Failsafe Control Systems: Applications and emergency management

✍ Scribed by M. T. Tham, K. Warwick (auth.), Kevin Warwick, Ming T. Tham (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

11 . 2 Study objectives 147 11 . 3 Approach to analysis 147 11. 4 Presentation and discussion of results 151 11 . 5 Conclusions 165 12 Accident management and failure analysis G. C. Meggitt 170 12. 1 Introduction 170 12. 2 Nuclear safety 170 12. 3 The accident 171 12. 4 The accident response 171 12. 5 The automatic response 171 12. 6 The tailored response 173 12. 7 The emergency plan 181 13 Decision support systems and emergency management M. Grauer 182 13. 1 Introduction 182 13. 2 The problem 183 13. 3 The multiple-criteria approach 184 3 13. 4 OveNiew of the 1-decision support software 186 13. 5 A case study from chemical industry 189 13. 6 Conclusions 195 References 196 14 Safety integrity management using expert systems Dr P. Andow 198 14. 1 Introduction 198 14. 2 Safety and risk analysis 198 14. 3 The effects of applying safety and risk analysis 199 14. 4 Safety integrity management 201 14. 5 Knowledge-base contents 204 14. 6 Summary of system functions 204 14. 7 Discussion 205 References 205 15 Power system alarm analysis and fault diagnosis using expert systems P. H. Ashmole 207 15. 1 Introduction 207 15. 2 Expert systems for power system alarm analysis already developed 208 15. 3 Existing substation control arrangements 209 15. 4 Discussion of alarm data flow 210 15. 5 Expert system requirements 210 15. 6 User interface 211 15. 7 Requirements under different fault conditions 211 15.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Fail-Safe Control Systems: An Introduction....Pages 1-4
Software Fault Tolerance....Pages 5-25
Software Reliability: The Way Forward....Pages 26-40
Design Principles For Diagnostics Decision Support Systems....Pages 41-46
A Fault Tolerant Control Scheme....Pages 47-55
Fault Tolerant Procedures For Boiler Control Systems Design....Pages 56-69
Framework For The Design And Assessment Of Safety Related Control Systems....Pages 70-92
Failure-To-Safety in Turbine-Generator Control....Pages 93-105
Expert Systems for Monitoring Process Control....Pages 106-116
Robust Fault Diagnosis in Dynamic Systems....Pages 117-143
Prediction of Failure Conditions....Pages 144-169
Accident Management and Failure Analysis....Pages 170-181
Decision Support Systems and Emergency Management....Pages 182-197
Safety Integrity Management Using Expert Systems....Pages 198-206
Power System Alarm Analysis and Fault Diagnosis Using Expert Systems....Pages 207-216
Intelligent Process Control....Pages 217-227
New Technology for Improved Quality Control and Security of Process Operations....Pages 228-234

✦ Subjects

Electrical Engineering;Mechanical Engineering