Obsidian/Presentations/20251215-Emerson-Pres/sections/12_demonstration.tex

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        \textbf{FIGURE: SmAHTR Hardware-in-Loop Setup}\\[0.3cm]
        Top: SmAHTR reactor diagram\\
        (liquid-salt cooled, representative SMR)\\[0.3cm]
        Middle: Hardware-in-loop architecture\\
        Simulink Model $\leftrightarrow$ ARCADE $\leftrightarrow$ Emerson Ovation\\[0.3cm]
        Bottom: Startup sequence state machine\\
        Cold $\rightarrow$ Heat $\rightarrow$ Criticality $\rightarrow$ Low Power $\rightarrow$ Full Power\\
        Show continuous trajectories within each state
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    \textbf{Small Modular Advanced High Temperature Reactor (SmAHTR):}
    - Liquid-salt cooled reactor design
    - Well-documented startup procedures
    - Representative of next-generation SMR designs

    \textbf{Startup Sequence:} Cold → Controlled Heating → Approach Criticality → Low-Power Physics → Full Power
    Each mode has different control objective (temp control, ramp rate, reactivity, neutron flux, load following)

    \textbf{Implementation Platform:}
    - Simulation: High-fidelity Simulink model (thermal-hydraulics + neutron kinetics)
    - Hardware: Emerson Ovation control system (industry standard)
    - Integration: ARCADE platform (hardware-in-the-loop)
    - Validation: Real-time performance on actual control equipment

    \textbf{Why This Matters:}
    Multiple coordinated subsystems, strict timing/temperature constraints, complex nonlinear dynamics.
    This is not a toy problem---it's representative of deployment challenges.
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