The development of the DC-ARM Supervisory Control System (SCS) is discussed. The SCS is used to provide situational awareness of a ship casualty to the operator through a variety of means. The SCS currently interfaces and controls the ship's automated fire main, outfitted with smart valves, a high- pressure water mist system, a video over IP system, a door position indication system, and environmental sensors. Testing aboard the SHADWELL demonstrated that situational awareness can be achieved within 5 seconds after the casualty and that automatic fire boundary containment can be completed within 25 seconds. The SCS can also automatically reconfigure damaged ship systems (such as a ruptured fire main) in approximately 1 minute.
Damage Control Automation for Reduced Manning (DC-ARM) Supervisory Control System Software Summary
2002
26 pages
Report
No indication
English
Computer Software , Marine Engineering , Transportation Safety , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Electrooptics , Ship fires , Fire alarm systems , Computer programs , Fiber optics , Control systems , High pressure , Containment(General) , Boundaries , Shipboard , Casualties , Valves , Firepower , Temperature sensitive elements , Fire detectors , Water supplies , Supervision , Damage control , Evanescent waves , Situational awareness , Dcarm(Damage control automation for reduced manning) , Smoke detectors , Temperature sensors , Scs(Supervisory control system)
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