Remote operation and maintenance of processing equipment using the remote handling system in the PRIDE facility

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the PRIDE Facility which has an installed remote handling system for the remote operation and maintenance of processing equipment. Processing equipment is operated in intense radiation fields as well as at high temperature. Thus, the equipment is operated in a remote manner and should be designed with consideration of remote handling and maintenance. An analysis and evaluation of the remote handling was carried out using a graphic simulator and physical mockup. This simulator is a virtual facility of a pyroprocessing mock-up facility. The simulator is designed to include all of the processing equipment, utilities, remote maintenance and handling devices and auxiliary devices or tools, in the form of virtual models necessary for the pyroprocessing technology implementation in a virtual facility environment. The use of this device for operation and maintenance to assess the results is reflected in its modifications of the device. The evaluation of the modified device was carried out in a physical mockup.