JP3105969B2 - Power plant failure support system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a power plant abnormal time support apparatus for supporting a series of operations when an abnormal situation such as a natural disaster or an accident occurs in a power plant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Power plants, such as thermal power plants and nuclear power plants, take thermal power plants as examples, and include main units such as boilers and turbine generators, as well as condensers, feed water heaters, and the like.
It is a huge system consisting of a wide variety of equipment such as pumps and other auxiliary equipment, various power supply equipment, various pipes and wires that interconnect them, control devices, and fuel equipment. Most of the power plants in this giant system operate day and night, weekdays and holidays without distinction.

Under these operating conditions, in order to provide stable and economical power supply over a long period of time, which is the original mission of these power plants, it is necessary to take measures such as disasters and accidents. It is indispensable to take measures to prevent the occurrence beforehand and to prevent the spread in the event of an abnormality. For this reason, it is mandatory to install a fire extinguisher, secure a separation distance from a private house, and install a fire engine in a normal power plant. In addition, a manual to deal with the abnormalities and an information communication network for making telephone calls to related places are also in place.

[0004]

However, the above-described abnormal power assisting device for a power plant has the following problems.

[0005] First, there is a problem that the pattern of occurrence of abnormalities such as disasters is diversified, and the response method differs depending on the scale, and it is not possible to quickly respond to abnormalities. In particular, when abnormalities such as various disasters occur during hours when there is no one other than the power plant operators (on-duty workers), such as at night or on holidays, more than a dozen on-duty personnel have to deal with abnormalities. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to acquire a quick response especially in the case of an emergency at night or on a holiday, because training in the event of a disaster is mainly performed on weekdays.

Second, the operation is maintained according to the magnitude of the abnormality.
We must continue to work on recovery and rescue, and in addition to contacting local governments, public offices, etc., call and related to dozens of places such as neighbors and related departments (repair section, construction section, etc.) There is a problem that it takes a lot of time and labor to search drawings and the like.

Third, in the event of a disaster, inquiries from outsiders increase, and in the security office, which is often the first window for telephone calls during the night and on holidays, sufficient information is not transmitted and accurate information is not provided. There is a problem that it is difficult to take appropriate measures.

[0008] To this end, it is most important to quickly grasp and confirm the situation at the site. In such a case, it is effective to use industrial televisions arranged at various parts of the plant. In addition, the selection of the image of the site is manually performed by the operator, and it is often difficult to make an accurate selection in a state where an abnormality has occurred.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a power plant abnormal time support device that comprehensively supports a response operation at the time of occurrence of an error by a simple operation of an operator.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a first means for displaying a plurality of types of abnormal items set in advance on a screen, and a plurality of cameras installed in various parts of a power plant classified by the abnormal items. Second means for storing, third means for storing a plurality of report destinations and report content messages to be reported when the abnormal situation occurs for each of the abnormal items, drawings, disaster prevention information, support manual A plurality of supporting document image information classified and stored for each of the abnormal items, a fifth unit for selecting and specifying the abnormal item displayed on the screen when the abnormal situation occurs, and a fifth unit. A sixth means for selecting a plurality of cameras corresponding to the abnormal item selected and designated by the means from the second means and displaying the obtained image on a monitor, and a plurality of cameras corresponding to the abnormal item selected and designated by the fifth means. of A seventh means for selecting a report destination and a report content message from the third means, and automatically calling the report contents corresponding to the plurality of report destinations; and a plurality of information items corresponding to the abnormal items selected and designated by the fifth means. A seventh step in which support document image information is selected from the fourth means and visually output.
Means.

In the above configuration, when an abnormal situation such as a natural disaster or an accident occurs in the power plant, the type of the abnormal situation is specified, and the images of the corresponding parts of the plant are arranged in the corresponding parts of the plant. The video from the camera is taken out and displayed on a monitor, and the supporting image information such as drawings necessary for responding to the abnormal situation is visually output. You will automatically call the message for help.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a power plant abnormal support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system control unit 1 includes an operator interface unit 2 for interacting with an operator, a dialog processing unit 3, an abnormality type determining unit 4 for determining the type of an abnormality generated based on information from the dialog processing unit 3, and an abnormality type determination. The camera selection unit 5 operates according to the abnormality type information from the unit 4, the report destination selection unit 6, and the support document selection unit 7. The camera selection unit 5, the report destination selection unit 6, and the support document selection unit 7 are a camera selection information storage unit 8, a report destination information storage unit 9,
And a support document information storage unit 10.

