IEC 62241:2004
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Nuclear power plants - Main control room - Alarm functions and presentation
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11-02-2004
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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Background explanations
4.1 Problems of alarm systems
4.2 Functional design elements
4.3 Other elements
5 Basic functional requirements
5.1 Alarm functions
5.2 Alarm signals
5.3 Alarm signal processing
5.4 Alarm display processing
5.5 Alarm control and management
5.6 Alarm presentation and display-control integration
5.7 Human factors
5.8 Evaluation
6 Design definition of alarms
6.1 General
6.2 Key alarms
6.3 Alarms needed
7 Alarm signal processing
7.1 General
7.2 Alarm signal validation
7.3 Alarm generation and reduction processing
7.4 Event sequence and time delay processing
7.5 First-out processing
8 Alarm display processing
8.1 General
8.2 Grouped alarms
8.3 Alarm suppression
8.4 Dark-board presentation
9 Alarm control and management
9.1 General
9.2 Audible warning and silence
9.3 Flash and reflash
9.4 Acknowledgement
9.5 Ringback
9.6 Reset
10 Alarm presentation and display-control integration
10.1 General
10.2 Alarm fascia and tile
10.3 VDU alarm list display
10.4 Audible annunciation
11 Reliability, testing, and maintainability
11.1 Reliability
11.2 Testing
11.3 Maintainability
12 Alarm recording
13 Alarm response procedures (ARP)
13.1 General
13.2 Contents
13.3 Format
Annex A (informative) Problems of alarm system
Annex B (informative) Information sources for signals used
to generate alarms
Annex C (informative) Examples of alarm processing logic and
dynamic prioritisation
Annex D (informative) Conceptual example of alarm grouping
and categorisation
Annex E (informative) Material for the need of distinction
between alarm and status information
Annex F (informative) Example of arrangement of alarm tiles
Annex G (informative) Examples of Points to Consider in the
Categorisation of Alarms
Provides the functional requirements for the alarm systems in the main control room of nuclear power plants. Establishes the human factors requirements and the design guidelines for alarm presentation for the main control room of nuclear power plants.
| Committee |
TC 45/SC 45A
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| DevelopmentNote |
Stability Date: 2017. (09/2017)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
99
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| PublisherName |
International Electrotechnical Committee
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| Status |
Current
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| Standards | Relationship |
| NF EN 62241 : 2015 | Identical |
| NBN EN 62241 : 2015 | Identical |
| NEN IEC 62241 : 2004 | Identical |
| NEN EN IEC 62241 : 2015 | Identical |
| PN EN 62241 : 2015 | Identical |
| VDE 0491-5-2 : 2015 | Identical |
| DIN EN 62241 : 2015 | Identical |
| DIN IEC 62241 : 2006 | Identical |
| BS IEC 62241 : 2004 | Identical |
| SN EN 62241:2015 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 62241:2015 | Identical |
| PNE-prEN 62241 | Identical |
| EN 62241:2015 | Identical |
| 07/30135879 DC : 0 | |
| BS IEC 60965 : 2009 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - SUPPLEMENTARY CONTROL POINTS FOR REACTOR SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM |
| CEI EN 61772 : 2013 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - APPLICATION OF VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS (VDUS) |
| NF EN 60964 : 2010 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - DESIGN |
| I.S. EN 62682:2015 | MANAGEMENT OF ALARMS SYSTEMS FOR THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES |
| CEI EN 60964 : 2011 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - DESIGN |
| IEC TR 62247:2003 | Nuclear power plants - Main control room design - A review of the application of IEC 60964 (1989) |
| EN 60965:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Supplementary control room for reactor shutdown without access to the main control room |
| BS IEC 61500 : 2009 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| IEC TR 62096:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Guidance for the decision on modernization |
| IEC 62646:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Computer-based procedures |
| I.S. EN 61500:2011 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| VDI 3814 Blatt 7:2012-05 | Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Design of user interfaces |
| I.S. EN 60965:2016 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - SUPPLEMENTARY CONTROL ROOM FOR REACTOR SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM |
| 15/30300369 DC : 0 | BS IEC 62646 ED 2.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - COMPUTER BASED PROCEDURES |
| 17/30327241 DC : 0 | BS EN 61500 ED.2 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| BS IEC 62646:2016 | Nuclear power plants. Control rooms. Computer-based procedures |
| 15/30298379 DC : 0 | BS EN 60965 ED 3.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - SUPPLEMENTARY CONTROL ROOM FOR REACTOR SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM |
| BS EN 61772:2013 | Nuclear power plants. Control rooms. Application of visual display units (VDUs) |
| CEI EN 61500 : 2012 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| 03/305178 DC : DRAFT MAR 2003 | |
| NF EN 61772 : 2013 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - APPLICATION OF VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS (VDUS) |
| I.S. EN 61772:2013 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - APPLICATION OF VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS (VDUS) (IEC 61772:2009 (EQV)) |
| IEC 60964:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Design |
| IEC 61772:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Application of visual display units (VDUs) |
| I.S. EN 60964:2010 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - DESIGN |
| BS EN 60965:2016 | Nuclear power plants. Control rooms. Supplementary control room for reactor shutdown without access to the main control room |
| BS IEC 61772:2009 | Nuclear power plants. Control rooms. Application of visual display units (VDUs) |
| BS IEC 60964 : 2009 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - DESIGN |
| BS EN 62682:2015 | Management of alarms systems for the process industries |
| 08/30163333 DC : DRAFT SEP 2008 | |
| 07/30135889 DC : DRAFT DEC 2007 | IEC 61772 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - APPLICATION OF VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT (VDU) |
| BS IEC/IEEE 62646 : 2012 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - COMPUTER BASED PROCEDURES |
| BS EN 61500:2011 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Data communication in systems performing category A functions |
| IEC 62682:2014 | Management of alarm systems for the process industries |
| EN 61500:2011 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Data communication in systems performing category A functions |
| 08/30166255 DC : DRAFT JUNE 2008 | |
| IEC 60965:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Supplementary control room for reactor shutdown without access to the main control room |
| PD IEC/TR 62096:2009 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Guidance for the decision on modernization |
| BS EN 60964:2010 | Nuclear power plants. Control rooms. Design |
| EN 60964:2010 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Design |
| EN 61772:2013 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Application of visual display units (VDUs) |
| EN 62682:2015 | Management of alarms systems for the process industries |
| IEC 61226:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Classification of instrumentation and control functions |
| IEC 61839:2000 | Nuclear power plants - Design of control rooms - Functional analysis and assignment |
| IEC 61772:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Application of visual display units (VDUs) |
| IEC 61771:1995 | Nuclear power plants - Main control-room - Verification and validation of design |
| IEC 60964:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Design |
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