Direct Digital Boiler Control Systems for the Navy Small Boiler Equipment.

Abstract

A total of 16 direct digital control systems applicable to the Navy's small boiler requirement were identified and product information was obtained. One system now using analog controllers was included since they have digital controllers in development. Most of the systems studied employ functionally distributed control architecture wherein the controllers have resident memory and are electrically isolated from the operators station and communication link so that a failure of the operators station or communication link will not affect the control of the boiler. All of the systems are available with color CRT operators displays and keyboards etc. which are carefully thought out so as to simulate the analog displays that most operators are familiar with and thus require a minimum of operator training. A majority of the systems offer custom graphic displays for operator orientation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA125160

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Programming Language
  • Circuit Boards
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Consoles
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Data Displays
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Network Topology
  • Operating Systems
  • System Software
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.