| Title |
Development of a Data Structure for Effective Monitoring of Power Plant Start-up Sequences |
| Authors |
Seung-Chul Lee ; Seung-Woo Han ; Seung-Jin Kim |
| Keywords |
ESMG(Event Sequence Monitoring Graph) ; Power Plant Monitoring ; Start-up Sequence ; Power Plant Operation |
| Abstract |
Power plant start-up is a complicate process involving hundreds of operations that should be performed either automatically or manually. Several major operations should be proceeded in parallel and each major operation is again broken down into detailed operations that must be carried out in a strict sequence. Even though most of the operations are automated, still substantial portions of the operations are carried out manually and the operational status should be monitored by the crew members, which are quite stressful tasks to be performed in real time. In this paper, a data structure called an Event Sequence Monitoring Graph(ESMG) is proposed for monitoring a sequence of events involved in the power plant start-up process. The ESMG is currently being applied to a thermal power plant with a rated output of 500㎿. An application example is shown with the boiler feed water pump system start-up process, which exhibits a good potential for future applications. |