Transformation of non-standard nuclear I&C logic drawings to formal verification models

Antti Pakonen; Prasun Biswas; Nikolaos Papakonstantinou

doi:10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9255176

Transformation of non-standard nuclear I&C logic drawings to formal verification models

Antti Pakonen
, Prasun Biswas
, Nikolaos Papakonstantinou

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Abstract

Model checking methods have been proven to be a valuable asset for identifying undesired behaviour of safety-critical Instrumentation and Control (I&C) logics. Their application in the nuclear domain has been very successful and has triggered significant interest from the safety community. Creating formal models from the diagrams found on paper or from digital formats without the needed semantics is one bottleneck that hinders the adoption of model checking due to costs in time and may introduce errors. This paper proposes a methodology for the creation of formal models from I&C diagrams drawn in generic modelling tools (lacking specific I&C semantics). The generic I&C logic diagram is transformed into an intermediate UML model that in turn can be transformed to other target formats like IEC 61131 PLCopen XML I&C software or NuSMV formal model code. This methodology is demonstrated with a typical example of a trip signal generator application logic. This application logic is drawn in MS Visio, it is transformed to an I&C model in UML with the needed properties for model checking, then to IEC 61131 PLCopen XML and to an input file for the NuSMV model checker.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IECON 2020
Subtitle of host publication	46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	697-704
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-5414-5, 978-1-7281-5413-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-5415-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9255176
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2020 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 18 Oct 2020 → 21 Oct 2020

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Conference	46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2020
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	18/10/20 → 21/10/20

Keywords

I&C
function block diagram
nuclear energy
IEC61131
PLCOpen XML
Model-Based System Engineering

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Transformation of non-standard nuclear I&C logic drawings to formal verification models. / Pakonen, Antti; Biswas, Prasun; Papakonstantinou, Nikolaos.
IECON 2020 : 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2020. p. 697-704.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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