ITER Instrumentation and Control Status and Plans

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ITER Instrumentation and Control-Status and
Plans

• Anders Wallander1, Lana Abadie1, Haresh Dave1,
  Franck Di Maio1, Hitesh Kumar Gulati1,
• Chandresh Hansalia1, Didier Joonekindt2,
  Jean-Yves Journeaux1, Wolf-Dieter Klotz1,
• Kirti Mahajan1, Petri Makijarvi1, Luigi Scibile1,
  Denis Stepanov1, Nadine Utzel1, Izuru Yonekawa1
• 1ITER Organization, 13067 St. Paul lez Durance,
  France
• 2ATOS Origin, 38243 Meylan, France

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Outline

• Mission Statement
• Brief History
• Global Architecture
• Main Challenges
• Standards
• Instrumentation Control Integrated Product Team
• CODAC Core Systems
• Plant System IC Identification
• Interfaces
• Infrastructure
• Interlock and Safety
• Implementation Plan

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Goal for ITER Instrumentation Control System
Mission Statement Ensure all
ITER Plant Systems Instrumentation Control are
designed, implemented and integrated such that
ITER can be operated as a fully integrated and
automated system.
Economy of scale
Successful integration higher reliability
Minimize operator human errors
Few required operators
Minimize required maintenance crew
Reuse plant system IC design recipes
Only standard equipment in control room
Only standard cables entering control room
One control room
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Brief History

• CODAC conceptual design developed by Jo Lister,
  with support from the fusion community, in 2006
  and 2007
• This conceptual design was reviewed in Nov 2007
• A CODAC group started to form at ITER
  Organization in 2007-2008

ITER is not anymore a paper project It is a real
project
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Conceptual Architecture
Conceptual Architecture
IC structure Segregation of ITER IC into 3
vertical tiers and 2 horizontal layers Control
Control and monitor all ITER Plant
Systems Interlock Protect the
investment Independent network and IC Safety
Protects personnel, and environment Independent
network and IC Two train systems
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Scope and Definitions
ITER Instrumentation Control System All
hardware and software required to operate the
ITER machine. Comprises Plant System IC and
Central IC Systems. Central IC Systems All
hardware and software required to coordinate and
orchestrate all Plant Systems IC and provide the
human machine interface. Comprise CODAC System,
Central Interlock System and Central Safety
System. Plant Systems IC All hardware and
software required to control a Plant System
stand-alone and autonomously.
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IN FUND by WBS 4.5, 4.6 and 4.8
Like all large projects IC has low priority in
the early phase Project focus is on costly items
(mechanics) There are no IC specifications and
no one is working on them Responsibility
boundaries are not clear nor accepted
IN KIND by WBS 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6,
IC Standards (Plant Control Design Handbook)
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Our main challenge is the Black Hole.What are we
doing about it ?

• Standardization (Plant Control Design Handbook)
• Engaging parties in defining standards and
  prototyping
• Instrumentation Control Integrated Product Team
• Plant System IC identifications (plant profile
  database)
• Interface definitions (S-ICD, IS, interviews)
• Early delivery of CODAC Core System

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Objectives of Plant Control Design Handbook
The Plant Control Design Handbook (PCDH) defines
methodology, standards, specifications and
interfaces applicable to all ITER Plant Systems
Instrumentation Control (IC)

• IC standards are essential for ITER to
• Integrate all Plant Systems into one integrated
  control system
• Maintain all Plant Systems after delivery
  acceptance
• Contain cost by economy of scale (spare parts,
  expertise)

The PCDH is applicable to all Procurement
Arrangements

• ITER Organization (IO)
• Develop
• Support
• Maintain
• Enforce
• these standards

• Living document
• Latest release May 2009
• Publicly available
• http//www.iter.org/org/team/chd/cid/codac/Pages/d
  efault.aspx

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Plant System IC Life Cycle
Chapter 3, PCDH v 4.1
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Contracts and Tasks 2008-2009
Three independent contracts to establish CODAC
software environment
Programmable Logic Controller (slow control)
selection process
Cubicle selection process
Two independent tasks to explore existing EPICS
client applications
Detail design and production of Plant System Host
and prototype Mini-CODAC
Support functional analysis and interface
definitions for CIS
Support preparation of technical specs for next
wave of contracts
Build a Central Safety System (CSS) simulator
Two contracts to prototype High Performance
Networks
Three contracts to survey and prototype Fast
Controllers
Two contracts to prototype CODAC High Level
Applications
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Distribution of contracts and tasks among parties
Strategy Engage and involve all parties in
order to maximize acceptance of standards
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Plant System IC identification
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Interface definition
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Instrumentation Control Integrated Product Team

