Development of Design Support Tool Using Integrated Hierarchical Control Chart (HCC) & IEC61131 for Nuclear Power Plant Control

Abstract

This paper proposes a new intelligent and highly automated Hierarchical Control Chart (HCC) and operations mapping solution for nuclear power plant operators that provides control system designers, developers and operators with a single view of all elements and systems across a power plant with the integrated interactive data access and information retrieval capabilities that enables a faster fault diagnostics as well aids in a more efficient decision making for the routine daily tasks.