The control system for TMSR molten salt pump experimental platform based on Qt

Abstract

BackgroundA low-flow high-temperature molten salt pump is developed for the thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR) nuclear energy project launched in 2012. Before the low-flow high-temperature molten salt pump is applied to the molten salt reactor, a large amount of experimental data is required.PurposeThis study aims to develop 3D interface of molten salt pump experiment platform control system to monitor the real-time data generated by the system.MethodsFirst of all, the Blender opensource software was used to draw the 3D model of this control system, then, Qt Creator was employed to load the model and develop the control system interface, and "sqlite" was applied to the storage of the real-time data generated by the system. Finally, experimental tests were conducted to verify its performance.ResultsExperimental results show that the display of 3D models and real-time data are achieved in the monitoring system, so do the 3D model rotation and scaling. Functionalities such as the valve switch state control, the user operation behavior and historical data recording, over-threshold alarm, etc. are realized with stability and flexibility.ConclusionsThis new technology of Qt and 3D can be applied to the development of the molten salt pump control system in the future.

Keywords

• molten salt pump experimental platform
• 3d model
• experimental physics and industrial control system
• qt creator