Compact simulators for fossil-fueled power plants

Author

Fray, Roy

Author_Institution

Electr. Power Res. Inst., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

32

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

51

Abstract

The author describes how, in fossil fuel power plants around the world, a new breed of plant simulators is winning a following. These “compact simulators” are based on personal computer and workstation hardware and can model a plant´s operations accurately and in real-time. They are both adaptable and mobile. With their aid, electric utilities are training more qualified power plant operators and designing tighter power plant control systems. The simulators are even being used to test untried, power plant technologies

Keywords

digital simulation; engineering workstations; microcomputer applications; power engineering computing; real-time systems; thermal power stations; workstations; compact simulators; computer simulation; control systems; design; electric utilities; fossil fuel power plants; hardware; operators; personal computer; real-time; training; workstation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Control systems; Fossil fuels; Hardware; Microcomputers; Power generation; Power industry; Power system modeling; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.343988

Filename

343988