JP5444072B2 - Plant monitoring and control device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a plant monitoring and control apparatus that outputs a plurality of types of messages indicating the states of devices constituting a plant to output devices such as a monitor, a printer, and a USB memory and notifies an operator.

  A conventional plant monitoring and control device collects a plurality of types of messages (for example, alarm messages and automation messages) indicating the status of equipment constituting the plant in a plant such as a nuclear power generation or thermal power generation plant, and monitors, printers, and Output to an output device such as a USB memory. The operator grasped the state of the equipment from these messages, and obtained information such as what kind of control was being performed in the event of a plant malfunction or accident, what kind of alarm had occurred, and the like.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, processing results of data relating to plant operation are collected as message information, index information based on a search index is added to this and stored in a storage medium, and when an operator requests extraction, an index area of the storage medium A plant operation information management device is proposed in which corresponding message information is extracted based on the index information stored in.

JP-A-5-282576

  In the conventional plant monitoring and control apparatus as described above, a plurality of types of messages indicating the states of the devices constituting the plant are often displayed on the individual screen of the monitor for each type of message. At that time, only messages that occurred in the past are displayed on the screen, and in order to check the latest message, the operator needs to perform an operation to request the output of the latest message at any time or periodically. There was a problem that performance and work efficiency were bad. Note that even the example shown in Patent Document 1 does not have a function for displaying the latest message information in real time.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can display the latest message indicating the state of equipment constituting the plant on a monitor without imposing a load on the operator. An object of the present invention is to provide a plant monitoring and control apparatus capable of quickly confirming information related to operation.

The plant monitoring and control apparatus according to the present invention includes a message collection processing unit that collects a plurality of types of messages indicating the states of the devices constituting the plant, and a message storage processing unit that stores the messages collected by the message collection processing unit in a storage medium. A server computer having a client computer having a message output processing unit for acquiring the message from a storage medium in response to a message output request from an operator and outputting the message to an output device designated by the operator, and printing information as an output device the monitor having a display screen with a scroll function including Mutotomoni, as a plurality of types of messages that the operator can output request, the warning message, normal return message, automated message, contact status change message, the input defect messages, operator actions Me Chromatography include di-, and any or all of the scheduling calculations message, the message output processing unit, a monitor for displaying in real time on the display screen of the monitor together the latest the message automatically updates the message the operator has output request An update output processing unit is included.

  According to the present invention, the message output processing unit of the client computer automatically updates the message indicating the state of the equipment constituting the plant and displays the latest message in real time on the monitor display screen. Therefore, the latest message can be always displayed on the monitor without imposing a load on the operator, and a plant monitoring and control device capable of quickly confirming information related to plant operation can be provided.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the display screen form of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and a comparative example. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the message output process part in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the update output display screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the update output display screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the update output display screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the separate message screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the window displayed on the menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the several window displayed on the menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 5 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a plant monitoring control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the plant monitoring and control apparatus according to the first embodiment includes a server computer 1 and a client computer 2. The server computer 1 includes a message collection processing unit 3 that collects a plurality of types of messages indicating the states of the devices constituting the plant, and a message storage processing unit 4 that stores the messages collected by the message collection processing unit 3 in the storage medium 5a. Have.

  The plurality of types of messages stored in the storage medium 5a include any or all of alarm messages, normal return messages, automation messages, contact state change messages, input failure messages, operator operation messages, and schedule calculation messages. Yes. The operator can grasp the state of the equipment from these messages, and obtain information such as what kind of control was performed in the event of a plant malfunction or accident, what kind of alarm was generated, and the like.

  Further, the client computer 2 acquires from the operator request processing unit 6 that receives a message output request from the operator and the message corresponding to the message output request from the operator from the storage medium 5a of the server computer 1, and this is designated by the operator. The message output processing unit 7 for outputting to the output device 8 is provided. In the first embodiment, the output device 8 includes at least a monitor 8a having a display screen having a print information scroll function, a printer 8b, and a USB memory 8c.

