B.R. Upadhyaya - Recent Publications

"Residual Life Estimation of Plant Components," (with M. Naghedolfeizi and B. Raychaudhuri), P/PM Technology, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 22-29, 1994.

"Monitoring Feedwater Flow Rate and Component Thermal Performance of Pressurized Water Reactors by Means of Artificial Neural Networks," (with K. Kavaklioglu), Nuclear Technology, Vol. 107, pp. 112-123, July 1994.

"Empirical Process Modeling Technique for Signal Validation," (with K.E. Holbert), Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp. 387-403, 1994.

"Performance Monitoring and Control Design of Nuclear Power Plants," (with R.E. Uhrig, K. Kavaklioglu, E. Eryurek and A. Erbay), Vol.1: On-Line Thermal Performance Monitoring. Final Report prepared for TVA by the University of Tennessee, UTNE/TVA/91-09, September 1994.

"A Parallel, Fault-Tolerant Control and Diagnostics System for Nuclear Power Plants," (with E. Eryurek), Vol. 2, UTNE/TVA/92-10, September 1994.

"A PC-Based Signal Validation System for Nuclear Power Plants," (with A. Erbay), Final Report Prepared for TVA by the University of Tennessee, Vol. 3, UTNE/TVA/92-11, September 1994.

"Predictive Maintenance Technology and Application to Residual Life Estimation of Plant Components," (with M. Naghedolfeizi, B. Raychaudhuri and J. Banks), Annual Report Prepared for the Measurement and Control Engineering Center, MCEC/UTNE/93-04, September 1994.

"Guidance for the Design and Management of a Maintenance Plan to Assure Safety and Improve the Predictability of a DOE Nuclear Irradiation Facility," (with R.S. Booth, RC Kryter, W.J. Rowan, R.L. Shepard and O.L. Smith), ORNL/TM-12701, October 1994.

"Monitoring and Prognosis of Plant Components," (with B. Raychaudhuri, J.E. Banks, and M. Naghedolfeizi), P/PM Technology, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 43-49, December 1994.

"A Life Assessment Methodology for Heat Exchanger and Steam Generator Tubing," (with M. Naghedolfeizi), Research Report Prepared for the Measurement and Control Center, MCEC/UTNE/93-06, December 1994.

"Automatic Diagnostics of Motor-Operated Valves Using Motor Power Signature Analysis," (with M. Glumac), Report Prepared for Duke Power Company, UTNE/DUKE/93-04, December 1994.

"Development of an Automated Diagnostics System for Eddy Current Data Analysis Using Applied Artificial Intelligence Techniques," (with W. Yan), Report Prepared for the Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI/UTNE/93-04, December 1994.

"An On-Line Signal Validation System for Nuclear Power Plants," (with A.S. Erbay), Proc. of the 9th Power Plant. Dyn., Cont. & Test. Symp, May 1995.

"Advanced Control Design for Feedwater Flow Regulation in PWRs," (with E. Eryurek and I. Alguindigue), Proc. of the 9th Power Plant Dyn., Cont. & Test. Symp, May 1995.

"On-Line Implementation of Power Plant Performance Monitoring Using Neural Network," (with K. Kavaklioglu), Proc. of the 9th Power Plant Dyn, Cont. & Test. Symp, May 1995.

"Artificial Intelligence-Based Decision Methods for Diagnostics of Steam Generator Tubing," (with W. Yan), Proc. of the 9th Power Plant Dyn., Cont. & Test. Symp, May 1995.

"Dynamic Data Analysis for Prognosis of Plant Components," (with J.E. Banks, M. Naghedolfeizi and B. Raychaudhuri), Proc. of the 9th Power Plant Dyn., Cont. & Test. Symp, May 1995.

"Automated Diagnosis of Motor-Operated Valves," (with M. Glumac and B.W. Roberts), Proc. of the 9th Power Plant Dyn., Cont. & Test. Symp, May 1995.

"An Integrated Control and Diagnostics System for Power Plants," (with E. Eryurek and R.E. Uhrig), Proc. of the 9th Power Plant Dyn., Cont. & Test. Symp, May 1995.

"An Integrated Fault-Tolerant Control and Diagnostics System for Nuclear Power Plants," (with E. Eryurek), Proc. ANS Topical Meeting on Computer-Based Human Support Systems, pp. 267-274, Philadelphia, June 1995.

"A PC-Based Signal Validation System for Nuclear Power Plants," (with A.S. Erbay and K. Kavaklioglu), Proc. ANS Topical Meeting on Computer-Based Human Support Systems, pp. 313-320, Philadelphia, June 1995.

"On-Line Thermal Performance Monitoring of PWR's Using Computational Neural Networks," (with K. Kavaklioglu and A.S. Erbay), Proc. ANS Topical Meeting on Computer-Based Human Support Systems, pp. 433-440, Philadelphia, June 1995.