SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PLANT MONITORING AND CONTROL

摘要

A system and apparatus for monitoring and control of the operation of various types of industrial plants, including power plants, nuclear power plants and plants including various types of mechanical, electrical and chemical machinery. The invention employs modular non-microprocessor based, non-software based digital hardware that enables communication between sensors and control logic and between the control logic and actuators that control a functional aspect of each plant.

主权项

1. A plant monitoring system comprising:
a chassis comprising a backplane, the backplane configured to receive a plurality of insertable generic logic modules (GLMs); and the plurality of GLMs, each GLM comprising:
a main circuit card insertable into the backplane and comprising:
a detachable first input mezzanine card configured to receive an input signal from a sensor that senses an attribute of the plant;a detachable first output mezzanine card configured to selectively send an output signal to an actuator in the plant; anda detachable logic mezzanine card comprising:
a first core field programmable gate array (CFPGA) configured to:receive processed sensor signals from the detachable first input mezzanine card;convert the processed sensor signals from a first format to sensor data in a second format; andprovide the sensor data to a first application specific field programmable gate array (ASFPGA); andwherein the first ASFPGA is configured to:receive the sensor data and, based on the sensor data and one or more criteria, direct, via the first CFPGA, the first output mezzanine card to send the output signal to the actuator.