Patent ID: 7146257
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. An electric power plant general control system comprising: a power generating unit having plural auxiliaries, a subset of the plural auxiliaries being operated based on an automation command outputted from a unit computer having a sequence function portion, and the remaining auxiliaries in the plural auxiliaries being operated based on an operation command outputted from an operation board without a sequence function portion, the operation board disposed separately from the unit computer; a general automation computer connected with an upper system of the unit computer and configured to receive an operator command inputted from an interactive apparatus and output an operation signal into the unit computer based on the operator command inputted from the interactive apparatus; and a control system configured to control the remaining auxiliaries and including a mock-up portion configured to perform a function corresponding to the sequence function portion in the unit computer, said control system configured to output the operation signal outputted from the general automation computer into both the unit computer and the operation board and operate all of the plural auxiliaries of the power generating unit.