TY - JOUR
T1 - Remote diagnostics application software for remote handling equipment
AU - Alanen, Jarmo
AU - Ruiz Morales, Emilio
AU - Muhammad, Ali
AU - Saarinen, Hannu
AU - Minkkinen, Joni
N1 - Funding Information:
The RDA was created by VTT and TUT and was funded by F4E, Euratom-Tekes, VTT and TUT under the F4E grant contract F4E-GRT-0689. The development continues by VTT under the F4E grant contract F4E-GRT-0901, which from the RDA part is funded by F4E and VTT. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and F4E, VTT and TUT cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. We thank David Hamilton (IO) for reviewing Fig. 1 and providing insight into the RDA end user expectations.
Funding Information:
The RDA was created by VTT and TUT and was funded by F4E , Euratom-Tekes , VTT and TUT under the F4E grant contract F4E-GRT-0689. The development continues by VTT under the F4E grant contract F4E-GRT-0901, which from the RDA part is funded by F4E and VTT. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and F4E, VTT and TUT cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. We thank David Hamilton (IO) for reviewing Fig. 1 and providing insight into the RDA end user expectations.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - The ITER Remote Handling Control System (RHCS) controllers provide measurement and diagnostics data about the remote handling equipment and tools they control. This paper presents the Remote Diagnostics Application (RDA) software for the analysis and archiving of the RHCS diagnostics data. The RDA provides a basic set of diagnostics tools, including trends, spectra, histograms, scatter plots, cross-correlation plots, as well as archiving and retrieval of history data. The ITER RH operators can extend diagnostics capabilities for specific RH equipment needs by incorporating custom diagnostics functions. To facilitate customization, RDA implements an architecture with three nested levels: the RDA Framework, its Diagnostics Workbenches and their Diagnostics Primitives. The RDA Framework has a user interface that can load one or several special diagnostics cases implemented as custom Diagnostics Workbenches with custom or default Diagnostics Primitives, such as rules, analysis functions and filters. As a result, the RDA features a diagnostics framework to execute complex and dedicated diagnostics and prognostics for the RH experts to monitor performance data, to run diagnostics tests and rules on equipment systems and to analyse historical data. The RDA helps the RH operators reduce downtime of the Remote Handling systems by exposing failure conditions and maintenance needs.
AB - The ITER Remote Handling Control System (RHCS) controllers provide measurement and diagnostics data about the remote handling equipment and tools they control. This paper presents the Remote Diagnostics Application (RDA) software for the analysis and archiving of the RHCS diagnostics data. The RDA provides a basic set of diagnostics tools, including trends, spectra, histograms, scatter plots, cross-correlation plots, as well as archiving and retrieval of history data. The ITER RH operators can extend diagnostics capabilities for specific RH equipment needs by incorporating custom diagnostics functions. To facilitate customization, RDA implements an architecture with three nested levels: the RDA Framework, its Diagnostics Workbenches and their Diagnostics Primitives. The RDA Framework has a user interface that can load one or several special diagnostics cases implemented as custom Diagnostics Workbenches with custom or default Diagnostics Primitives, such as rules, analysis functions and filters. As a result, the RDA features a diagnostics framework to execute complex and dedicated diagnostics and prognostics for the RH experts to monitor performance data, to run diagnostics tests and rules on equipment systems and to analyse historical data. The RDA helps the RH operators reduce downtime of the Remote Handling systems by exposing failure conditions and maintenance needs.
KW - Control system
KW - Diagnostics
KW - Prognostics
KW - Remote handling
KW - Software
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.01.125
DO - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.01.125
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060619368
SN - 0920-3796
VL - 146
SP - 963
EP - 966
JO - Fusion Engineering and Design
JF - Fusion Engineering and Design
IS - Part A
ER -
