Pressurized Water Reactor Simulation and Visualization
Electrical Engineering
Team 4
Mila Edwards, Chris Estler, Tracy Gonce, Ian Mylenbusch, and Daniel Oswalt
Summary
Team 4 created a Python-based simulator for a modern multi-loop pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant, which includes a nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) with a reactor core, hot and cold legs, pressurizer, and steam generator connected to a turbine. The simulator includes a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying time-varying state variables such as reactor power, reactivity, primary temperatures and pressures, steam flow, and electric power. Also included is a user manual that steps through two simulation scenarios: (1) Turbine load cut and (2) Manual rod insertion.