The camera selection unit 5 includes an image information control unit 11
The image information control unit 11 is connected to industrial television cameras 12a to 12z and an industrial television monitor 13. The destination selection unit 6 includes an automatic telephone processing unit 1
4 and the printer 15 are connected.
4 is connected to a report content storage section 16 and report destinations 18a to 18z via a telephone exchange 17. An image processing unit 19 is connected to the support document selection unit 7, and a support document image information storage unit 20, an image scanner 21, an image information monitor 22, and an image printer 23 are connected to the image processing unit 19.

Here, the abnormality type judging section 4 outputs a signal corresponding to the type and degree of the abnormality by inputting the type and degree of the abnormality from the operator interface section 2. The camera selection unit 5 stores the camera selection information storage unit 8 in advance according to the type and degree of the abnormality based on the signal of the abnormality type determination unit 4.
The image information is sequentially selected based on the information stored in. The report destination selection unit 6 sequentially selects report destinations according to the type and degree of abnormality based on information stored in the report destination information storage unit 9 in advance based on the signal of the abnormality type determination unit 4. The support document selection unit 7 sequentially selects index information stored in advance in the support document information storage unit 10 based on the signal of the abnormality type determination unit 4.

The image information control unit 11 selects image information of the industrial television cameras 12 a to 12 z based on the signal of the camera selection unit 5 and displays the image information on the industrial television monitor 13. The automatic telephone processing unit 14 reports an abnormal situation to the report destinations 18 a to 18 z via the telephone exchange 17 based on the signal of the report destination selection unit 6. The image processing unit 19 outputs the image information in the support document image information storage unit 20 to the image information monitor 22 and the image printer 23, and inputs image data from the image scanner 21.

As camera selection information to be registered in advance, a camera list from the operator interface unit 2 is stored in the camera selection information storage unit 8, and a selection order according to the type of abnormality is stored in the camera selection unit 5. In the camera selection information storage unit 8,
For example, camera numbers “No. 1 to N” as shown in FIG.
o. There is a camera list file 8a for storing “n” and the corresponding image names a1 to an.

In the camera selection section 5, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, types of abnormalities 1 "fire", 2 "earthquake".
There is an abnormal type camera selection file 5a for each "explosion",
This file contains the selection order and camera N according to the type of abnormality.
o. Has been saved.

The report information to be registered in advance is stored in the report destination list from the report destination list from the operator interface unit 2.
The report order according to the type of abnormality is stored in the report destination selection unit 6. For example, FIG.
And the telephone numbers “c1” corresponding to the report destinations “b1 to bn” corresponding to the report destinations “No.
通報 c2 ’is stored in the report destination list file 9a.

In the report destination selection unit 6, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, abnormal types 1 "fire", 2 "earthquake"...
There is an abnormality type report order file 6a for each "explosion", and this file contains the report destination order and message No. according to the type of abnormality. And have been saved. Furthermore, the report destination No. Corresponds to the message N of the message file described later.
o. Has been saved.

That is, a message notifying the occurrence of an error, a message notifying an emergency dispatch, and the like are input by means not shown in the figure and stored in the notification destination information storage unit 9. For example, a message No. as shown in FIG. 1 to No. n and corresponding messages d1 to dn are stored in advance.

As the pre-registered abnormal information, image information such as drawings, disaster prevention information, and a support manual are input from the image scanner 21 and stored in the support document image information storage unit 20. For example, the support document image information storage unit 20 stores various image information 20a such as an oil system diagram as shown in FIG.
The index of the image information 20a is input from the operator interface unit 2 and stored in the support document information storage unit 10. For example, the support document information storage unit 10 stores the index N as shown in FIG.
o. 1 to No. A system diagram, a layout diagram,..., a structure diagram are stored as image information corresponding to n. The support document selecting unit 7 includes, for example, selection orders 1 to n for selecting image information according to the type of abnormality as shown in FIG.
Corresponding to the index No. in FIG. Is stored in the abnormality type selection file 7a.

