JPH05307692A - Plant operation supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a plant operation supporting device which presents an operator with an operation manual necessary for confirming/corresponding operations in accordance with the abnormality at the time of abnormality being generated in a plant. CONSTITUTION:When the operator specifies one piece of information among pieces of alarming information displayed on a display 5, a retrieving condition specifying part 33 displays several retrieving conditions on the display. When the operator specifies some retrieving condition, an operation manual retrieving part 35 retrieves the operation manual corresponding to the condition from an operation manual data base 41 to display it on the display 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plant operation support device which is used in a monitoring system for a plant such as a nuclear power plant and provides operation support information to an operator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 shows an example of a normal plant operation support guide presented to an operator by a conventional plant operation support device. Since the operator can know the operation content required for plant operation by the guide displayed on the CRT display device of the plant operation support device, such a plant operation support device can be used when the operator operates the plant during normal operation. In this regard, it can be said that useful information is provided to the operator. However, the plant operation support device cannot provide operation information according to various plant states such as a plant abnormality.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a conventional plant operation support device disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-7181. In the figure, 101 is a plant, 102 is a process input device for capturing each information of the plant,
Reference numeral 103 is a main body of the plant operation support device, 104 is a storage device, and 105 is a CRT display device.

In the main body 103 of the plant operation support apparatus, 131 is a data collecting means for collecting process data, 133 is a trend graph display editing means for editing a displayed trend graph, and 134 is an event generated in the plant from the process data. Event detection means for detection and 135 are automatic display switching means for switching display contents. Further, in the storage device 104, 141 is a collected data saving means for saving process data, and 142 is a display item table in which display items corresponding to respective events are set.

In the plant operation support device having such a configuration, when the event detection means 134 detects an event such as an abnormality of the plant 101 based on the collected process data, the display item corresponding to the event is displayed. It is taken out from the display item table 142. Then, the automatic display switching unit 135 and the trend graph display editing unit 133 update the content of the trend graph corresponding to the display item, and then display the content of the display item on the CRT display device 105.

Therefore, the operator can easily know the occurrence of the event and the situation of the plant 101 at that time by looking at the CRT display. However, although the event confirmation information is presented, it is not the confirmation information associated with the driving operation.

[0007]

Since the conventional plant operation support device is constructed as described above, although it has large-scale operation support information for operation support, it does not occur when a plant abnormality occurs. There is a problem in that it is not possible to retrieve the necessary operation support information according to the plant state or to present the retrieved information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a plant operation support device capable of promptly presenting operation information required according to the state of the plant. To do.

[0009]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plant operation support device for displaying event information and an operation manual and having a display input function and an operation manual according to the event information. Operating manual database and the cause of each event,
Link information that correlates the event that occurred with the cause of occurrence of that event, and a link information database that stores the correspondence between the cause of occurrence and the operation manual, and the operator's instruction input function among the events displayed on the display device. Retrieval of the cause of occurrence of the event instructed by using the retrieval condition specification unit that causes the display device to display each of the occurrence cause candidates retrieved from the link information database and each occurrence cause candidate displayed on the display device. Of these, an operation manual corresponding to the one instructed by the operator is retrieved from the operation manual database, and the retrieved operation manual is displayed on the display device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the plant operation support device according to the first aspect of the invention, the search condition designating section highlights the most probable cause of occurrence. is there.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plant operation support device for displaying event information and an operation manual and having a function of inputting an instruction, and an operation manual database storing an operation manual corresponding to the event information. A link information database that stores the correspondence between the cause of occurrence and the operation manual, and a candidate for each occurrence of the event that is the diagnosis result of the abnormality diagnosis guide device and an operation guide corresponding to that cause are displayed as search conditions on the display A search condition designating section and an operation manual corresponding to one of the cause-of-occurrence candidates or operation guides displayed on the display device, which is instructed by the operator, are searched from the operation manual database, and the searched operation manual is displayed on the display device. It is provided with an operation manual search unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plant operation support device which displays event information and an operation manual and has an instruction input function, and an operation manual database which stores an operation manual corresponding to the event information. A related information database that stores related search information that associates each operation with the information in the operation manual database that may be referenced during the operation,
Of the event cause candidates displayed on the display device, the operation manual corresponding to the one specified by the operator is searched from the operation manual database, and the searched operation manual is displayed on the display device. When the related information is requested, it is provided with an operation manual search unit for extracting information related to the operation from the operation manual database according to the related search information of the related information database and displaying the extracted information on the display device. ..