  The message output processing unit 7 includes a monitor history output processing unit 71, a monitor update output processing unit 72, a printer history output processing unit 73, and a USB memory history output processing unit 74. When the operator request processing unit 6 receives a message output request from the operator, the message output processing unit 7 acquires the message stored in the recording medium 5a of the server computer 1 and outputs the output device 8 designated by the operator. Are output to the designated output device 8.

  That is, when the designated output device 8 is the monitor 8a, the monitor history output processing unit 71 or the monitor update output processing unit 72 displays the message stored in the storage medium 5b (for example, a monitor display buffer) on the monitor 8a. To do. The monitor history output processing unit 71 displays the message generated in the past on the monitor 8a, and the monitor update output processing unit 72 automatically updates the message, and the latest message is displayed on the monitor 8a in real time. Is displayed.

  When the designated output device 8 is the printer 8b, the printer history output processing unit 73 prints a message stored in the storage medium 5c (for example, a printer print buffer) on the printer 8b. Similarly, when the designated output device 8 is the USB memory 8c, the USB memory history output processing unit 74 stores the message stored in the storage medium 5d (for example, a USB memory storage buffer) in the USB memory 8c. The message printed on the printer 8b and the message stored on the USB memory 8c are both messages that have occurred in the past.

  Next, the form of the display screen of the monitor 8a in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 2A shows a display screen form of a monitor in a conventional plant monitoring control apparatus as a comparative example, and FIG. 2B shows a display screen form of a monitor 8a in the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the first embodiment. Is shown. In the comparative example shown in FIG. 2A, a message indicating the state of the equipment constituting the plant is displayed as an individual screen 100 for each message type, specifically, an alarm message screen 101, a normal return message screen 102, and an automated message screen 103. , A contact state change message screen 104, an input failure message screen 105, an operator operation message screen 106, and a schedule calculation message screen 107.

  On the other hand, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2B, a plurality of types of messages are displayed together on the display screen 10 of the monitor 8a having a print information scroll function. On the display screen 10, a menu screen 11, a history output display screen 12 that is a message display screen, and an update output display screen 13 are switched and displayed. The history output display screen 12 is a screen that displays the result of execution of processing by the monitor history output processing unit 71, that is, the message that has occurred in the past. The update output display screen 13 is a screen that displays a result of the processing executed by the monitor update output processing unit 72, that is, the latest message that is automatically updated. In addition, the form of the display screen of the monitor 8a in the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to this, and a message display screen may be displayed in a window form on the menu screen 11 (embodiment). 5).

  Next, the operation of the message output processing unit 7 of the client computer 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When a message indicating the state of the equipment constituting the plant is generated as a previous step of step 11 (S11) shown in FIG. 3, the message collection processing unit 3 collects the message in the server computer 1, and the message storage processing unit 4 Stores the message in the recording medium 5a. First, in S11, information on a message output request from an operator received by the operator request processing unit 6 of the client computer 2 is read. Subsequently, in step 12 (S12), it is determined whether or not the designated output device 8 is the monitor 8a.

  When the output device 8 is the monitor 8a (Yes), the process proceeds to step 13 (S13), and it is determined whether or not the operator's request is an update output request. If the update output is requested (Yes), the process proceeds to step 14 (S14), the latest message is output by the monitor update output processing unit 72, and the latest message is output from the monitor 8a in step 15 (S15). It is displayed on the display screen 13. Further, in step 16 (S16), when the message display screen displayed in S15 is not switched to another screen (No), the process returns to S14 again, and the latest message is output, thereby automatically updating the message. repeat.

  On the other hand, if the message display screen displayed in S15 is switched to another screen in S16 (Yes), the message output process is terminated. If the operator's request is not an update output but a history output in S13 (No), the process proceeds to step 17 (S17), and the monitor history output processing unit 71 outputs a message that has occurred in the past, and step 18 ( After displaying on the history output display screen 12 of the monitor 8a in S18), the message output process is terminated.

