Title :
Upgrade of a full-scope simulator for fossil-fuel power plants
Author :
Tavira-Mondragón, José ; Melgar-García, José ; García-García, Jorge ; Cruz-Cruz, Rafael
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Investig. Electr., Morelos, Mexico
Abstract :
The upgrade of a full-scope simulator for fossil-fuel power plants is presented. The mathematical models of a control board simulator have been re-hosted on a new simulation environment based on Windows XP. In order to improve the simulator capacities, the turbine model and the turbine control model are replaced by models with a wider scope. The turbine model is based on physical laws and has an application range from cold iron up to full-load generation and shutdown operations. On the other hand, the turbine control model is based on the main features of modern electrohydraulic controls and has a full application range too. This simulator has been extensively tested during steadies and transient states and its response has been validated with regard to data plant by the instructors of a training center for power plant operators.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; digital simulation; electrohydraulic control equipment; fossil fuels; power engineering computing; power plants; Windows XP; control board simulator; electrohydraulic controls; fossil-fuel power plants; full-load generation; full-scope simulator; turbine control model; Automatic control; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Electrohydraulics; Iron; Mathematical model; Microcomputers; Power generation; System testing; Turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2008. WSC 2008. Winter
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2707-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2708-6
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2008.4736217
