• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 37, Issue 2, 024002 (2025)
Zikuan Sun1, Junting Qiu2, Lisheng Zheng3, Xiaozheng Xie1,*, and Zijian Zhang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
  • 2School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
  • 3Wenzhou Institute of Industry & Science, Wenzhou 325028, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202537.240255 Cite this Article
    Zikuan Sun, Junting Qiu, Lisheng Zheng, Xiaozheng Xie, Zijian Zhang. Design of digital twin-based control system for loading and unloading of proton beam irradiated thorium target[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2025, 37(2): 024002 Copy Citation Text show less
    Flow chart of proton beam irradiation thorium target loading and unloading system
    Fig. 1. Flow chart of proton beam irradiation thorium target loading and unloading system
    Layout of proton beam irradiated thorium target loading and unloading system
    Fig. 2. Layout of proton beam irradiated thorium target loading and unloading system
    PLC hardware redundancy diagram for proton beam irradiated thorium target loading and unloading system
    Fig. 3. PLC hardware redundancy diagram for proton beam irradiated thorium target loading and unloading system
    PLC redundancy configuration flowchart
    Fig. 4. PLC redundancy configuration flowchart
    Framework diagram of the synchronized data transmission network environment for the unified digital twin
    Fig. 5. Framework diagram of the synchronized data transmission network environment for the unified digital twin
    Modeling of proton beam irradiated thorium target loading and unloading system
    Fig. 6. Modeling of proton beam irradiated thorium target loading and unloading system
    PLC ladder program diagram
    Fig. 7. PLC ladder program diagram
    PLCsim control MCD system debugging result
    Fig. 8. PLCsim control MCD system debugging result
    Effect of combining reality and virtuality
    Fig. 9. Effect of combining reality and virtuality
    Analysis of system operation in different environments and states
    Fig. 10. Analysis of system operation in different environments and states
    installationquantityinstallationquantity
    R/H CPU2CP modulesas required
    duplex fiber optic cable2with power floor2
    ring bus (computing)2switch (telecommunications)2
    I/O modules(ET200)2photoelectric converter4
    load current power supply2fiberseveral
    Table 1. Redundant system components
    factorlevelfactorlevel
    tempo0~10 m/smaximum runtime1 h
    air pump working pressure0.4~0.5 MPapayload limit0~100 g
    sampling interval5 soperating temperature0~30 ℃
    input voltageAC(220 V(1±10%))operating humidity40%~70%
    frequency50 Hzoperating noise0~70 dB
    Table 2. Experimental parameter settings
    equipmentstand-alone reliabilitycoderedundancy reliabilitycode
    computer workstation0.95$ R_{\rm{c}}^{} $0.988$ R_{\rm{c}}' $
    network switch0.98$ R_{\rm{n}}^{} $0.999$ R_{\rm{n}}' $
    ethernet communication module0.96$ R_{\rm{e}}^{} $0.999$ R_{\rm{e}}' $
    CPU0.98$ R_{\rm{CPU}} $0.999$ R_{\rm{CPU}}' $
    DP communication module0.96$ R_{\rm{DP}} $0.999$ R_{\rm{DP}}' $
    photoelectric conversion module0.98$ R_{\rm{p}}^{} $0.999$ R_{\rm{p}}' $
    I/O module0.97$ R_{{\rm{I}}/{\rm{O}}} $0.999$ R_{{\rm{I}}/{\rm{O}}}' $
    Table 3. Reliability of mechatronic stand-alone and redundant equipment
    Zikuan Sun, Junting Qiu, Lisheng Zheng, Xiaozheng Xie, Zijian Zhang. Design of digital twin-based control system for loading and unloading of proton beam irradiated thorium target[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2025, 37(2): 024002
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