Digital Twin Fire Protection for Real-Time Plant Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fire protection systems in power plants struggle to respond promptly and effectively to fire situations due to differing fire evaluation standards across facilities, leading to potential delays in response.
Innovation Solution
A fire protection system utilizing a digital twin that integrates multiple sensors, a first server for RF communication, and a second server with building information modeling, synchronization, and simulation units to provide real-time fire information and action plans based on sensor data and big data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional fire protection systems use different fire evaluation standards for each facility, then each facility can be monitored according to its specific requirements, but the response time is delayed and the system cannot respond promptly to fire situations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a unified fire evaluation standard that can be applied across all facilities in the power plant. The system uses a centralized server that processes sensor data from multiple facilities using the same evaluation criteria, enabling consistent and prompt response to fire situations while maintaining adaptability through configurable parameters for different facility types.
2Reliability
If multiple sensors are deployed across different facilities to monitor fire conditions, then detection coverage is improved, but the complexity of integrating and processing data from sensors with different address values increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the distributed sensors and the fire protection system. The server receives data from multiple sensors with different address values, standardizes the data format, applies unified evaluation criteria, and generates coordinated response actions. This intermediary layer simplifies the integration complexity while maintaining comprehensive detection coverage.
3Speed
If real-time sensor data from multiple facilities is processed using unified evaluation criteria, then prompt response to fire situations is achieved, but the computational load and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring fire evaluation criteria and thresholds in the server before actual fire events occur. The system pre-processes sensor data continuously and maintains ready-to-execute response protocols, enabling rapid response when fire conditions are detected without requiring intensive real-time computation during critical moments.
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AI summary
A fire protection system according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a plurality of sensors having different address values, detecting fire occurrence, generating a fire alarm, and performing Radio Frequency (RF) communication with each other, a first server configured to perform RF communication with each of the plurality of sensors, and a second server in communication with the first server, wherein the second server includes a building information modeling unit configured to virtually implement a plant and provide modeling, a synchronization unit configured to synchronize the modeling and sensor data measured from each of the plurality of sensors, and a simulation unit configured to provide fire information based on the synchronized modeling and sensor data and outputs a digital twin plant based on the fire information.