Special Equipment Safety Supervision System Architecture Based on Blockchain Technology
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1. Introduction
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- Different from other research in this field that focuses on safety factor analysis, this article focuses on improving the supervision efficiency by optimizing the supervision system and changing the supervision mechanism.
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- Taking “transaction” as “information update”, we use the smart contract of blockchain to record the work information of supervision participants. In this way, we can ensure that there is sufficient and authentic data to be relied on when tracing accident responsibility.
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- The expansibility of the system is considered in the design, and the overall design idea of the system architecture can be used for reference by other safety supervision fields.
2. Requirement Analysis
2.1. Role Analysis
2.1.1. Equipment Users
2.1.2. Inspection Agencies
2.1.3. Primary Supervisors
2.1.4. Supervisory Agencies
2.2. Current Requirements
2.2.1. Efficient Accident Responsibility Tracing
- The equipment users collude with the inspection agency to conceal the safety risks of the equipment.
- In order to reduce maintenance costs, potential safety risks are covered by equipment users in safety management.
- The inspection agencies are slack in inspection work.
- Corruption between the primary supervisors and those they supervise.
2.2.2. More Efficient Data Sharing
2.2.3. More Transparent Supervision Information
2.2.4. Integrating More Functions into the Safety Supervision System
3. Methods
3.1. Using Blockchain Technology
3.2. Blockchain Platform Selection
4. Blockchain System Architecture for Safety Supervision of Special Equipment
4.1. System Users
4.2. System Design
4.3. System Function
4.3.1. Recording Safety Management Information
4.3.2. Recording Inspection Information
4.3.3. Recording Sampling Check Information
4.3.4. Accident Responsibility Tracing
5. Discussion
5.1. The Ability to Complete the Task Objectives
5.2. The Feasibility of System Application and Promotion
5.3. The Expansibility of the System Function
- Add the information, before the equipment is put into use, to the traceability system, including the information of primary material supply, product processing, transportation, and installation.
- For elevator, amusement facilities, and other public service equipment, public supervision interface should be developed so that the public can query the maintenance information and safe condition of the equipment through QR code.
5.4. The Shortcomings and Solutions
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Requirements | Related Supervision Problems | Reference Source |
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Efficient accident responsibility tracing | The primary supervisors become scapegoats after the accident; The primary supervisor’s fatigue and inefficiency; The trust crisis among various roles in the supervision system; The equipment users collude with the inspection agency to conceal safety risks of the equipment; Potential safety risks are covered by equipment users in safety management; The inspection agencies are slack in inspection work; The corruption between the primary supervisor and those they supervise | [43] |
More efficient data sharing | Delayed and high technical requirements of data sharing Equipment user’s distrust about inspection results | [45] |
More transparent supervision information | The supervision information is seriously interfered with by interpersonal relationships, resulting in low supervision efficiency | [46] |
Integrating more functions into the safety supervision system | The work of license approval is inefficient | [47] |
Features of Hyperledger Fabric | Corresponding Requirements and Technical Features of Safety Supervision of Special Equipment |
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Permissioned and modular architecture | Authorization for participants in supervision work, integrating more functions into the safety supervision system |
Queryable data—supporting multiple query methods, and event hooks to integrate data into your preferred database or analytics engine. | Efficient accident responsibility tracing |
Lower latency of confirmation | More efficient supervision and data sharing |
Supporting rolling upgrades and asymmetric version | Expansibility, new requirements in the future |
Open smart contract model—flexibility to support various solution and data models (account model, UTXO model, structured data, unstructured data, etc.) | Supporting diversified supervision information records |
Data privacy—complete transaction isolation using “channels”, or share private data on a need-to-know basis using private data “collections” | Keeping data safe, supporting the independent supervision of each equipment and the classified supervision |
Multi-language smart contract support: Go, Java, Javascript | More suitable developers, lower development threshold |
Governance and versioning of smart contracts | Flexible and efficient supervision information records |
Inspection Items | Results | Remarks |
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Technical files | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Operator certificates | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Infrastructure | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Cabs | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Cages | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Metal structures | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Wire ropes and pulleys | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Transmission systems | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Electrical system | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Safety system | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
Load tests | Pass/Fail | Describe the reason, if Fail |
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Liang, Z.; Zhou, K.; Gao, R.; Gao, K. Special Equipment Safety Supervision System Architecture Based on Blockchain Technology. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 7344. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207344
Liang Z, Zhou K, Gao R, Gao K. Special Equipment Safety Supervision System Architecture Based on Blockchain Technology. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(20):7344. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207344
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiang, Zhipeng, Keping Zhou, Rugao Gao, and Kaixin Gao. 2020. "Special Equipment Safety Supervision System Architecture Based on Blockchain Technology" Applied Sciences 10, no. 20: 7344. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207344
APA StyleLiang, Z., Zhou, K., Gao, R., & Gao, K. (2020). Special Equipment Safety Supervision System Architecture Based on Blockchain Technology. Applied Sciences, 10(20), 7344. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207344