Deployment of a Full-Scope Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Simulator at the Idaho National Laboratory

Ronald Boring ; Julius Persensky ; Kenneth Thomas

关键词: ARCHITECTURE;    AUTOMATION;    CONTROL ROOMS;    CONTROL SYSTEMS;    DESIGN;    EVALUATION;    HUMAN FACTORS;    INEEL;    JOINT VENTURES;    MONITORS;    NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;    PERFORMANCE;    REACTOR OPERATORS;    SIMULATORS;    TESTING control room simulator;    instrumentation and control;    nuclear power plant;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1027918
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-11-23421
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1027918
Others  :  TRN: US1105890

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The INL operates the HSSL to conduct research in the design and evaluation of advanced reactor control rooms, integration of intelligent support systems to assist operators, development and assessment of advanced human performance models, and visualizations to assess advanced operational concepts across various infrastructures. This advanced facility consists of a reconfigurable simulator and a virtual reality capability (known as the Computer-Aided Virtual Environment (CAVE)) (Figure 2). It supports human factors research, including human-in-the-loop performance, HSI, and analog and digital hybrid control displays. It can be applied to the development and evaluation of control systems and displays for complex systems such as existing and advanced NPP control rooms, command and control systems, and advance emergency operations centers. The HSSL incorporates a reconfigurable control room simulator, which is currently housed in the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), a joint venture of the DOE and the Idaho University System. The simulator is a platform- and plant-neutral environment intended for full-scope and part-task testing of operator performance in various control room configurations. The simulator is not limited to a particular plant or even simulator architecture. It can support engineering simulator platforms from multiple vendors using digital interfaces. Due to its ability to be reconfigured, it is possible to switch the HSI - not just to digital panels but also to different control modalities such as those using greater plant automation or intelligent alarm filtering. The simulator currently includes three operator workstations, each capable of driving up to eight 30-inch monitors. The size and number of monitors varies depending on the particular front-end simulator deployed for a simulator study. These operator workstations would typically be used for the shift supervisor or senior reactor operator, reactor operator, and assistant reactor operator in current US NPPs. In addition to the three workstations, information can be shared between the workstations and further displayed on a large-screen overview display or a panel mimic. An 82-inch high-definition display is commonly used for the overview display.