In the above configuration, when a natural disaster such as a typhoon or an earthquake or an abnormality such as an emergency such as a fire or explosion occurs,
The operator specifies the type and degree of the abnormality from the operator interface unit 2. The initial menu screen 2a of the operator interface unit 2 displays, for example, 1 “fire”, 2 “earthquake”... 5 “other abnormalities” as shown in FIG. Here, assuming that the operator has received a fire notification of the oil tank, the operator interface unit 2 designates 1 “fire”. Abnormality type judgment unit 4
Inputs the designation of the operator interface unit 2, determines the type of abnormality, and outputs a signal to the camera selection unit 5, the report destination selection unit 6, and the support document selection unit 7. If 1 “fire” is specified in the above example, a signal for identifying a fire is output from the abnormality type determination unit 4.

The camera selection unit 5 selects the number of the industrial TV camera according to the type and degree of the abnormality based on the information stored in the camera selection information storage unit 8 based on this signal. To the image information control unit 11. Based on this signal, the image information control unit 11
Industrial television cameras 12 installed in various parts of the plant
The image information of a to 12z is appropriately selected and switched, sent to the industrial television monitor 13, and provided as information for the operator to confirm on-site.

In the above example, the camera selection unit 5 inputs a signal for identifying a fire, reads data of 1 "fire" in the abnormal type camera selection file 5a shown in FIG. 3, and reads the data in the camera list file 8a shown in FIG. Read data from.
That is, in the camera selection unit 5, the No. of 1 "fire" of the abnormality type camera selection file 5a. 3, No. 4, no. 5.
, First, the camera number in the camera list file 8a. 3 and the image name “a3”. Subsequently, the camera No. 4. Camera No. .. Are read in the same manner. For example, in the case of a fire in a crude oil storage tank, an image of the site as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the industrial television monitor 13 as image information 13a together with an image name.

The industrial television cameras 12a to 12z
Are installed around seawater intakes, chimneys, oil tanks, unmanned control rooms, communication stations, etc.

The report destination selection unit 6 sequentially selects a destination and a report content necessary for a telephone report from information stored in the report destination information storage unit 9 based on a signal from the abnormality type determination unit 4. Then, a signal of the telephone number and the message number is sent to the automatic telephone processing unit 14. The automatic telephone processing unit 14 selects a report content message registered in advance in the report content storage unit 16 based on the given signal, and automatically makes a voice report to the designated report destination by voice. The automatic telephone processing unit 14 determines the reception status of the report destination, and returns the report result information to the report destination selection unit 6. The report destination selection unit 6 repeats such processing, displays a report status on the operator interface unit 2 through the interactive processing unit 3, and prints a report result on the printer 15 when a series of report processes is completed.

In the above example, the report destination selection unit 6 inputs a signal for identifying a fire, reads the data of 1 "fire" in the abnormal type report sequence file 6a shown in FIG. The data from the file 9a is read, and the data from the message file 9b is read. That is, the report destination selection unit 6 reports the report sequence No. 1 of “fire” in the abnormal type report sequence file 6a. 2, No.
1, No. .., First read the report destination name “b2” and the telephone number “c2” in the report destination list file 9a, and read the message No. from the message file 9b. Then, the message “d2” corresponding to No. 2 is read. Subsequently, the report destination No. 1, No. The data is read in the same way for No. 3. By this search, the call destination and the notification message are sequentially transmitted to the automatic telephone processing unit 14. Then, the automatic telephone processing unit 14 automatically dials the telephone exchange 17 in accordance with the call destination order, and transmits a voice message.

The support document selecting section 7 sequentially selects index information of the support document stored in advance in the support document information storage section 10 based on the signal from the abnormality type determination section 4 and outputs a signal for designating a document number. It is passed to the image processing unit 19 in the form. The image processing unit 19 searches for image information registered in advance in the support document image information storage unit 20 using the image scanner 21 based on the given signal, and displays the image information on the image information monitor 22, 23
Print output to

In the above example, the support document selecting section 7 inputs a signal for identifying a fire, reads data of 1 "fire" in the abnormality type selection file 7a shown in FIG.
Corresponding to this, the index No. shown in FIG. The file 10a and the data of the image information file in the support document image information storage unit 20 shown in FIG. 7 are read. As a result, the image information is output to the image printer 23 and the image information monitor 22.

