Abstract
Automation awareness has been recently discussed as a
major factor to be taken into account in the design of
modern NPP control room solutions. In this paper, we
present an advanced version of an automation awareness
simulator user interface, which we have been developing.
The main focus of this paper is in user studies where we
investigated the automation awareness of operators using
our simulator to master several test scenarios.
Altogether 12 Loviisa NPP workers participated to the
study. One test session included both normal and fault
scenarios related to the periodic testing of an emergency
diesel generator system. In addition to the test tasks,
one session included also interviews and an automation
awareness questionnaire, which we had developed
especially for these studies. In this paper, the
preliminary results of the user studies are described and
initial conclusions reported. For example, the digital
presentation of the measurement values, graphical
presentation of the values' status and their
automation-related limits, and illustrative trend
displays were seen to improve automation awareness. The
results of the studies confirm the notion that in
addition to the operators' experience and training, the
quality of user interface is a significant contributor to
the development of automation awareness.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
| Event | Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, EHPG 2014 - Röros, Norway Duration: 7 Sept 2014 → 12 Sept 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, EHPG 2014 |
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| Abbreviated title | EHPG 2014 |
| Country/Territory | Norway |
| City | Röros |
| Period | 7/09/14 → 12/09/14 |
Keywords
- automation awareness
- simulation
- emergency diesel generators
- nuclear power plants