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Title Power plant surveillance and diagnostics : applied research with artificial intelligence / Da Ruan, Paolo F. Fantoni, eds.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 379 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Power systems
Power systems.
Note Includes 14 contributions based on works presented at a workshop held in Halden, Norway, Sept. 3-4, 2001.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / Robert E. Uhrig -- Preface / Da Ruan and Paolo F. Fantoni -- 1. Modern Approaches and Advanced Applications for Plant Surveillance and Diagnostics: An Overview / Da Ruan -- 2. Regulatory Treatment of On-line Surveillance and Diagnostic Systems / Robert E. Uhrig -- 3. Optimized Maintenance and Management of Ageing of Critical Equipment in Nuclear Power Plants / Hashem M. Hashemian -- 4. Overview of Recent KFKI AEKI Activities in the Field of Plant Surveillance and Diagnostics / Sandor Kiss, Sandor Lipcsei and Janos Vegh -- 5. Adaptive Model-Based Control of Non-linear Plants Using Soft Computing Techniques / Patricia Melin and Oscar Castillo -- 6. Bayesian Networks in Decision Support / Tomas O. Carlsson and Ronald Wennersten.
Summary In little more than a decade, the availability of nuclear power plants in the United States and most European and Pacific Rim countries has increased dramaticallyƯ from around 60% to about 90%. Such improvement is equivalent to adding approximately 30,000 MW e of new generating capacity in this period in the United States and perhaps an equal amount elsewhere. Some of this improvement has been due to longer fuel cycles-increases from 12 months to 18 or 24 months, but the major gains have been due to on-line maintenance and improved operation and planning by the utilities, accomplished primarily by training of plant operators and support personnel. However, there are emerging indications that the benefits of training are asymptotically approaching the limit beyond which it cannot improve availability and that plant personnel errors may also be approaching a comparable lower limit. Indeed, further improvement appears to be dependent upon the effective introduction and use of plant operational support systems. The Halden Reactor Project (HRP) historically has focused on plant operational support system, i. e., such tools as COPMA (Computerized OPeration MAnuals), PEANO (Process Evaluation and Analysis by Neural Operators), TEMPO (ThErMal Performance and Optimization), PLASMA (PLAnt Safety Monitoring and Assessment system), and others.
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Subject Nuclear power plants -- Control rooms -- Automatic control.
Nuclear power plants -- Control rooms.
Automatic control.
Nuclear facilities -- Automatic control.
Nuclear facilities.
Supervisory control systems.
Artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence.
Supervisory control systems.
artificial intelligence.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ruan, Da.
Fantoni, Paolo F., 1951-
Other Form: Print version: Power plant surveillance and diagnostics. Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2002 3540432477 (DLC) 2002021692 (OCoLC)49421681
ISBN 9783662049457 (electronic book)
3662049457 (electronic book)
9783642077548
Standard No. 10.1007/978-3-662-04945-7