WSEAS Transactions on Computers
Print ISSN: 1109-2750, E-ISSN: 2224-2880
Volume 14, 2015
A Dynamic, Real-Time Alarm System for Power Plants
Authors: , ,
Abstract: Alarm systems have been widely used to help power plant operators identify abnormal conditions that require their attention. However, there are certain well–known issues with alarm systems that have a negative effect on their ability to provide useful information to operators. Alarms can become difficult to manage when too many of them are presented simultaneously. Power plants often perform maintenance tasks or change configurations periodically. When alarm limits are configured according to ideal operation conditions alone, alarms may become irrelevant when operation conditions change. In this paper, we present a real–time alarm system, which incorporates tactics such as hierarchical organization of alarms and alarm processing, relative to current power plant operation conditions. We show how these strategies can be used to improve how alarms are presented to power plant operators.
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Pages: 620-628
WSEAS Transactions on Computers, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-2750 / 2224-2880, Volume 14, 2015, Art. #61