Alarm system for a nuclear control complex

Patent · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869164

Scarola, Kenneth ^[1]; Jamison, David S ^[1]; Manazir, Richard M ^[2]; Rescorl, Robert L ^[3]; Harmon, Daryl L ^[4]

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1. Windsor, CT
2. North Canton, CT
3. Vernon, CT
4. Enfield, CT

An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually. The integrated process status board (24) is at the apex of an information hierarchy that extends through four levels and provides access at each panel to the full display hierarchy. The control room panels are preferably of a modular construction, permitting the definition of inputs and outputs, the man machine interface, and the plant specific algorithms, to proceed in parallel with the fabrication of the panels, the installation of the equipment and the generic testing thereof.

• Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc. (Windsor, CT)
• Patent Number(s): US 5287390
• OSTI ID: 869164
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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