The IDMaps Measurement Infrastructure

Author(s):  
Cheng Jin ◽  
Sugih Jamin ◽  
Danny Raz ◽  
Yuval Shavitt
Author(s):  
Oliver Power ◽  
Adam Ziolek ◽  
Andreas Elmholdt Christensen ◽  
Andrei Pokatilov ◽  
Anca Nestor ◽  
...  

The core objective of EMPIR project 17RPT04 VersICaL is to improve the European measurement infrastructure for electrical impedance, with particular emphasis on the capabilities of developing NMIs and calibration centres. The project will seek to exploit the results of existing research on digital impedance bridges (DIBs) by designing, constructing and validating simple, affordable versions suitable to realise the impedance scale in the range 1 nF to 10 μF and 1 mH to 10 H with relative uncertainties in the range 10-5 to 10-6. The first results of the research project, including the bridge designs and details of a polyphase digitally synthesized multichannel source capable of providing voltage outputs of precise ratio and phase are presented.


Author(s):  
Gert Rietveld ◽  
Paul Clarkson ◽  
Paul S. Wright ◽  
U. Pogliano ◽  
Jean-Pierre Braun ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-638
Author(s):  
Ravi Akella ◽  
Saptarshi Debroy ◽  
Prasad Calyam ◽  
Alex Berryman ◽  
Kunpeng Zhu ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Vivek Agarwal ◽  
James A. Smith

The core of any nuclear reactor presents a particularly harsh environment for sensors and instrumentations. The reactor core also imposes challenging constraints on signal transmission from inside the reactor core to outside of the reactor vessel. In this paper, an acoustic measurement infrastructure installed at the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR), located at Idaho National Laboratory, is presented. The measurement infrastructure consists of ATR in-pile structural components, coolant, acoustic receivers, primary coolant pumps, a data-acquisition system, and signal processing algorithms. Intrinsic and cyclic acoustic signals generated by the operation of the primary coolant pumps are collected and processed. The characteristics of the intrinsic signal can indicate the process state of the ATR (such as reactor startup, reactor criticality, reactor attaining maximum power, and reactor shutdown) during operation (i.e., real-time measurement). This paper demonstrated different in acoustic signature of the ATR under different operating conditions. In particular, ATR acoustic baseline is captured during typical operation cycle and during power axial locator mechanism operation cycle. The difference in two acoustic baseline is significant and highlights salient difference that are critical in the design and development of acoustically telemetered sensors.


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