  If the output device 8 designated in S12 is not the monitor 8a (No), that is, if it is the printer 8b or the USB memory 8c, the process proceeds to step 19 (S19), and whether or not the output device 8 is the printer 8b. Judgment is made. If the output device 8 is the printer 8b (Yes), the process proceeds to step 20 (S20), and a message generated in the past is output by the printer history output processing unit 73, and the message is printed by the printer in step 21 (S21). Then, the message output process is terminated.

  Furthermore, when the output device 8 is not the printer 8b in S19 (No), since the output device is the USB memory 8c, the process proceeds to step 22 (S22) and the USB memory history output processing unit 74 outputs a message generated in the past. In step 23 (S23), the message is stored in the USB memory 8c, and the message output process is terminated.

  Next, the menu screen 11 and the update output display screen 13 displayed on the display screen 10 of the monitor 8a in the first embodiment will be described with specific examples. FIG. 4 shows an example of a menu screen, and FIG. 5 shows an example of an update output display screen.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the menu screen 11a of the monitor 8a is provided with a plurality of items for the message type 14, the equipment type 15, and the output device 16 in a form that can be selected by the operator. An update output button 17 and a history output button 18 that can be selected by the operator are provided at the lower left of the menu screen 11a. The update output button 17 is a button for the operator to request the monitor update output processing unit 72 to execute processing. The history output button 18 is a button for the operator to request the monitor history output processing unit 71 to execute processing.

  When the operator selects and executes the update output button 17 on the menu screen 11a, the display screen 10 of the monitor 8a is switched from the menu screen 11a to the update output display screen 13a shown in FIG. 5, and the latest based on the output request from the operator is displayed. A message 19 is displayed in real time. When the history output button 18 is selected and executed on the menu screen 11a, the display screen of the monitor 8a is switched from the menu screen 11a to a history output display screen (not shown), and based on an output request from the operator in the past. The message that occurred is displayed.

  As described above, according to the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the first embodiment, the message output processing unit 7 of the client computer 2 is automatically updated with the message indicating the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the latest Since the monitor update output processing unit 72 for displaying the message in real time on the display screen 10 of the monitor 8a is provided, the latest message can be always displayed without imposing a load on the operator, and the latest information on the operation of the plant. Can be confirmed quickly.

  Further, when the operator selects the update output button 17 on the menu screen 11a of the monitor 8a, the latest message indicating the state of the equipment constituting the plant is automatically updated and displayed in real time on the display screen 10 of the monitor 8a. Therefore, it is not necessary for the operator to perform an operation for requesting output of the latest message at any time or periodically, and the operability and work efficiency are improved.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
The configuration of the plant monitoring and control apparatus and the main operation of the message output processing unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted. In the following description, reference numerals shown in FIG. Divert. 6 and 7 show a menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 6 and 7, shaded buttons indicate buttons selected by the operator.

  The plant monitoring and control apparatus according to the second embodiment includes a printer 8b and a USB memory 8c as the output device 8 in addition to the monitor 8a, as in the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, when the operator designates an output device other than “Monitor” on the menu screen and selects the update output button, the monitor update output processing unit 72 of the message output processing unit 7 executes the process. I can't. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the update output button can be selected only when the operator selects “monitor” from the output devices on the menu screen.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, the operator selects “all items” from the items of the message type 14 and “all facilities” from the items of the facility type 15 on the menu screen 11 b, and further the items of the output device 16. “Monitor” is selected. As a result, the update output button 17 can be selected. When this button is selected, the screen is switched to an update output display screen (not shown), and the latest message is displayed in real time.

  On the other hand, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the operator selects “all items” from the items of the message type 14 and “all facilities” from the items of the facility type 15 on the menu screen 11c. The “diary printer” is selected from the items. In such a case, the update output button 17 cannot be selected, and only the history output button 18 can be selected. Therefore, the operator selects the history output button 18, and messages generated in the past are output to the diary printer.

