An Alarm Processing System for a Nuclear Power Plant Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Yang, J.-O.; Chang, Soon Heung

doi:10.13182/nt91-a34576

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“…The generalized alarms are those that can be standardized according to the type of equipment, such as a pump, valve, or heater. The special alarms are those that cannot be included among the generalized alarms [172].…”

Section: ) Emergency Alarmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nuclear Power Plants With Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0 Era: Top-Level Design and Current Applications—A Systemic Review

Lyu

Zhang

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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Nuclear energy can make an important contribution to low-carbon energy supply for Industry 4.0, while Industry 4.0 can reform this industry in return. As a typical and complex man-machine-network integration system, various faults, insufficient automation and stressed human operators limit the further popularization of nuclear power plants (NPPs) while these issues can be addressed by the aid of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. In this work, we try to present a systemic review of how AI can benefit NPPs in a top-to-down fashion. We discuss limitations in current NPPs and introduce the concept of Nuclear Power Plant Human-Cyber-Physical System (NPPHCPS) as the top-level design. Then, we category AI-related nuclear power applications into Physical-Plant-Centered and Human-Operator-Centered technologies and review research works from 7 typical NPP functional scenarios in the recent two decades. In each NPP functional scenario, how researchers integrate AI into NPPs is presented following timeline. We hope this review can be used as the guideline for NPPs' Design in the future and contribute to green Industry 4.0.

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Section: ) Emergency Alarmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nuclear Power Plants With Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0 Era: Top-Level Design and Current Applications—A Systemic Review

Lyu

Zhang

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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“…Earlier alarm systems, such as the annunciator system developed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and the disturbance analysis system based on cause-consequence trees developed by Electric Power Institute, lack flexibility. In an effort to assist operators in NPPs in identifying primary causal alarms and in diagnosing the fault using modern technologies, several studies have been conducted [34][35][36][37][38][39] to automate alarm processing and diagnosis of NPPs.…”

Section: Alarm Processing Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yang and Chang 34 have suggested a prototype alarm processing system that is developed using model-based reasoning and object-oriented representation of the alarm with general cause-consequence check rules. This alarm processing system, which filters and suppresses unnecessary and potentially misleading alarms, is validated with an NPP simulator.…”

Section: Alarm Processing Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%