Development and evaluation of a monitoring-aid system for a nuclear power plant in control room system manipulation
| Autor: | Jhih-Tsong Lin, Shih-Chieh Wu, Yan-Cheng Chen, Sheue-Ling Hwang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Quality Control Situation awareness Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Taiwan Workload Task (project management) law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Heart Rate law Task Performance and Analysis Nuclear power plant Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Control chart Quality (business) 050107 human factors media_common Computers 05 social sciences Rehabilitation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Awareness 030210 environmental & occupational health Control room Reliability engineering Nuclear Power Plants Data Display Ergonomics |
| Zdroj: | Work. 57:611-625 |
| ISSN: | 1875-9270 1051-9815 |
| DOI: | 10.3233/wor-172587 |
| Popis: | Background In an advanced nuclear power plant (NPP), the operators are responsible for monitoring a massive number of alarm parameters. Objective To assist the operators, a monitoring-aid system (MAS), that applies four quality control chart methods, was proposed and evaluated. Methods Two types of MAS, namely, text and graph marks, were proposed and compared with the original display. To validate the proposed MAS, 17 professional engineers and operators were invited to join an experiment. Two different system states, normal and abnormal, were simulated. The operators were asked to manipulate the system, monitor the critical parameters, search for operational procedures, and deal with other secondary tasks. The primary and secondary task performance and heart rate were measured. After each task was conducted, three subjective rating questionnaires, namely, mental workload, situation awareness, and preference ratings, were implemented for the proposed MAS and the original system. Results With the assistance of the MAS, the alarm detection rate, secondary task performance, and subjective mental workload demonstrate significant improvements. The proposed MAS helps the operators monitor critical parameters. Conclusions Therefore, the MAS should be considered for implementation with the control panel to increase the safety of NPPs. Furthermore, the MAS could reduce the mental workload might decrease the health hazard of the operators. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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