LIU Shaohai, CHEN Yongzhong, HAN Lifeng. EPICS redundancy technology based on PRP[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2015, 38(4): 040401
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LIU Shaohai, CHEN Yongzhong, HAN Lifeng. EPICS redundancy technology based on PRP[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2015, 38(4): 040401 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2015.hjs.38.040401.
冗余技术是提高EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System)在核电领域应用可靠性的有效解决方案。不同于当前采用的“热备用”冗余模式,本文借鉴IEC 62439-3标准所发布的并行冗余协议(Parallel Redundancy Protocol
Background: Redundancy technology can be used as an effective solution to improve the reliability of Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) applied to nuclear reactor
and the most popular redundancy method is a standby mode with the switching time less than 1 s. Meanwhile
the Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) released in standard IEC62439-3 is proposed as a possible solution to provide zero switching time in case of a single-point failure. Purpose: In order to further improve the reliability of EPICS to fulfill the high-reliability requirements of the redundancy control network in nuclear reactor
the "parallel" redundancy mode elaborated in PRP is applied to the nuclear reactor. Methods: The feasibility of EPICS achieving a high reliability based on PRP technology is analyzed
and a software implementation example of Channel Access (CA) protocol of EPICS has been developed over Linux based on PRP which implemented on the application layer. Results: Test results show that the high-reliability requirements of completely seamless switchover can be realized when a single-point failure occurs in the redundant network. Conclusion: With the proposed implementation plan
the redundant EPICS can be employed to achieve a high-reliability network for nuclear reactor. Abstract