Intelligent Control System Enhances Space Reactor Performance under Uncertainty

Researchers from the University of South China, Tsinghua University, and the Technical University of Munich have developed an advanced uncertainty model and intelligent control system that improves the responsiveness and adaptability of space nuclear reactors in complex environments. The new system boasts faster response times, higher control accuracy, and stronger adaptability to changing conditions.

The study addresses the challenge of system uncertainty, which arises from both theoretical approximations and experimental correlation fitting. This uncertainty is compounded by the dynamic movements of space reactors, such as pitch, roll, and tilt, that influence neutronics and thermal-hydraulics models. Additional uncertainty comes from environmental disturbances affecting sensors and act