Human factors guidelines for fossil power plant digital control system displays

Author

Beare, A.N. ; Gaddy, C.D. ; Gilmore, W.E. ; Taylor, J.C. ; Fray, R.R. ; Divakaruni, S.M.

Author_Institution

Gen. Phys. Corp., Columbia, MD, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

248

Lastpage

253

Abstract

Guidelines have been developed to support control room and display design for fossil power plant digital control system upgrade projects. Emphasis is placed on display design. The approach to guidelines development and the results to date are summarized. An overview of the human-computer interface section of the guidelines is provided. Areas for which new guidelines were adapted or developed are discussed such as interframe navigation, windows, alarms, soft controls, and large displays. Future plans, including demonstration projects, cost-benefit analysis, of guideline applications, technology transfer activities, and consideration of new technology applications are described.<>

Keywords

digital control; display instrumentation; human factors; power station computer control; thermal power stations; user interfaces; alarms; cost-benefit analysis; demonstration projects; fossil power plant digital control system displays; human factors guidelines; human-computer interface section; interframe navigation; large displays; soft controls; technology transfer; windows; Computer displays; Control systems; Digital control; Distributed control; Guidelines; Human factors; Large screen displays; Navigation; Physics; Power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human Factors and Power Plants, 1992., Conference Record for 1992 IEEE Fifth Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0888-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HFPP.1992.283402

Filename

283402