Monitoring control system and work support method
A monitoring control system includes: a safety control device that includes a state monitoring unit that monitors a state of a plant after emergency shut-down of the plant, and a work progress monitoring unit that monitors a work progress after the emergency shut-down of the plant; and a display device that displays, in a case where the emergency shut-down of the plant is performed by the safety control device, an emergency shut-down screen including a monitoring result of the state monitoring unit and a monitoring result of the work progress monitoring unit.
1. A monitoring control system comprising:
a control device that includes an action execution unit that executes an action with respect to a plant after emergency shut-down of the plant, and controls devices provided in the plant based on process information obtained from the devices provided in the plant;
a safety control device that includes a safety control unit that performs the emergency shut-down of the plant in a case where an abnormality occurs in the plant, a state monitoring unit that monitors a state of the plant after the emergency shut-down of the plant, and a work progress monitoring unit that monitors a work progress after the emergency shut-down of the plant according to an execution situation of the action execution unit of the control device and that allows release of the emergency shut-down of the plant in a case where the work progress monitoring unit determines that work is completed; and
a display device that displays, in a case where the emergency shut-down of the plant is performed by the safety control device, an emergency shut-down screen including a monitoring result of the state monitoring unit and a monitoring result of the work progress monitoring unit.
2. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the state monitoring unit determines a cause of the emergency shut-down of the plant, and
the display device displays the cause determined by the state monitoring unit on the emergency shut-down screen.
3. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the safety control device collects process information from devices provided in the plant, determines whether or not an abnormality occurs in the plant based on the collected information, and performs emergency shut-down of the plant by outputting a trigger signal for the emergency shut-down of the plant when determining that an abnormality occurs in the plant, and
the state monitoring unit starts its operation when receiving the trigger signal from the safety control station, and monitors a state of the plant after the emergency shut-down of the plant using information collected in the safety control device.
4. The monitoring control system according to claim 3 , wherein the control device starts its operation when receiving the trigger signal from the safety control station, performs an operation of controlling the device provided in the plant to enter a stable state that is predetermined by changing operating conditions of the device, and outputs information regarding the operation to the work progress monitoring unit.
5. The monitoring control system according to claim 4 , wherein
the work progress monitoring unit starts its operation when receiving the trigger signal from the safety control station, determines whether or not the device is being in the stable state for a predetermined time based on the information regarding the operation from the control device, and outputs an allowance signal indicating allowance of interlock resetting of the plant to the display device when determining that the device is being in the stable state for the predetermined time, and
the display device displays a release button for releasing the emergency shut-down of the plant on the emergency shut-down screen when receiving the allowance signal.
6. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the state monitoring unit monitors a preset important monitoring device to determine whether the device is normal or abnormal, and notifies a place where the abnormality occurs to the display device when determining that the device is abnormal, and
the display device changes a display of at least one of the monitoring result of the state monitoring unit and the monitoring result of the work progress monitoring unit in the emergency shut-down screen when an abnormality occurrence place is notified to the display device from the state monitoring unit.
7. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the state monitoring unit detects an initially obtained cause among plural causes which are considered as causes of the emergency shut-down of the plant as a main cause of the emergency shut-down of the plant, and notifies the main cause to the display device, and
the display device displays the main cause determined by the state monitoring unit on the emergency shut-down screen.
8. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display device displays a process flow diagram in which devices necessary for performing work after the emergency shut-down of the plant are collectively shown, among devices provided in the plant, on the emergency shut-down screen.
9. The monitoring control system according to claim 8 , wherein the display device displays time series information obtained from devices included in the process flow diagram, among devices for which monitoring is necessary after the emergency shut-down of the plant in an overlapping manner on the process flow diagram.
10. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display device displays time series information obtained from devices for which monitoring is necessary after the emergency shut-down of the plant on the emergency shut-down screen.
11. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the work progress monitoring unit allows the release of the emergency shut-down of the plant, the display device displays a release button that releases the emergency shut-down of the plant on the emergency shut-down screen.
12. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein,
in a case where an abnormality of a device provided in the plant occurs after the emergency shut-down of the plant, the state monitoring unit notifies the display device of a place where the abnormality occurs, and
the display device changes the display of at least one of the monitoring result of the state monitoring unit and the monitoring result of the work progress monitoring unit on the emergency shut-down screen according to notification details from the state monitoring unit.
13. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display device displays a link button to the emergency shut-down screen on a plant operation screen in a case where the emergency shut-down of the plant is performed by the safety control device, and displays the emergency shut-down screen when a manipulation with respect to the link button is performed.
14. The monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein the emergency shut-down of the plant comprises reliably stopping the plant in a safe state in order to prevent an explosion accident, an injury accident, or environmental contamination before the explosion accident, the injury accident or the environmental contamination, respectively, occurs.
15. A work support method for supporting work performed after emergency shut-down of a plant, the work support method comprising:
monitoring, by a safety control device, a state of the plant after the emergency shut-down of the plant;
monitoring, by the safety control device, a work progress after the emergency shut-down of the plant according to an execution situation of an action execution unit of a control device, the control device controlling devices provided in the plant based on process information obtained from the devices provided in the plant, the action execution unit executing an action with respect to the plant after the emergency shut-down of the plant;
displaying, on a display device, an emergency shut-down screen including a monitoring result of monitoring the state of the plant and monitoring the work progress; and
allowing, by the safety control device, release of the emergency shut-down of the plant in a case where the safety control device determines that work is completed.
16. The work support method according to claim 15 ,
wherein monitoring the state of the plant comprises determining a cause of the emergency shut-down of the plant; and
the displaying comprises displaying the cause on the emergency shut-down screen.
17. The work support method according to claim 15 , wherein the displaying comprises:
displaying a process flow diagram in which devices necessary for performing work after the emergency shut-down of the plant are collectively shown, among devices provided in the plant, on the emergency shut-down screen.
18. The work support method according to claim 17 , wherein the displaying comprises:
displaying time series information obtained from devices included in the process flow diagram, among devices for which monitoring is necessary after the emergency shut-down of the plant in an overlapping manner on the process flow diagram.
19. The work support method according to claim 15 , wherein the displaying comprises:
displaying time series information obtained from devices for which monitoring is necessary after the emergency shut-down of the plant on the emergency shut-down screen.
20. The work support method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
in a case where the safety control device determines that work is completed, displaying a release button for releasing the emergency shut-down of the plant on the emergency shut-down screen.