• IO Management requests CODAC IT Division to
  create an Integrated Product Team for
  Instrumentation Control.
• The objective is to improve communication and
  collaboration between the IC stakeholders
• CODAC Group
• Plant System Responsible Officers
• Domestic Agencies involved in Procurement
  Arrangements
• Industries implementing Plant Systems
• The Instrumentation Control IPT provides an
  excellent opportunity to streamline the IC
  development methodology and to promote PCDH.
• A proposal was presented to ITER governing body
  on March 9 and Kick-off meeting held on May 15.

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Instrumentation Control IPT
IPT SCOPE
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Instrumentation Control IPT
27 PBS packages bundled in 10 Plant System
Groups totaling 161 Plant Systems ? Staged
implementation! What is most urgent?
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Instrumentation Control IPT
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CODAC Core Systems
CODAC Core Systems is a well defined product to
be exported to all Plant System IC
developers CODAC Core Systems comprise the
hardware and software required to develop,
interface and test plant systems IC. The
hardware platforms are Plant System Host (PSH)
and Mini-CODAC. The software comprises
communication middleware, plant system self
description schemas and tools and SCADA
functionalities logging, alarming, error
handling, reporting, configuration, database and
HMI. CODAC Core Systems will be released on a
yearly bases with the first release planned for
February 2010.
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CODAC Core Systems
Strategy Promote use of CODAC Core Systems as
early as possible to create large user community
and acceptance of standards

• Mini-CODAC
• Plant System Host (PSH)
• Alarm Handling (AH)
• Error Trace Logging (EL)
• Live Database (LD)
• Data Archiving (DA)
• Data Retrieval (DR)
• Testing Tools (TT)
• Communication Middleware (CM)
• Generic Plant System Software (PS)
• Visualization Builder (VB)
• Plant System self description (SD)

Strategy Discourage use of private SCADA system
below PSH for ease of integration
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CODAC Core Systems
CODAC Core Systems v.1 - Feb 2010 Scope, EPICS
clients, deployment
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Network Infrastructure

• Network infrastructure
• Location of network connection points
• Cable trenches
• Cable diagrams

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Central Interlock and Safety Systems

• Functional analysis of Central Interlock System
  well advanced
• Interface definitions for Central Interlock
  System and Central Safety System progressing
• A simulator of Central Safety System, based on
  input from Safety Group, is close to completion

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Central IC Implementation Plan

• Work for CODAC, CIS and CSS has been divided in
  ten tasks
• Each task has
• Description
• Deliverables (in form of PBS level 3 products)
• Schedule (linked to ITER Integrated Project
  Schedule)
• Resources (human resources and contracts)

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Central IC Implementation Plan
CODAC Core Systems Design and procure hardware
and software required to develop, interface and
test Plant Systems IC
Interface Plant Systems IC Develop, support,
maintain and enforce standards. Factory and site
acceptance tests.
Network Infrastructure Design and procure network
infrastructure (cables, hutches, switches,)
CODAC Servers Define and procure CODAC servers
Central Interlock System Design and procure
hardware and software required for inter plant
system interlocks
CODAC Application System Design and procure
application software (scheduling, supervision,
plasma control,)
Central Safety System Design and procure hardware
and software for central safety system
Control Room Define and procure all equipments in
the control room
Integration and Verification of Plant Systems
IC, CODAC, CIS and CSS
Commissioning of Plant Systems IC, CODAC, CIS
and CSS
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Conclusions

• Ensure all ITER Plant Systems Instrumentation
  Control are designed, implemented and integrated
  such that ITER can be operated as a fully
  integrated and automated system.
• The main challenge currently is the Black Hole
• Standardization
• Engaging parties
• IC IPT
• Plant system IC identification
• Interface definition
• Early delivery of CODAC Core Systems
• A detailed implementation plan up to first plasma
  is being developed

We invite everyone to join in the effort to build
the ITER IC System