Operation training system and operation training method

• US 20080299525A1
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Murakami, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US12/156,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20080299525A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/219
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 17/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26

Abstract

A safety station simulator is implemented using an application program and a communication program installed in a personal computer. The application program is a program actually used with a safety station of a real machine. Since the program used with the real machine can be used intact, it is not necessary to again describe the application for an operation training system.

Claims

1. An operation training system for training an operator in an operation of a safety instrumentation system connected to a plant control system, said operation training system comprising:

a simulator for executing simulation of a process controlled by the plant control system;

an operation acceptance section for accepting the operation;

a first program execution section for executing an installed program used with the safety instrumentation system in accordance with the operation on said operation acceptance section; and

a first communication section for executing communications between said first program execution section and said simulator, thereby reflecting the execution result of the installed program on the simulation in said simulator.

2. The operation training system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a second program execution section for executing an installed program used with the plant control system; and

a second communication section for executing communications between the second program execution section and said simulator, thereby reflecting the execution result of the installed program from the second program execution section on the simulation in said simulator.

3. The operation training system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said simulator executes simulation of a panel instrumentation in combination with the simulation of the process.

4. The operation training system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said simulator executes simulation of a panel instrumentation in combination with the simulation of the process.

5. An operation training method for training an operator in an operation of a safety instrumentation system connected to a plant control system, said operation training method comprising the steps of:

executing simulation of a process controlled by the plant control system by a simulator;

accepting the operation;

executing an installed program used with the safety instrumentation system in accordance with the operation accepted in said step of accepting the operation; and

executing communications between the installed program and the simulator, thereby reflecting the execution result of the installed program on the simulation of the simulator.