AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF COOLING WATER EROSION AND CORROSION

THIS RESEARCJ PROJECT APPLIES EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO THE MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF COOLING SYSTEMS FOR A NUCLEAR POWERPLANT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILLBE TO DETERMINE THE EROSION AND CORROSION RATES, AND THUS TOASSIST THE CHEMISTRY STAFF OF THE PLANT IN DETERMING PRESENTAND FUTURE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR CONTROLLING THE DEGRADATION OF PLANT COMPONENTS. THE SYSTEM WILL PREDICT THE TIMING FOR REPLACING SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND WILL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL COST SAVINGS BY DECREASING UNPLANNED DOWNTIME. THE PHASE I RESEARCH INCLUDES THE DESIGN AND PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPERT SYSTEM AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE IN THE LABORATORY. IMPELL CORPORATION AND COMMONWEALTH EDISON WILLSUPPLY THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE EXPERT SYSTEM AND WILL EVALUATE THE RESULTS. IN PHASE II A FULL SCALE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT CAN BE USED AS AN ADVISORY SYSTEM IN THE NUCLEAR REACTOR PLANT. THIS WILL BE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPELL CORPORATION AND COMMONWEALTH EDISON.