An alarm processing system for a nuclear power plant using artificial intelligence techniques

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Nuclear Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5768129

Yang, J O; Chang, S H ^[1]

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1. Korea Advanced Inst. of Science and Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, P.O. Box 150 Cheongryang, Seoul (KR)

This paper reports on an alarm processing system (APS) developed that uses artificial intelligence techniques to help operators to make decisions. Alarms in nuclear power plants are classified into generalized and special alarms. Generalized alarms are further classified into global and local alarms. For each type of alarm, the specific processing rules are applied to filter and suppress unnecessary and potentially misleading alarms. The processing for the generalized alarms is based on model-based reasoning. The special alarms are processed by the cause-consequence check rules. The priorities of alarms are determined according to both the plant state and the consistencies among the alarms. This APS is built on a workstation using the Prolog language.

• OSTI ID: 5768129
• Journal Information: Nuclear Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Nuclear Technology; (United States) Vol. 95:3; ISSN NUTYB; ISSN 0029-5450
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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ALARM SYSTEMS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER PLANTS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
PROLOG
REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS