- Developed according to physical principles of the gasification island, air separation and combined cycle processes simulation.
- Jointly developed by ELCOGAS, ENEL, Electricité de France and Tecnatom.
- Physical and functional fidelity to the plant controls and operator interface (MMI).
- Flexible management of the instructor station capabilities.
- Strict control of settings.
- Independently developed and validated.
- Simulator covering a large part of the IGCC process.
- Stand-alone simulation software.
- Real-time simulation running on DIGITAL Alpha series 500/600 workstations.
- Dynamic simulation based on physical principles.
- LEGOCAD simulation environment.
- Operator interface with the same functions as the plant interface.
- Aimed towards training and operation engineering.
- Malfunction analysis capability, especially in non-conventional units.
- 600,000 variables
- Process modules (tasks): 30
- Regulation modules (tasks): 28
(including 300 control loops and 6000 pages of control diagrams)
Units
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Components |
Exchangers
|
60 |
Valves |
1200 |
Pumps
|
30 |
Pipes |
800 |
| Turbines - compressors |
29 |
Filters |
100 |
| Various |
20 |
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| Chemical reactors |
10 |
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| Boilers |
10 |
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| Columns |
6 |
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Objective
- To allow updating and validation of the simulator over the whole lifecycle of the power station.
Scope
- Relational database with construction data and simulation data.
- Simulator topology control system.
- Database allocating operating diagrams and simulator diagrams.
- Control of modules and validation procedures.
- Additional instructor station capabilities.
- Increase operator capabilities and encourage use of the full functionality of the distributed control system (DCS).
- Great flexibility of operating personnel without affecting production objectives.
- Improve activation of the plant operating modes by use of real plant conditions in operation of the simulator.
- Process instruction, design modification and unit resizing tests.
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