A plant operation support apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the relevant information to be displayed is information that is temporarily needed by the operator. It is provided with a display format selection unit for instructing multi-window display of the relevant information on the same screen together with the operation manual which is the source of the relevant information.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the search condition designating unit presents to the operator, via the display device, the factors that may cause the occurrence of the occurred event as the driving manual searching condition. The driving manual that the driver wants is presented through the display device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the search condition designating section determines the most probable cause of occurrence in accordance with the frequency of event occurrence and the diagnostic result from an external abnormality diagnosis guide device. The cause-of-occurrence candidate is highlighted on the display device as an operation manual search condition.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the search condition designating section causes the display device to display the diagnosis result from the external abnormality diagnosis guide device as an event occurrence cause candidate which becomes the operation manual search condition, so that the operator can accurately determine the result. Various search conditions.

The search condition designating unit in the invention according to claim 4 also presents the information related to the displayed operation manual to the operator through the display device.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the display format selection unit controls the related information to be displayed on the same screen as the operation manual according to the attribute of the related information, thereby reducing the burden of the operator's operation manual confirmation work.

[0019]

【Example】

Example 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring system including a plant operation support device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a nuclear power plant (hereinafter referred to as a plant), 2 is a data collection device for collecting process data, 3 is a main body of a plant operation support device,
4 is an auxiliary storage device that stores driving support information, 5 is a display device having an instruction input device such as a touch sensor or a mouse,
Reference numeral 6 is an alarm processing device that detects the necessity of an alarm based on process data, 7 is a communication line, and 8 is an abnormality diagnosis guide device that estimates the cause of an abnormality. The plant operation support device is composed of the main body 3, the auxiliary storage device 4, and the display device 5.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration of the plant operation support device. In the figure, 32 is a data input section for inputting data from the communication line 7, and 33 is for retrieving operation information based on an instruction from an operator. Search condition designating section for setting the conditions of 34, 34 is an instruction input section for taking in the instruction input inputted to the instruction input device, and 35 is a driving manual database 41 and a link information related information database 42.
Is a driving manual search unit for searching a necessary driving manual (driving information) and the like, and 38 is a display format selection unit for determining a display format.

Reference numeral 41 denotes an operation manual database having an operation manual including a manual for instructing the symptoms of the plant 1 at the time of an abnormality and an operation therefor, that is, a confirmation operation and a corresponding operation, and a reference numeral 42 shows a correspondence relationship between an alarm cause and an operation manual. It is a link information related information database that it has.

Next, the operation will be described. The process data output from the data collection device 2 and the alarm output from the alarm processing device 6 are sent to the plant operation support device and the abnormality diagnosis guide device 8 via a communication line. In the main body 3 of the plant operation support device, the data input unit 3
2 fetches those data and outputs them to the search condition designating unit 33. The data includes process data such as the temperature and pressure of the plant 1 and plant alarm information.

In this case, since the alarm information is also given to the display device 5, first, the display device 5 displays the alarm information as shown in FIG.
The alarm time-series screen including the alarm transmission time and the alarm item as shown in is displayed. If the display device 5 has a touch sensor function, the operator can select any of the alarm items by touching the screen.
Here, it is assumed that the operator touches "pressurizer pressure low BU heater ON".

Then, the information on the touched position is taken into the instruction input section 34 as an instruction input. The instruction input is input to the search condition designation unit 33. In response to the instruction input, the search condition designation unit 33 issues an alarm “pressurizer pressure low B
An event that may cause "U heater ON" is given to the display device 5 as an operation manual search condition.

Therefore, the display device 5 has, for example, FIG.
The event list menu shown in (B) is displayed as the operation manual search condition. The correspondence between the alarm and the cause item thereof is, for example, the link information related information database 4
2 is set as link information.

The operator can select any of the alarm causes by touching the screen. here,
Suppose the operator touches the "steam generator capillary leak".
Then, the information on the touched position is taken into the instruction input unit 34 as an instruction input. The instruction input is input to the driving manual search unit 35. Operating manual search section 3
5, the operation manual database 41 is searched for an operation manual corresponding to the cause “leakage of steam generator thin tube”,
It is given to the display device 5 via the display format selection unit 38.

