Moving beyond CAD to an object-oriented approach for electrical control and instrumentation systems
Love, P.E.D. and Zhou, Jingyang and Matthews, J. and Edwards, D.J. (2016) Moving beyond CAD to an object-oriented approach for electrical control and instrumentation systems. Advances in Engineering Software, 99. pp. 9-17. ISSN 09659978 (ISSN)
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Abstract
The quality of computer-aided-design (CAD) generated 'As-built' documentation is evaluated for a High Voltage Switchgear System (HVSS), which forms part of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition up-grade within a geo-thermal power plant. A total of 267 CAD drawings for the HVSS were used to create a Systems Information Model (SIM) whereby the physical components and associated connections were constructed in an object orientated database. Throughout the modelling process a considerable amount of errors and information redundancy were identified and examples are presented. The production of the CAD drawings took 10,680 man-h in stark contrast to the 80 man-h required to construct the SIM, illustrating the efficiency and effectiveness of SIM compared to CAD for the documentation of electrical instrumentation and control systems (EICS). To realise this significant potential cost and productivity saving requires a shift in mindset and a move beyond the use of CAD, to an object oriented SIM, with a 1:1 relationship between objects in the model, and components in the real world. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2016.04.007 | ||||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 'As-built' documentation, Computer-aided design, Errors, Systems information model, Computer control systems, Data acquisition, Errors, Information theory, Quality control, Thermoelectric power plants, High voltage switchgear, Information Modeling, Information redundancies, Instrumentation and control system, Instrumentation systems, Object oriented approach, Supervisory control and data acquisition, Thermal power plants, Computer aided design | ||||||||
| Subjects: | CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-03 - information systems | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment > Dept. of Built Environment |
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| Depositing User: | Users 18 not found. | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2016 13:21 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2023 12:16 | ||||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/487 |
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