Abstract
This paper reviews the design, installation, and initial use of a smart operator aid that was developed to assist licensed personnel with the performance of power adjustments on the 5-MWt MIT Research Reactor (MITR-II). The aid is a computer-generated, predictive display that enables console operators to visualize the consequences of a planned control action prior to implementing that action. The motivation for the development of this display was the observation that present-time control decisions are made by comparing a plant's expected behavior to the desired response. Thus, an operator will achieve proper control only to the degree that he or she is capable of anticipating plant response. This may be difficult if the plant's dynamics are non-linear, time delayed, or counter-intuitive. A study was therefore undertaken at the MITR-II to determine whether operator performance could be improved by using digital technology to provide visual displays of projected plant behavior. It was found that, while the use of predictive information had to be learned, operator performance did improve as a result of its availability. Information is presented on the display's design, the computer system utilized for its implementation, operator response to the display, and the possible extension of this concept to
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Bernard, J A;
Lau, S H;
Kwok, Kwan S;
Kim, Keung Koo
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- Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
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Bernard, J A, Lau, S H, Kwok, Kwan S, and Kim, Keung Koo.
Design, installation, and initial use of a smart operator aid.
IAEA: N. p.,
1992.
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Bernard, J A, Lau, S H, Kwok, Kwan S, & Kim, Keung Koo.
Design, installation, and initial use of a smart operator aid.
IAEA.
Bernard, J A, Lau, S H, Kwok, Kwan S, and Kim, Keung Koo.
1992.
"Design, installation, and initial use of a smart operator aid."
IAEA.
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abstractNote = {This paper reviews the design, installation, and initial use of a smart operator aid that was developed to assist licensed personnel with the performance of power adjustments on the 5-MWt MIT Research Reactor (MITR-II). The aid is a computer-generated, predictive display that enables console operators to visualize the consequences of a planned control action prior to implementing that action. The motivation for the development of this display was the observation that present-time control decisions are made by comparing a plant's expected behavior to the desired response. Thus, an operator will achieve proper control only to the degree that he or she is capable of anticipating plant response. This may be difficult if the plant's dynamics are non-linear, time delayed, or counter-intuitive. A study was therefore undertaken at the MITR-II to determine whether operator performance could be improved by using digital technology to provide visual displays of projected plant behavior. It was found that, while the use of predictive information had to be learned, operator performance did improve as a result of its availability. Information is presented on the display's design, the computer system utilized for its implementation, operator response to the display, and the possible extension of this concept to the control of steam generator level. (author)}
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title = {Design, installation, and initial use of a smart operator aid}
author = {Bernard, J A, Lau, S H, Kwok, Kwan S, and Kim, Keung Koo}
abstractNote = {This paper reviews the design, installation, and initial use of a smart operator aid that was developed to assist licensed personnel with the performance of power adjustments on the 5-MWt MIT Research Reactor (MITR-II). The aid is a computer-generated, predictive display that enables console operators to visualize the consequences of a planned control action prior to implementing that action. The motivation for the development of this display was the observation that present-time control decisions are made by comparing a plant's expected behavior to the desired response. Thus, an operator will achieve proper control only to the degree that he or she is capable of anticipating plant response. This may be difficult if the plant's dynamics are non-linear, time delayed, or counter-intuitive. A study was therefore undertaken at the MITR-II to determine whether operator performance could be improved by using digital technology to provide visual displays of projected plant behavior. It was found that, while the use of predictive information had to be learned, operator performance did improve as a result of its availability. Information is presented on the display's design, the computer system utilized for its implementation, operator response to the display, and the possible extension of this concept to the control of steam generator level. (author)}
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