Therefore, the display device 5 displays the operation information for the "leakage of the steam generator thin tube" shown in FIG. 3 (C). The correspondence between the alarm cause and the operation manual is
It is set in the link information related information database 42. When the operator touches the alarm time series screen,
It is also possible to immediately switch to the display of the driving manual.

Example 2. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the display items may be color-coded. In FIG.
“**”, “* ... *”, and “*” indicate that they are displayed in different colors. The part of "* ... *" indicates the most emphasized item such as red display.

In this case, for example, when an alarm about "leakage of the steam generator thin tube" occurs frequently, the data input section 32.
Alternatively, the search condition designation unit 33 that has input the alarm information instructs the display device 5 to change the color of the display of the alarm item related to the cause. As a result, the display of the alarm "pressurizer pressure low BU heater ON" or the like related to the cause is highlighted.

Further, when the event list menu is displayed according to the operator's instruction input, the search condition designation unit 33
Also gives to the display device 5 an instruction to display "leakage of steam generator thin tube" in an emphasized color. In this way, the operator can quickly retrieve the most needed operating manual. The operation manual search unit 35 displays the operation manual in response to the touch input by the operator, as in the case of the first embodiment.

Example 3. Further, the cause of abnormality may be displayed in different colors based on the diagnosis result of the abnormality diagnosis guide device 8. In this case, the diagnosis result of the abnormality diagnosis guide device 8 is sent to the plant operation support device through the communication line 7 as the diagnosis guide information. Abnormality diagnosis guide device 8
Uses a well-known inference function to derive the most probable cause of an abnormality and its operation based on the process data.

In this case, when the data input unit 32 receives the diagnosis result as the diagnosis guide information from the abnormality diagnosis guide device 8 through the communication line 7, the search condition designating unit 33.
Enter it. Then, when the event list menu is displayed on the display device 5, an instruction is given to highlight the most probable cause of abnormality designated by the diagnosis result in red or the like. As a result, the display device 5 highlights the most probable cause "leakage of the steam generator tube" in this case, as shown in FIG. 5 (A). The operation manual search unit 35 displays the operation manual in response to the touch input by the operator, as in the case of the first embodiment.

Example 4. It is also possible to create the operation manual search conditions based on the diagnosis result of the abnormality diagnosis guide device 8. In that case, when the data input unit 32 receives the diagnosis result and the operation guide as the diagnosis guide information from the abnormality diagnosis guide device 8, the data input unit 32 displays them.
To display. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6C, the diagnosis result and the operation guide indicating the operation corresponding to the cause of the abnormality are displayed as search conditions.

When the operator touches "Potential leakage of steam generator thin tube" on the screen, information on the touched position is taken into the instruction input section 34 as an instruction input, as in the case of the first embodiment. Be done. The instruction input is input to the driving manual search unit 35. Operation manual search unit 35
Searches the operation manual database 41 for an operation manual corresponding to the cause “leakage of steam generator thin tube” and gives it to the display device 5 via the display format selection unit 38.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6B, the display device 5 displays the operation manual regarding the indication of “leakage of the steam generator thin tube”.

When any one of the operation guides is touched, information on the touched position is taken into the instruction input section 34 as an instruction input. The instruction input is input to the driving manual search unit 35. Operation manual search unit 35
Searches the operation manual database 41 for an operation manual related to the operation corresponding to the selected “RCS temperature reduction”, and displays it via the display format selection unit 38.
Give to. Therefore, the display device 5 displays the operation manual for the operation.

The display device 5 displays the first page of the driving manual regarding the symptoms, but the contents on the following pages are displayed by the display switching process of the driving manual search unit 35 based on the touch input by the operator. It The same is done for pagination of the operation manual regarding the operation.

Example 5. The driving manual search unit 35
As described above, the operating manual when an event such as an abnormality occurs is presented to the operator, but the operator may further have a related information search function.

In this case, related search information is also set in advance in the link information related information database 42. Related search information is the operation manual database 4
It is information that associates information that may be referred to during a certain driving among the information existing on various pages of No. 1 with the driving. For example, a device that can be referred to in “Auxiliary machine automatic start block operation by safety injection signal”, for example, pressurizer B
Related information such as the U heater and the cooling water pump is related to the operation. Other related items include a plant characteristic curve and an open / closed state checklist.

