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CODAC Plant Control Design Handbook

ITER Plant Control Design Handbook (PCDH) defines standards, specifications and interfaces applicable to ITER plant system instrumentation and control (I&C). These standards are essential for ITER to:
  • Integrate all plant systems I&C into one integrated control system
  • Maintain all plant systems I&C after delivery acceptance
  • Contain cost by economy of scale (spare parts, expertise)
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The new version of PCDH (version 7) issued in 2013 is a final version which is supposed to be used to design and manufacture the production I&C systems for ITER. By publishing a full set of PCDH documentation together with regular releases of the CODAC Core System software ITER seeks to involve control systems community into testing and verification of ITER I&C standards in order to arrive to modern and robust control system suitable for ITER and for scientific installations around the world.

For a quick overview of the PCDH, please check the following presentation:
PCDH consists of a master document and satellite documents. The master document contains principal requirements to ITER plant system I&C; satellite documents, in turn, go deeper into details of various I&C subjects providing recommendations, guidelines and examples on how to apply the PCDH. While the core document is fixed, satellite documents may evolve with time to incorporate the latest project developments.

Folder 1:
  1. PCDH - The core document which collects all requirements
  2. I&C architecture - Guideline for plant system I&C architecture
  3. CODAC overview - CODAC Core System overview
  4. CODAC interface - Scope of plant system I&C — Central I&C interface
  5. I&C naming - Naming convention in use for components, signals and variables
  6. Self-description - The data required for generating the plant system I&C interface
  7. I&C specifications - Scope and how to for I&C specs required at final design review
  8. I&C integration - Scope and scenarios for factory and site acceptance tests for I&C
  9. SW and QA - General requirements for software quality assurance
  10. PLC SW - Specific requirements for PLC software
  11. Alarm handling - Scope and introduction to alarm handing
  12. HMI - Scope and introduction to human-machine interface
  13. PON archiving - Scope and introduction to archiving of engineering data via plant operation network
  14. PSOS management - Scope and introduction to plant system operating state machines and their synchronisation with common operating state machines
  15. Diagnostic data - Scope and introduction to diagnostic data
  16. Interlock functions - How to identify interlocks
  17. PCDH-N - Specific requirements and guidelines applicable to nuclear safety
  18. CWS CS - Application of I&C specs recommendation to a simple case study of cooling water systems
  19. Acronyms - Table of abbreviations and acronyms used in PCDH
  20. Glossary - PCDH glossary
Folder 2:

  1. Integration kit - Content of the hardware kit delivered by ITER for integration of I&C systems
  2. PIS design - Guidelines for Plant Interlock System design
  3. PIS integration - Guidelines for Plant Interlock System configuration and integration
  4. PIS Operation - Guidelines for Plant Interlock System operation and maintenance
  5. PSS design - Guidelines for Plant Safety System design
  6. Signal interface - Guidelines for signal interface to controllers
  7. PLC catalogue - ITER standard PLC catalogue
  8. FC guidelines - Guidelines for technology selection of fast controllers
  9. FC catalogue - ITER standard Fast Controller catalogue
  10. I&C Cubicle - ITER standard I&C cubicle definition
  11. I&C Cubicle conf. - Guidelines for I&C cubicle hardware integration