PBMR utilises HBM software for nuclear development

Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) has selected HBM nCode GlyphWorks and ICE-flow Automation software in the development of its nuclear High Temperature Reactor (HTR).

Based in South Africa, the PBMR project is a closed-cycle, gas turbine power conversion system that aims to be the first commercial scale HTR in the power generation field.

GlyphWorks and ICE-flow Automation software is used across a variety of intensive test data applications, particularly in the vehicle and aerospace industry, such as proving grounds, test rigs and flight tests.

This is the first application of the software in the nuclear industry.

Engineers at PBMR worked with ESTEQ Engineering, a HBM reseller of nCode products in South Africa, to evaluate software for the analysis of extremely large volumes of test data.

Effective and speedy analysis of test data is critical for the entire reactor development team, as is the ability to rapidly find data and associated information.

The HBM solution includes nCode GlyphWorks for test data analysis and ICE-flow Automation for web-based processing, data management and reporting.

It will be used to pre-process and report on test data, making the raw data and summary information available to engineers on the project via a web interface.

Analysis processes can then be automated by uploading nCode GlyphWorks analysis flows to the online ICE-flow Automation system.

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