Intelligent Alert State Detection and Switching Order Generation at the 400/120 KV Substation of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant

Abstract A complete reconstruction program was started at the electrical substation of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant to assist the Hungarian high voltage network to join the European network. At the operator level a new, PC-based SCADA system was introduced. An AI-based, intelligent advisory system was developed and embedded into the SCADA system. The paper describes some of the advisory functions and their realizations in rules and procedures. Besides increasing reliability and safety of energy supply the basic goal of the system is to assist the operator in faster and more effective reactions, and to assist the plant engineer to better understand and evaluate any possible events.