Methods and Technologies for Enhancing and Optimizing Power Plant Inspection Procedures

Author

Kanev, Kamen ; Cheng, Zixue ; Mirenkov, Nikolay

Author_Institution

Univ. of Aizu Tsuruga, Tsuruga

fYear

2007

fDate

16-19 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

605

Lastpage

609

Abstract

This paper considers different methods and approaches for improving power plant inspection procedures through innovative technological means. Main objectives are to provide timely, context dependent assistance and advice to human inspectors of power plant facilities, to minimize human errors and to increase inspection efficiency and reliability. A solution based on spatial awareness methods for inspector localization, registration and tracking through remote sensing of RFID tags and digital codes embedded in the surrounding environment is proposed. Possible extensions for industrial inspection robots are briefly discussed and potential applicability in nuclear power plant inspections is revealed.

Keywords

inspection; power system management; radiofrequency identification; RFID tags; context dependent assistance; inspection efficiency; inspection reliability; inspector localization; inspector registration; inspector tracking; power plant facilities; power plant inspection procedure; remote sensing; spatial awareness method; Cities and towns; Humans; Information technology; Inspection; Optimization methods; Personnel; Power generation; Remote sensing; Safety; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology, 2007. CIT 2007. 7th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2983-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIT.2007.42

Filename

4385150