Advanced energy plant operation and training of the future

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1015426

Zitney, S

NETL presented its vision of future plant operations and training for advanced energy systems at the 14th Annual ARC World Industry Forum. Plant operations can be improved through increased use of innovative computational tools, immersive virtual simulation, advanced real-time optimization and model predictive control solutions, wireless sensor networks, and enhanced self-diagnosis and decision-making tools. This presentation emphasized real-time dynamic simulators with operator training system (OTS) capabilities, along with immersive training systems (ITS) that provide three-dimensional virtual plant walk-through environments for training field operators and engineers. It also highlighted NETL's Dynamic Simulator Research and Training (DSR&T) Center, which is scheduled to be launched in late 2010 with the deployment of a combined OTS/ITS solution for an IGCC reference plant with carbon capture. The plant-wide IGCC training system will make use of the Invensys Operations Management DynsimTM software for the OTS and EYESimTM software for the ITS. EYESimTM was recently selected as a Breakthrough Product of 2009 by Processing magazine and was featured, along with NETL's DSR&T Center, in a recent ARC Insights article.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory - In-house Research; National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy (FE)
• OSTI ID: 1015426
• Report Number(s): NETL-TPR-2911
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
CARBON
DECISION MAKING
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINEERS
FIELD OPERATORS
MANAGEMENT
OPTIMIZATION
PROCESSING
SENSORS
SIMULATION
SIMULATORS
TRAINING