Digital Human-Machine Interface Design for Marine Nuclear Power Plant Based on Task-Oriented

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-tong Liu ◽  
Shao-ming Wang ◽  
Long-fei Zhang ◽  
Guang Yang ◽  
Meng Lv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Digital Control ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Large Display ◽  
Machine Interface ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
And Control

A design of human machine interface (HMI) has been developed to ensure the safety and availability of marine nuclear power plant (NPP) in China. The staffing arrangement and HMIs are different from current nuclear power plants. One control room is used to monitor and control the reactor, the secondary loop, and the electric system. Considering the digital control room style, the elements of the HMIs in the control room are the large display panels and control consoles. Considering the digital control room style, the elements of the HMIs in the control room are the large display panels and control consoles. Information accuracy and control efficacy are thought as the ultimate goal. It has extremely high safety by hardware control on the control panel. Display device refers to the part designs of NPP one. Eventually it can provide centrally the working condition of the device and system, the operating parameters of key equipment, accident. Dynamic and static displays are combined to reflect real-time condition of the system conveniently, accurately and reliably. The necessary safety operations and displays are set on the safety console of each reactor independently. The large display panels are designed as an overview of the whole marine plant, which consist of large screen displays, mimic displays and alarm tiles. This paper points out that what the main issues is to be dealt with in the computerized HMI design process. A task-oriented HMI design principle is used to the interfaces of marine reactors starting up.

A Study on Human Reliability About Human Machine Interface in Accident Situation of Nuclear Power Plant

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Gu ◽  
Zhifang Wang ◽  
Jianbo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Human Reliability ◽  
Human Reliability Analysis ◽  
Machine Interface

Recently Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) is becoming more important to the safety of nuclear power plant (NPP). As the reliability of the NPP equipments have been increased more higher, HRA should be developed in order to guarantee the better safety of NPP. By the collection of human performance about operators in main control room of NPP, especially in accident situation, it is very important to enhance the human reliability. This paper chooses Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) and Steam Generator Tube Rupture (SGTR) as the initiating events, and base on this, some loss of other equipment or system have been added. Then the process that the operators deal with the accidents has been recorded in the accident situation in order to get reasonable human performance data. After we analyzed all of these video by some tools such as eye tracking tool, some items have been found which are very important to the human reliability such as training level, operation task, human-machine interface, surrounding, team work, etc. According to the analysis of the human performance result, we have evaluated the computerized human machine interface. As a result, it also could be benefit to improve the design of NPP, specially the design of main control room.

An Intelligent Algorithm Method of Element Layout Priority Sequence on Consoles Human Machine Interface

2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 2441-2446
Author(s):  
Sheng Yuan Yan ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Wen Long Chen
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Objective Function ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Ant Colony Algorithm ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Intelligent Algorithm ◽  
Function Model ◽  
Machine Interface

To objectively determine layout priority sequence of element in human machine interface (HMI), and avoid the result difference induced in applying empirical method by different persons and keeping traceability of layout process, intelligent algorithm based on layout priority sequence for HMI was presented in this paper. With importance, operating frequency, operating sequence and reliability in ergonomics principles taken as parameters, the objective function model of layout priority sequence was made up based on ant colony algorithm. It was certificated in the main control room of a nuclear power plant, which layout priority sequence was acquired using the established objective function model. The experiment show that layout priority sequence deduced through the algorithm is a unique one. Its process is traceable, and it advantages than current methods.

Assessment of human–machine interface design for a Chinese nuclear power plant

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Xiaoming ◽  
Zhou Zhiwei ◽  
Gao Zuying ◽  
Wu Wei ◽  
Takashi Nakagawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Machine Interface

A Study About Human Workload Forecasting Method of Nuclear Power Plant

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guojin Jiang ◽  
Pengfei Gu ◽  
Yongbin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Operator Performance ◽  
Machine Interface

In the past, the human machine interface is not computerized and the analysis tools are lack. So that most of previous researches of operator performance focused on the performance of individual operator rather than on the team performance. The relationships between team performance and individual performance are very close, but the team performance is not exactly equal to the sum of individual performance. The complexity of team performance evaluation is much higher than that of individual performance evaluation. Along with the development of new technology, especially the computerized technology, such as eye tracking tool and video recorder, team performance could be observed and measured. In NPP (Nuclear Power Plant), the operator performance of team work is closed to the safety of the whole plant. So the operators needed to be paid high attention to team performance. In order to improve the operator performance (including individual and team performance) base on the computerized human machine interface, this study bends to develop a real-time warning model for assessing team performance through the mental workload and human reliability evaluation. According to the analysis result, it could be as reference to modify the design about human machine interface in order to increase system safety and team performance of NPP.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality-Based Ergonomic Modeling and Evaluation Framework for Nuclear Power Plant Operation and Control

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunsoo Lee ◽  
Woo Chang Cha
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Simulation Framework ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Review System ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Design Review ◽  
Safety Concerns ◽  
And Control

The purpose of this study is to introduce a new and efficient virtual model-based ergonomic simulation framework utilizing recent anthropometric data for a digitalized main control room in an advanced nuclear power plant. The system interface of the main control room has been undergoing digitalization via various information and control consoles. Console operators often face human–computer interactive problems due to inappropriate console design. Computational models with a process of visual perception and variables of anthropometric data are developed for designing and evaluating operator consoles with the requirements of human factor guidelines. From the 3D computational model and simulation application, console dimensions and a designing test module, which would be used for designing suitable consoles with safety concerns in a nuclear plant, are proposed. To efficiently carry out console design and evaluation feedback, an intelligent design review system comprising a virtual modeling and simulation framework is developed. The proposed automated and virtual design review system provides console design efficiency and evaluation effectiveness. This study may influence methods of employing suitable design concepts with various anthropometric data in many areas with safety concerns and may show a feasible solution to designing and evaluating the main control room.

scholarly journals Computerized Operator Support System for Nuclear Power Plant Hybrid Main Control Room

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 1814-1818
Author(s):  
Roger Lew ◽  
Ronald L. Boring ◽  
Thomas A. Ulrich
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Support System ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Machine Interface ◽  
Plant Hybrid

A Computerized Operator Support System (COSS) is an operator assistive technology that aids operators in monitoring processes to detect off-normal conditions, diagnose plant faults, predict future plant states, recommend mitigation alternatives, and select appropriate mitigation actions. The COSS works in collaboration with an advanced prognostics system called PROAID. The COSS provides a human-machine interface to help operators maintain situation awareness and detect faults earlier than would be possible using conventional control room technologies at nuclear power plants. Here we describe a third-iteration of efforts to develop and validate the COSS. The COSS has now been implemented as a prototype system for a full-scope nuclear power plant simulator. To date, two studies involving three licensed reactor crews were conducted to evaluate the COSS. Here we capture insights into the development of COSS as well as operator feedback and future development guidance derived from the operator-in-the-loop simulator studies.

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