• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 1976

A 2-out of-3 coincidence circuit and a discriminator to be used in the safely systems in nuclear reactors are described and analyzed in detail. The expressions for the reliability and the spurious scram reiliability of 1.out of-m coincidence logic in general are derived and the optimum value of 1 is assessed. The coincidence circuit is designed by making use of the pulse-summing method and is very simple in principle. The discriminator has good linearity in in the whole discrimination range and good threshold stability.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.8
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• pp.1318-1326
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• 2008

This paper proposes an alternative methodology for deciding an optimum deterministic reliability level (IRR; Installed Reserve Rate) by using probabilistic reliability criterion (LOLE; Loss of Load Expectation). Additionally, case studies using the proposed method induce the characteristics of relationship between the probabilistic reliability index (LOLE) and deterministic reliability index (IRR) for 2008 and 2010 years in Korea power system. The case study presents a possibility that an optimum IRR level in Korea can be assessed using the proposed method. Korea power system has been using the LOLE criterion to determine the adequacy of installed capacity (ICAP) requirement. The criterion in Korea is that the loss of load expectation shall not exceed the available capacity more than five day in ten years (=0.5[days/year]), The probabilistic reliability evaluation and production cost simulation program which is called PRASim is used in order to evaluate the relationship and optimum IRR in this paper.