Plant modeling as a key tool for nuclear I and C design and V and V
- LvivORGRES Company, 55 Tjutjunik Str., Lviv,79011 (Ukraine)
This paper summarizes an intensive experience of LvivORGRES in the design and implementation of the digital control systems at VVER-1000 and VVER-440 nuclear power plants in Ukraine and Bulgaria. This experience is applicable to the digital I and C upgrade projects for other types of reactor equipment as well as to the design and testing of new I and C systems for new constructions. LvivORGRES was recently involved in several modernization projects as a functional designer and, also, provided technical support and supervision during the factory and site acceptance testing. It is widely accepted and proved by the industry's practice that a level and quality of system validation at all design and implementation phases are key to the successful future operation of I and C systems. The plant control systems have some additional validation requirements in comparing with the information and monitoring systems. According to the Ukrainian nuclear regulation standards, the scope of the control system projects should include the close loop stability analysis at all unit modes of operation. Besides the control system algorithms verification and validation, it was necessary to determine the tuning parameters for the system and use them initially during the system commissioning. LvivORGRES has developed the Adaptive Plant Modeling process that was used as a key tool in all design stages of control system upgrade projects: Software engineering tests, Integrated system validation tests, Factory acceptance tests. The Plant Model was developed on a modular basis which allowed the testing of all primary and secondary side regulators for all unit modes of operation including transients and unit start-up and shutdown. The Plant Model has been adapted to each project's requirements. The use of the plant simulation provided technical bases for important project decisions and documents including among others: system test strategy, initial tuning parameters, training plan, etc. The Plant Model is validated for each specific project. The external interfaces of the Plant Model are flexible and they were adapted to the variety of I and C platforms. The simulation approach decreased the system commissioning risks. There are cases when the simulation is the only available possibility to test the control system in specific transient modes. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22030080
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: NPIC and HMIT 2006: 5. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Controls, and Human Machine Interface Technology, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 12-16 Nov 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 5. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Controls, and Human Machine Interface Technology| 1430 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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