Use a DCS-based simulator to proactively manage your fossil DCS retrofit and eliminate unit trips
- Illinois Power, Hennepin, IL (United States)
Several fossil power plants are upgrading their current analog control with a modern distributed control system (DCS). A unit-specific DCS-based simulator for a fossil plant can offer several advantages if acquired early in the upgrade process. Three basic types of DCS-based simulators are discussed below. The experience of the Illinois Power`s (IP) Hennepin Unit 2 is summarized. The Hennepin simulator was developed in parallel with the new DCS-based control system and ready for use three months prior to the actual unit startup. The advantages gained by IP include an opportunity to test/tune the control systems and time to properly train the operations staff. These activities minimized the number of unit trips following the controls retrofit.
- OSTI ID:
- 376205
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960426-; TRN: IM9642%%293
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 58. annual meeting of the American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 9-11 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Power Conference. Volume 58-I; McBride, A.E. [ed.]; PB: 767 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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