Development of Large Scale Operational Simulators for Power Plant Operator Training

The use of simulators for training power plant operators is becoming more widespread. A key element in the development of power plant simulators is design data. This predicted data can be categorized as: physical characteristics, general plant physics, and logic and transfer functions. This data must be reduced for use in a simulator. The special requirements of real time training simulation influence the data reduction and application. Later, after actual plant performance is recorded, the simulator programs can be adjusted. Currently, the design data is obtained from numerous sources and the approach on each simulator has varied somewhat. An industry standard as to simulator data requirements is needed.