  According to the second embodiment, in addition to the same effects as those of the first embodiment, the update output button 17 is set only when the operator selects “monitor” from the items of the output device 16 on the menu screen 11b. By making the selection possible, an erroneous operation by the operator can be prevented, and the operability is improved.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The configuration of the plant monitoring and control apparatus and the main operation of the message output processing unit according to the third embodiment of the present invention are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted. In the following description, reference numerals shown in FIG. Divert. FIG. 8 shows a menu screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In FIG. 8, shaded buttons indicate buttons selected by the operator.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the monitor update output processing unit 72 of the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the third embodiment selects an item as a search index from the message type 14 and the equipment type 15 on the menu screen 11d. When the update output button 17 is selected, a message that matches the search index is displayed on the update output screen (FIG. 9) of the monitor 8a.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, the operator selects “alarm” and “contact state change” from the message type 14 items and selects “two axes” from the equipment type 15 items as the search index. ing. Note that the number of search indexes is not limited to this, and one or a plurality of search indexes can be selected. Further, when “monitor” is selected from the items of the output device 16 and the update output button 17 is selected, the screen is switched to the update output display screen 13d shown in FIG. On the update output display screen 13d shown in FIG. 9, the latest message 19 that matches the search index selected on the menu screen 11d is displayed in real time.

  According to the third embodiment, in addition to the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments, the operator selects items as search indexes on the menu screen 11d, thereby further displaying only necessary messages. It can be confirmed quickly. Further, by combining a plurality of search indexes, the relationship between messages can be easily grasped, and the efficiency of plant monitoring work is improved.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
The configuration of the plant monitoring and control apparatus and the main operation of the message output processing unit according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted. In the following description, reference numerals shown in FIG. Divert. FIG. 10 shows an update output display screen of the monitor in the plant monitoring control apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In FIG. 10, a shaded button (message) is a button (message) selected by the operator.

  When the operator selects an arbitrary message from the messages 19 displayed on the update output display screen 13e of the monitor 8a, the monitor update output processing unit 72 of the plant monitoring control device according to the fourth embodiment relates to the message. A message to be displayed on the individual message screen (FIG. 11). In the example shown in FIG. 10, when the alarm message 19e is selected from the messages 19 displayed on the update output display screen 13e and the individual screen button 20 is selected, the individual message screen shown in FIG. The screen is switched to the screen 21). On the alarm message screen 21, an alarm message 22 related to the alarm message 19e selected by the operator on the update output display screen 13e is displayed.

  According to the fourth embodiment, in addition to the same effects as those in the first to third embodiments, the message that the operator wants to confirm is selected on the update output display screen 13e, whereby the individual related to the message is selected. Since the message screen can be easily displayed, the operability and work efficiency are further improved.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
The configuration of the plant monitoring and control apparatus and the main operation of the message output processing unit according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention are the same as those in the first embodiment, so the description thereof will be omitted. In the following description, the reference numerals shown in FIG. Divert. FIG. 12 shows a monitor menu screen in the plant monitoring control apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. In FIG. 12, the shaded buttons indicate buttons selected by the operator.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the monitor update output processing unit 72 of the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the fifth embodiment is configured so that the operator can select items as search indexes from the message type 14 and the equipment type 15 on the menu screen 11f. When the selection is made and the update output button 17 and the window display button 23 are selected, a message matching the search index is displayed in a window format on the menu screen 11f. Further, when the operator sequentially changes items as search indexes on the menu screen 11f, messages that match the search indexes are displayed in a plurality of windows on the menu screen 11f.

  In the example shown in FIG. 12, the operator has selected “alarm” from the message type 14 item and “two axes” from the equipment type 15 item as the search index. When “monitor” is selected as the output device 16 and the update output button 17 and the window display button 23 are selected, the window 24 on the menu screen 11f matches the search index selected by the operator as shown in FIG. The latest message 19 is displayed in real time.