Next, the operation will be described. The driving manual retrieval unit 35 displays the driving manual on the display device 5, for example, by performing the same processing as the processing in the first embodiment. Here, it is assumed that, for example, an operation manual as shown in FIG. 7 (A) is displayed. At the time of display, the driving manual search unit 35 checks whether there is related search information, and if there is, adds a mark (in this case, “See Appendix 3”) indicating that to the display content.

By touching the mark, the operator can know the related information such as the equipment related to the operation. That is, the information of the touched position is taken into the instruction input unit 34 as an instruction input. The instruction input is input to the driving manual search unit 35.

The operation manual search unit 35 searches the link information related information database 42 for related search information about the device corresponding to the selected "See Appendix 3", and according to the related search information, the operation manual database 41.
To search for related equipment. Then, they are given to the display device 5 as related information via the display format selection unit 38. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7B, the display device 5 has information related to the operation (related device in this example).
Is displayed.

Example 6. The operation manual and related information may be displayed in a multi-window. For example, the multi-window display is effective when the operator has to look at the operation manual as shown in FIG. 7 (A) and then refer to Appendix 3 and then again see the operation manual.

In this case, the display format selection unit 38 refers to the attribute information attached to the retrieved information when the driving manual retrieval unit 35 retrieves the related information,
Determine whether the operator wants those relevant information temporarily or ultimately. When it is determined that the related information is temporarily needed and then the operation manual is referred to again, the display device 5 is instructed to display the related information in a multi-window display. as a result,
A display as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display device 5.

Incidentally, when it is judged that the related information is finally desired, that is, it is judged that the operator who sees the related information does not refer again to the operation manual based on the related information. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the operation manual is switched to the related information and displayed.

Example 7. As shown in FIG. 9, the driving manual search unit 35, when displaying the driving manual, displays only the main points in the driving manual and adds a mark that allows the operator to select detailed contents so that the display device 5 May be displayed on the screen. In this case, the confirmation parameter (plant state quantity) that is an item described in the operation manual
Or a confirmation mark may be displayed.

In this case, when the operator touches the "details of the procedure", the operation manual retrieval unit 35 will
A detailed operation manual as shown in FIG. 6C and FIG. 6D is displayed on the display device 5. When the operator does not need a detailed operation manual, he / she can handle only the important point display that is easy to see. In addition, the plant state quantity can be easily confirmed, and the detailed manual can be easily confirmed.

[0047]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, in the plant operation support device, the operator retrieves the event cause candidate from the link information database among the events displayed on the display device. A search condition designating section that displays each extracted cause-of-occurrence candidate on the display unit as an operation manual search condition, and an operation manual database for the operation manual corresponding to each of the cause-of-occurrence candidates displayed on the display unit. Since it has a configuration that includes an operation manual search unit that displays the operation manual searched for from the display device on the display device, the operator can easily recognize the cause of the abnormality and the operation corresponding to the abnormality, and a quick and reliable plant abnormality. There is an effect that something that can deal with is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the plant operation support device is configured to highlight the most probable event occurrence cause candidate, it is possible to make the operator's abnormality cause countermeasure more reliable. There is an effect that can be obtained.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the plant operation support device displays, as operation manual search conditions, each occurrence cause candidate of an event which is a diagnosis result of the abnormality diagnosis guide device and an operation guide corresponding to the occurrence cause. The search condition designating part to be displayed on the device and the operation manual corresponding to the one of the cause candidates or operation guides displayed on the display device that the operator has instructed are searched from the operation manual database and the searched operation manual is displayed above. With the configuration that includes the operation manual search unit that is displayed on the equipment, the operator can easily recognize the cause of the abnormality and the operation corresponding to the abnormality, and it is possible to respond to the plant abnormality more quickly and reliably. effective.

