Automating equipment identification in nuclear engineering drawings

IF 1.9 3区工程技术 Q1 NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nuclear Engineering and Design Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2025.114002

Issam Hammad , Mishca de Costa , Ameneh Boroomand , Muhammad Anwar

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Abstract

Engineering drawings are critical assets in the nuclear industry, essential for the design, construction, and maintenance of facilities like the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (DNGS). Manual processes for identifying equipment within these drawings are time-consuming and error-prone, affecting operational efficiency and safety compliance. This paper presents design methodologies to build an Intelligent Drawing Query (IDQ) system, leveraging Cloud Base Artificial Intelligence (AI) including Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technologies to automate equipment identification of tags within nuclear engineering drawings. The paper evaluates and compares the extraction efficiency of cloud-based OCR services including Microsoft’s Azure OCR and Azure Document Intelligence (DI). Additionally, the paper explores best practices to maximize the extraction efficiency. Moreover, the paper explores the potential of OpenAI’s multimodal GPT-4 model for additional detection tasks. Such automation reduces human error, enhances workflows, and ensures compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

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工程图纸是核工业的重要资产，对于达林顿核电站（DNGS）等设施的设计、建造和维护至关重要。在这些图纸中识别设备的人工流程既耗时又容易出错，影响了运行效率和安全合规性。本文介绍了构建智能图纸查询（IDQ）系统的设计方法，利用云端人工智能（AI）（包括光学字符识别（OCR）技术）自动识别核工程图纸中的设备标签。本文评估并比较了基于云的 OCR 服务（包括微软的 Azure OCR 和 Azure Document Intelligence (DI)）的提取效率。此外，论文还探讨了最大限度提高提取效率的最佳实践。此外，本文还探讨了 OpenAI 的多模态 GPT-4 模型在其他检测任务中的潜力。这种自动化可减少人为错误，增强工作流程，并确保符合安全和监管标准。

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Nuclear Engineering and Design 工程技术-核科学技术

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

11.80%

发文量

377

审稿时长

5 months

期刊介绍： Nuclear Engineering and Design covers the wide range of disciplines involved in the engineering, design, safety and construction of nuclear fission reactors. The Editors welcome papers both on applied and innovative aspects and developments in nuclear science and technology. Fundamentals of Reactor Design include: • Thermal-Hydraulics and Core Physics • Safety Analysis, Risk Assessment (PSA) • Structural and Mechanical Engineering • Materials Science • Fuel Behavior and Design • Structural Plant Design • Engineering of Reactor Components • Experiments Aspects beyond fundamentals of Reactor Design covered: • Accident Mitigation Measures • Reactor Control Systems • Licensing Issues • Safeguard Engineering • Economy of Plants • Reprocessing / Waste Disposal • Applications of Nuclear Energy • Maintenance • Decommissioning Papers on new reactor ideas and developments (Generation IV reactors) such as inherently safe modular HTRs, High Performance LWRs/HWRs and LMFBs/GFR will be considered; Actinide Burners, Accelerator Driven Systems, Energy Amplifiers and other special designs of power and research reactors and their applications are also encouraged.