Research and Design of Technology Readiness Levels Evaluating System for Digital Instrumentation and Control System

Abstract:

Technology Readiness Levels have a great superiority to evaluate new technologies, and have been adopted by U.S. Congress General Accountability Office, Department of Defense and will be considered in numerous other organizations. In this study, Technology Readiness Levels are customized to assess the Digital Instrumentation and Control system of nuclear power plants. The Technology Readiness Levels evaluation system based on Browser/Server structure is designed. The flow chart of the evaluation system, automatic data analysis system, and the tables relation of database are presented. The Browser/Server structure enables multi-experts use Browser to assess the Digital Instrumentation and Control system of nuclear power plants in different places through the Internet. The Technology Readiness Levels evaluation system can easy the organizing work and reduce fees of Technology Readiness assessment works of Digital Instrumentation and Control system.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 448-453)
• Pages: 3629-3634
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.448-453.3629
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Wen Yuan Yang*, Ning Li, Ying Ru Zhao
• Keywords: Browser/Server Structure, Digital Instrumentation and Control System, Evaluating System, Research and Design, Technology Readiness Levels

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