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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1994
Melvin H Lipner, Monroeville, PA (US);
Francine S Pitcairn, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Roger A Mundy, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method for monitoring the operation of a nuclear power facility by generating a composite equation from a relational database which at execution time represents paper procedures. After generating the composite equation, a program stack is compiled on-line from the composite equation. Then, the program stack is executed and sensors are monitored to determine whether an emergency situation has occurred in the facility. When a determined violation has occurred, corrective actions are displayed for a plant operator to execute in order to correct the problem.