Implementing the Automated Features of the PBFA-I Control/Monitor System

Abstract

A control system is being provided for PBFA-I, an operational accelerator, to control subsystem functions such as sequencing of oil, water, gas, and vacuum controls, to coordinate charging and firing sequences, and to control safe and idle modes of the machine. Important design concepts in automating this system are: reliability, flexibility, and operability. Reliability is a primary criterion for executing single pulsed power and physics experiments as well as for supporting extended experimental series without a failure that would cause downtime. Flexibility to respond to changes in operating parameters and experimenter needs is being implemented in two major areas: a modular I/0 system to provide hardware flexibility, and structured software to ease software maintenance. Operability is increased with user-friendly software, and automatic sequencing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA638605

Entities

People

  • J. L. Spiller

Organizations

  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Automatic
  • Computers
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Debugging
  • Design Criteria
  • Host Computers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Maintenance
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Reliability
  • Resilience
  • Semiautomatic
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Software Engineering