Patent Document ID: 20110060582
Application ID: 12556227
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A diversity and defense-in-depth simulation apparatus, comprising (a) a safety control system simulator, comprising (a1) a hardware architecture, said hardware architecture being an industrial personal computer in a cabinet of said safety control system simulator, said hardware architecture having a first hardware I/O interface; (a2) a software architecture, comprising (a21) a first user interface layer; (a22) a core model of said safety control system simulator; (a23) a first hardware I/O data processing module; (a24) a first operating system; and (a25) a PXI hardware I/O interface layer; and (a3) a kernel architecture, comprising (a31) a program workflow control module; (a32) an external interface processing module; and (a33) a safety control system module; and (b) an enhanced nuclear power plant simulator, comprising (b1) a hardware architecture, said hardware architecture being an industrial personal computer in a cabinet of said enhanced nuclear power plant simulator, said hardware architecture having a second hardware I/O interface; (b2) a software architecture, comprising (b21) a second user interface layer; (b22) an enhanced nuclear power plant simulation module; (b23) a second hardware I/O data processing module; (b24) a second operating system; and (b25) a hardware I/O interface layer; and (b3) a kernel architecture, comprising (b31) a system calculation module; and (b32) a nuclear power plant simulation calculation module, wherein said safety control system simulator provides manual operation, shows information and simulates behaviors of said safety control system module; said safety control system simulator receives parameters of said enhanced nuclear power plant simulator through said first hardware I/O interface to respond corresponding control signals according to control logics of said safety control system module; and said safety control system simulator transfers said control signals to said enhanced nuclear power plant simulator through said first hardware I/O interface; wherein said enhanced nuclear power plant simulator receives said control signals of said safety control system simulator and responses of a power plant through said second hardware I/O interface; and said enhanced nuclear power plant simulator provides analysis of diversity and defense-in-depth to communicate between said enhanced nuclear power plant simulator and said first hardware I/O interface of said safety control system simulator; and wherein parameters of said enhanced nuclear power plant simulator and control responses of said safety control system simulator are mutually transferred through hard-wired connections at backplanes.