Intelligent plant configuration management in nuclear power plant valves position monitoring using internet of things

Author: 
Yuvaraju M and Kavi Priya G

In the present competitive world, the nuclear industry is committed to lowering the operations and maintenance cost and also increasing the productivity and efficiency while maintaining safe and reliable operation. The present operating model of nuclear power plants is dependent on large technical staffs that put the nuclear industry at long-term economic disadvantage. Technology can play a vital role in nuclear power plant configuration management by setting a labor costs by automating manually performed plant activities. In proposed system will support the continued safe operation by providing the technical means to monitor components in plants today that are only routinely monitored through manual activities. The wireless-enabled valve position indicators are able to provide a continuously available valid position indication rather than only periodically. In real-time ,the valve positions indication using affordable technologies are vital to plant configuration when compared with long-term labor rates, and provide information to plant engineering for maintenance and management applications. The Internet of Things (IoT) network to enable many different devices to communicate between each other across the same network.

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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018.12765.2255
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