As a result of the notification, a response signal is received from the other party. As a result, the progress of the call is displayed on the display screen of the operator interface unit 2 during the notification processing. For example, as shown in a report progress screen 2c shown in FIG. Is displayed with the report destination name, and at this time, "report response completed", "no response", "busy"
"Notifying" or the like is indicated by ○ × Δ or color identification.
As a result, an intermediate result for the notification is displayed. Thereafter, when the notification processing to all the report destinations of the abnormality type report order file 6a is completed, the report destination response end screen 2d shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. As a result, the report destination that does not respond can be contacted by another means. When the report destination is "not responding" or "busy", the report is made again for a predetermined time. In addition, regarding an inquiry call from a visitor after the start of the reporting process, the abnormal situation is reported to the automatic telephone processing unit 1.
The notification is made from 4 via the telephone exchange 17.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the operator interface unit 2, the industrial television monitor 13, and the image information monitor 22 are provided as separate devices. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. Can be shared and implemented. In addition, the printer 15 for printing the notification result and the image printer 23 for printing and outputting the support image information can be similarly shared and implemented.
Reference numeral 24 in FIG. 14 displays the code information from the interactive processing unit 3, the industrial television image information from the image information control unit 11, and the support document image information from the image processing unit 19 on the same operator interface unit 2. For multimedia processing. Further, it is assumed that all print output information is output to the image printer 23.
In the system according to the configuration of FIG. 14, the number of monitors and the number of printers are reduced as compared with the system according to the configuration of FIG. 1, and the system can be easily applied to a plant having a small installation space such as an existing power plant.

As described above, when the type and degree of the abnormality are specified by the operator interface unit of the system control unit, the switching operation of the image information control unit causes the current location of the location related to the abnormality on the industrial television monitor in the operation room. The status is automatically displayed, and the automatic telephone processing unit notifies the registered destination according to the type of abnormality of a message notifying the occurrence of the abnormality registered in advance and a message requesting emergency dispatch, and confirming the incoming call status. Remember. Furthermore, in response to a foreign inquiry, it is also possible to provide a message service relating to the details of the abnormality registered in the automatic telephone processing unit in response to a request from the system control unit when an abnormality occurs. At the same time as performing abnormal telephone-related processing, the image processing unit searches for support information corresponding to the type of abnormality from a large amount of registration information in a very short time, and prints or outputs the monitor display. It can be carried out.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an abnormal situation such as a disaster occurs when the number of workers is small, such as at night or on holidays, the situation of the corresponding site can be monitored, and the situation can be grasped and confirmed. Work becomes reliable and easy. In addition, a support document corresponding to the abnormal situation that occurs is visually output automatically, so that appropriate and quick response processing can be performed. Further, when an accident occurs, a number of report destinations such as a large number of standby persons at home are automatically contacted, and prompt support can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a power plant abnormal support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a camera list file of the device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an abnormality type camera selection file of the apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a report destination list file of the device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an abnormality type notification order file of the same device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a message file of the device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of image data in a support document image information storage unit of the device.

FIG. 8 shows an index No. of the device. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a file.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an abnormality type image selection file of the device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an initial menu screen of an operator interface of the apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a display screen 1 of an industrial television monitor of the apparatus.
It is explanatory drawing which shows an example.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a message progress screen of the operator interface of the apparatus.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a report destination response end screen of the operator interface of the apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a power plant abnormal support apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 System control part 5 Camera selection part 6 Report destination selection part 7 Support document selection part 11 Image information control parts 12a-12z Industrial television camera 13 Industrial television monitor 14 Automatic telephone processing part 19 Image processing part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A supporting device for coping with an abnormal situation occurring in a power plant, a first means for displaying a plurality of types of abnormal items set in advance on a screen, and a plurality of cameras installed at various places in the power plant. A second means for classifying and storing a plurality of report destinations and a report content message to be reported at the time of occurrence of the abnormal situation for each of the abnormal items; A fourth means for classifying and storing a plurality of support document image information such as drawings, disaster prevention information, support manuals, etc. for each of the abnormal items; and selecting and specifying the abnormal items displayed on the screen when the abnormal situation occurs Fifth means for selecting, from the second means, a plurality of cameras corresponding to the abnormal item selected and designated by the fifth means, and displaying the obtained image on a monitor; A seventh means for selecting a plurality of report destinations and a report content message corresponding to the abnormal item selected and designated by the third means, and automatically calling the report content corresponding to the plurality of report destinations; the fifth means And a seventh means for selecting a plurality of support document image information corresponding to the abnormal item selected and designated by the fourth means from the fourth means and visually outputting the selected support document image information.