Use of computer-aided-engineering (CAE) for configuration management

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)

OSTI ID:6735438

Bellon, M ^[1]

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1. Electricite de France (EDF)

For nearly 25 years, Electricite de France (EDF) has been designing and building nuclear power plants, and now has more than 50 in operation. During this period, EDF has faced problems common to all designers and operators. The author discusses two major aspects which must be dealt with to design a power plant: installation design and operational description. In both cases, the designer has to ensure that all parameters conform to the design requirements and that all documents are consistent with each other. For the operational description, the most important part of the job is to check and maintain consistency between the various documents: P and ID's, functional diagrams, cable networks, procedures, data management and also installation drawings. The author discusses how EDF has chosen two computer aided design softwares---PDMS and PHENIX---and has built a powerful engineering system around them.

• OSTI ID: 6735438
• Report Number(s): CONF-890425-; CODEN: PAPWA; TRN: 90-025914
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA), Vol. 51; Conference: American power conference, Chicago, IL (USA), 24-26 Apr 1989; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
POWER SYSTEMS
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COMPUTER CODES
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
ELECTRIC CABLES
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
PIPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
CABLES
CONDUCTOR DEVICES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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