Human factors assessment of digital monitoring systems for nuclear power plants control room

Author

Lisboa, Joseph

Author_Institution

Bechtel Corp., San Francisco, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

1457

Abstract

A human factor analysis is developed for a digital (digital-bar graph) display for nuclear power plant control rooms. The new instrumentation would replace existing conventional analog monitoring systems. The analysis on a dual digital-bar graph unit addressed and resolved certain human engineering deficiencies (HEDs) discussed here. The success that control room operators will have by monitoring this instrumentation is related to how well designers and human factors specialist enhance this instrumentation, so that it presents information in an efficient manner and with no information overload to operators.<>

Keywords

computerised monitoring; digital instrumentation; human factors; nuclear engineering computing; nuclear power stations; power station computer control; user interfaces; control room operators; digital bar graph display; digital monitoring systems; dual digital-bar graph unit; human engineering deficiencies; human factor analysis; nuclear power plant control rooms; Control systems; Displays; Guidelines; Human factors; Instruments; Monitoring; Power generation; Safety; Shape control; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.259150

Filename

259150