PSAM 16 Conference Paper Overview
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Lead Author: Tom Ulrich Co-author(s): Stephen Hancock, stephen.hancock@inl.gov
Roger Lew, rogerlew@uidaho.edu
Tyler Westover, tyler.westover@inl.gov
Richard Boardman, richard.boardman@inl.gov
| Simulators and Operating Concepts for Hydrogen Production |
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| Operating concepts for close-coupled nuclear and hydrogen plants require simulator development to address operator human factors and performance issues. In addition, this research supports the development of plant-to-plant control systems interfaces that may involve mixed analog and digital distributed control system logic. This work supports operational safety while enabling nuclear plants to dispatch electricity to the hydrogen plant or the grid within minutes of a request from the grid operators. The Human Systems Simulation Lab at the Idaho National Laboratory was used to evaluate the ability of nuclear power plant operators to respond to normal and potentially off-normal events when switching between the traditional fully electric generation and hybrid electric and thermal energy operation modes to support hydrogen production with a nuclear power plant. |
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Lead Author Name: Thomas Ulrich (thomas.ulrich@inl.gov)
Bio: Dr. Ulrich is a human factors and reliability research scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory. He has led and participated in several full-scope, full-scale simulator studies using the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory (HSSL) to investigate a range of nuclear control room topics. Dr. Ulrich possesses expertise in human performance assessment methodology with an emphasis on situation awareness and attention assessment via eye-tracking techniques. He is an expert in simulation and interface prototyping and has helped develop the advanced computerized operator support system (COSS), the Rancor Microworld, the ATRC digital control board, and numerous digital Turbine Control Systems. Dr. Ulrich’s active research includes dynamic human reliability analysis methodology development for nuclear power plant FLEX activities and development of prognostic human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for existing main control rooms and advanced reactor HMIs. Dr. Ulrich has also led an interdisciplinary res
Country: United States of America
Company: Idaho National Laboratory
Job Title: Human Factors and Reliability Research Scientist
Bio: Dr. Ulrich is a human factors and reliability research scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory. He has led and participated in several full-scope, full-scale simulator studies using the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory (HSSL) to investigate a range of nuclear control room topics. Dr. Ulrich possesses expertise in human performance assessment methodology with an emphasis on situation awareness and attention assessment via eye-tracking techniques. He is an expert in simulation and interface prototyping and has helped develop the advanced computerized operator support system (COSS), the Rancor Microworld, the ATRC digital control board, and numerous digital Turbine Control Systems. Dr. Ulrich’s active research includes dynamic human reliability analysis methodology development for nuclear power plant FLEX activities and development of prognostic human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for existing main control rooms and advanced reactor HMIs. Dr. Ulrich has also led an interdisciplinary res
Country: United States of America
Company: Idaho National Laboratory
Job Title: Human Factors and Reliability Research Scientist