Digital-twin-based improvements to diagnosis, prognosis, strategy assessment, and discrepancy checking in a nearly autonomous management and control system

Lin, Linyu; Athe, Paridhi; Rouxelin, Pascal; Avramova, Maria; Gupta, Abhinav; Youngblood, Robert; Lane, J. W.; Dinh, Truc-Nam

doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108715

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“…This approach contributes crucially to a thorough plant lifecycle assessment and resonates and connects with the digitalization trend in the nuclear (and not only) industry, which also involves the development of digital twins for the key plant components [143]. These are virtual copies that, by combining in situ data collection with either physical or data-driven computer simulation techniques and models (see Section 3.2), allow the behaviour of the component in operation, or under off-normal conditions, to be anticipated, thereby optimizing its functioning, while enabling timely interventions and, if needed, replacements, whenever required [144].…”

Section: General Materials-related Issues For Improved Circularity An...mentioning

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Materials for Sustainable Nuclear Energy: A European Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for All Reactor Generations

Malerba

Mazouzi²,

Bertolus

et al. 2022

Energies

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Nuclear energy is presently the single major low-carbon electricity source in Europe and is overall expected to maintain (perhaps eventually even increase) its current installed power from now to 2045. Long-term operation (LTO) is a reality in essentially all nuclear European countries, even when planning to phase out. New builds are planned. Moreover, several European countries, including non-nuclear or phasing out ones, have interests in next generation nuclear systems. In this framework, materials and material science play a crucial role towards safer, more efficient, more economical and overall more sustainable nuclear energy. This paper proposes a research agenda that combines modern digital technologies with materials science practices to pursue a change of paradigm that promotes innovation, equally serving the different nuclear energy interests and positions throughout Europe. This paper chooses to overview structural and fuel materials used in current generation reactors, as well as their wider spectrum for next generation reactors, summarising the relevant issues. Next, it describes the materials science approaches that are common to any nuclear materials (including classes that are not addressed here, such as concrete, polymers and functional materials), identifying for each of them a research agenda goal. It is concluded that among these goals are the development of structured materials qualification test-beds and materials acceleration platforms (MAPs) for materials that operate under harsh conditions. Another goal is the development of multi-parameter-based approaches for materials health monitoring based on different non-destructive examination and testing (NDE&T) techniques. Hybrid models that suitably combine physics-based and data-driven approaches for materials behaviour prediction can valuably support these developments, together with the creation and population of a centralised, “smart” database for nuclear materials.

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Section: General Materials-related Issues For Improved Circularity An...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Materials for Sustainable Nuclear Energy: A European Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for All Reactor Generations

Malerba

Mazouzi²,

Bertolus

et al. 2022

Energies

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“…, 2019). Utilizing advanced technology (such as digital twins), an independent control system has the ability to achieve a number of objectives with minimal external intervention (Lin et al. , 2022) and influence organizational control activities.…”

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“…For example, there has recently been a growing interest in developing autonomous control systems for various real-world applications in different industries and business areas (Lin et al, 2022;Fuller et al, 2020;Barricelli et al, 2019). Utilizing advanced technology (such as digital twins), an independent control system has the ability to achieve a number of objectives with minimal external intervention (Lin et al, 2022) and influence organizational control activities. With the multiple characteristics of digital twins, organizations can monitor, control, predict and Digital twins' impact on organizational control maintain functions in real time to benefit users by enabling data transmission between the physical and virtual worlds (Aheleroff et al, 2020;Khajavi et al, 2019).…”

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“…As more organizations leverage digital technology in novel ways, it will inevitably have a permanent impact on organizational control mechanisms. For example, there has recently been a growing interest in developing autonomous control systems for various real-world applications in different industries and business areas (Lin et al, 2022;Fuller et al, 2020;Barricelli et al, 2019). Utilizing advanced technology (such as digital twins), an independent control system has the ability to achieve a number of objectives with minimal external intervention (Lin et al, 2022) and influence organizational control activities.…”

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Digital twins’ impact on organizational control: perspectives on formal vs social control

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Digital-twin-based improvements to diagnosis, prognosis, strategy assessment, and discrepancy checking in a nearly autonomous management and control system

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Materials for Sustainable Nuclear Energy: A European Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for All Reactor Generations

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Digital twins’ impact on organizational control: perspectives on formal vs social control

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