  Thus, by displaying the latest message in the window format without deleting the menu screen 11f, the latest message based on another search index can be displayed in a plurality of windows at the same time. For example, from the state shown in FIG. 13, when the operator wants to display a message based on another search index, a new item (for example, “ When the window display button 23 is selected after selecting “Automation”), the latest message 19 that matches the new search index is displayed in another window 25 as shown in FIG. By repeating this operation, the latest message based on various search indexes can be simultaneously displayed in real time.

  According to the fifth embodiment, in addition to the same effects as those of the first to fourth embodiments, the latest message that matches the search index selected by the operator can be displayed without deleting the menu screen 11f. Since it can be displayed on the window 24 on the screen 11f, operability and work efficiency are further improved. In addition, since a plurality of windows 24 and 25 can be displayed at the same time, messages can be monitored in a correlated manner, and the efficiency of plant monitoring work is improved.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a plant monitoring and control apparatus that outputs a plurality of types of messages indicating the states of devices constituting a plant to a monitor and notifies the operator.

1 server computer, 2 client computer, 3 message collection processing unit,
4 message storage processing unit, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d storage medium,
6 operator request processing unit, 7 message output processing unit, 8 output device, 8a monitor, 8b printer, 8c USB memory, 10 display screen, 11 menu screen,
12 History output display screen, 13 Update output display screen, 14 Message type,
15 Equipment type, 16 output device, 17 update output button, 18 history output button,
19, 19e Message, 20 Individual screen button, 21 Alarm message screen,
22 alarm messages, 23 window display buttons, 24 and 25 windows,
71 Monitor history output processing unit, 72 Monitor update output processing unit,
73 printer history output processing unit, 74 USB memory history output processing unit,
100 Individual screen for each message type, 101 Alarm message screen,
102 normal return message screen, 103 automation message screen,
104 Contact state change message screen, 105 Input error message screen,
106 operator operation message screen, 107 schedule calculation message screen.

Claims (7)

A server computer having a message collection processing unit for collecting a plurality of types of messages indicating the state of the equipment constituting the plant, a message storage processing unit for storing the messages collected by the message collection processing unit in a storage medium, and a message from an operator A client computer having a message output processing unit that acquires the message from the storage medium in response to an output request and outputs the message to an output device designated by an operator,
The output device as the print information scrolls including Mutotomoni monitor having a display screen with a function, as a plurality of types of messages that the operator can output request, the warning message, normal return message, automated message, contact status change message, Including any or all of input error messages, operator operation messages, and schedule calculation messages,
The message output processing unit includes a monitor update output processing unit that automatically updates a message requested by an operator and collectively displays the latest message on the display screen of the monitor in real time. Supervisory control device.   The plant monitoring control device according to claim 1, wherein a menu screen is displayed on the display screen of the monitor, and the menu screen includes a plurality of items for a message type, a facility type, and an output device. The plant monitoring and control apparatus is provided in a form that can be selected by the operator and further includes an update output button for the operator to request the monitor update output processing unit to execute the process. The plant monitoring control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the output device includes a printer and a USB memory in addition to the monitor, and an operator selects the monitor from the items of the output device on the menu screen. Only in the case, the update output button can be selected. The plant monitoring control device according to claim 2 , wherein the monitor update output processing unit relates to a message when an operator selects an arbitrary message from messages displayed on the display screen of the monitor. A plant monitoring control apparatus, characterized in that a message is displayed on an individual message screen of the monitor. The plant monitoring control device according to claim 2 , wherein the monitor update output processing unit selects an item as a search index from the message type and the equipment type on the menu screen, and the update. When the output button is selected, a message that matches the search index is displayed on the message display screen of the monitor. The plant monitoring control device according to claim 2 , wherein the monitor update output processing unit selects an item as a search index from the message type and the equipment type on the menu screen, and the update. When the output button is selected, a message that matches the search index is displayed in a window format on the menu screen. 7. The plant monitoring control device according to claim 6 , wherein when the operator sequentially changes items that become search indexes on the menu screen, the monitor update output processing unit displays a message that matches each search index as the menu. A plant monitoring and control apparatus characterized by being displayed in a plurality of windows on a screen.

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