According to the invention described in claim 4, when the operator requests the related information for the operation manual displayed on the display device, the plant operation support device is operated from the operation manual database according to the related search information of the related information database. The operation manual search unit that extracts the information related to the operation and displays the extracted information on the display device is configured so that the operator's manual search work is made easier and the load on the operator during plant operation is further reduced. There is an effect that what is reduced can be obtained.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the plant operation support device is configured to display the related information in a multi-window display based on the attribute of the related information. The manual is not erased by the related information that the operator wants temporarily, and there is an effect that the operation manual confirmation work can be made more efficient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring system including a plant operation support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a plant operation support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents in the plant operation support system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents in the plant operation support system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents in the plant operation support system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents in the plant operation support system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents in the plant operation support system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents in the plant operation support system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents in the plant operation support system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example in a conventional plant operation support device.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional plant operation support device.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 Display Device 8 Abnormality Diagnosis Guide Device 33 Search Condition Designating Unit 35 Operating Manual Searching Unit 38 Display Format Selecting Unit 41 Operating Manual Database 42 Link Information Related Information Database (Link Information Database, Related Information Database)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plant operation support device for presenting event information such as alarm information and an operation manual to a plant operator, a display device for displaying the event information and the operation manual and having an instruction input function, and the event information. Operation manual database that stores the operation manual corresponding to each, link information that associates the cause of each event, the event that occurred and the cause of that event, and the link information that stores the correspondence relationship between the occurrence cause and the operation manual A database and a search condition designating unit for displaying, on the display device, the occurrence cause candidates of the event designated by the operator among the events displayed on the display device and extracted from the link information database. And each displayed on the display device A plant operation comprising: an operation manual search unit that searches the operation manual database for an operation manual corresponding to one of the cause-of-occurrence candidates instructed by the operator and displays the searched operation manual on the display device. Support device. 2. A plant operation support device for presenting event information such as alarm information and an operation manual to a plant operator, a display device for displaying the event information and the operation manual and having an instruction input function, and the event information. Operation manual database that stores the operation manual corresponding to each, link information that associates the cause of each event, the event that occurred and the cause of that event, and the link information that stores the correspondence relationship between the occurrence cause and the operation manual The database and the occurrence cause candidates of the event designated by the operator among the respective events displayed on the display device are displayed on the display device, and the occurrence cause candidates extracted from the link information database are displayed. Actual occurrence of possible causes The search condition designating unit for giving an instruction to highlight the likely cause to the display device, and the operation manual corresponding to the one of the occurrence cause candidates displayed on the display device designated by the operator, A plant operation support device, comprising: an operation manual search unit that displays an operation manual retrieved from an operation manual database on the display device. 3. A plant operation support device that presents event information such as alarm information and an operation manual to a plant operator, and a display device that displays the event information and the operation manual and has an instruction input function, and the event information. Operation manual database that stores the operation manual corresponding to each, the link information database that stores the cause of each event and the correspondence between the operation guide and the operation manual, and the cause of each event that is the diagnostic result of the abnormality diagnosis guide device A search condition designating section for displaying a candidate and an operation guide corresponding to the occurrence cause on the display device, and an operation manual corresponding to one of the occurrence cause candidates or the operation guide displayed on the display device, which is designated by the operator. Search from the operating manual database A plant operation support device, comprising: an operation manual search unit that displays the searched operation manual on the display device. 4. A plant operation support device that presents event information such as alarm information and an operation manual to a plant operator, and a display device that displays the event information and the operation manual and has an instruction input function, and the event information. An operation manual database that stores an operation manual according to, and a related information database that stores related search information that associates each operation and information in the operation manual database that may be referred to during the operation, and Of the event cause candidates displayed on the display device, the operation manual corresponding to the one designated by the operator is searched from the operation manual database, and the searched operation manual is displayed on the display device. Operator is involved And a driving manual retrieving unit for extracting information related to the operation from the driving manual database according to the related search information of the related information database and displaying the extracted information on the display device when the information is requested. A plant operation support device. 5. A plant operation support device for presenting event information such as alarm information and an operation manual to a plant operator, a display device for displaying the event information and the operation manual and having an instruction input function, and the event information. An operation manual database that stores an operation manual according to, and a related information database that stores related search information that associates each operation and information in the operation manual database that may be referred to during the operation, and Of the event cause candidates displayed on the display device, an operation manual corresponding to the one designated by the operator is searched from the operation manual database, and the searched operation manual is displayed on the display device. Operator is involved When information is requested, an operation manual search unit that extracts information related to the operation from the operation manual database according to the related search information of the related information database and displays the extracted information on the display device, and the extracted information. When the related information is information that the operator wants temporarily, a display format selection unit that gives an instruction to the display device to display the related information in a multi-window on the same screen together with an operation manual is provided. Plant operation support equipment.