128; 6 pages
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March 4, 2009
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Lapa, CMF, Pereira, CMNA, & Frutuoso e Melo, PF. "Emergency Diesel Generator System Surveillance Test Policy Optimization Through Genetic Algorithms Using Non-Periodic Intervention Frequencies and Seasonal Constraints." Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Volume 1. Arlington, Virginia, USA. April 14–18, 2002. pp. 123-128. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE10-22496
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