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Genetic Algorithm⁃Based Optimization of Boundary Conditions for Emergency Diesel Fuel Blending in Nuclear Power Plants
Xiangnan CHU, Qi MA, Guocai XI, Youfu WANG, Lichen ZHOU, Haotian YE
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Diesel fuel stored for long periods in emergency diesel tanks at nuclear power plants is susceptible to deterioration, potentially compromising the operational efficiency and reliability of emergency diesel units and posing risks to nuclear power plant safety. To maintain fuel quality, periodic filtration and blending, with additives when necessary, are required. Accordingly, this study proposes an efficient and accurate optimization method for emergency diesel conditioning that integrates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in FLUENT with a genetic algorithm implemented in MATLAB. The conditioning process is first simulated and analyzed using CFD, after which the genetic algorithm performs global optimization to determine a conditioning scheme that enables the monitoring points to meet the blending requirements in the shortest possible time. The proposed model improves the efficiency and accuracy of the conditioning process while reducing conditioning time, thereby supporting the operational reliability and performance of emergency diesel units.

2026, 46 (5): 46-51. DOI: 10.12422/j.issn.1672-6952.2026.05.007