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| Date post: | 17-Jan-2015 |
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Speakers
George McCullough
Vice President
GSE Systems
Baltimore, MD
Fred Ihimodu
Staff Engineer – Engineering Support Organization
DTE Energy
Detroit, MI
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Belle River Power Plant:A Brief History
5 Diesel Peakers – 13.75 MW commissioned 1981
2 Coal Units – 1,396 MW commissioned 1984 - 1985
3 Natural Gas Peakers - 256 MW commissioned 1999
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Project History:Recent Control Systems Upgrades
2002 - Unit 2 conversion to ABB Harmony
2008 - Unit 1 conversion to ABB Harmony
2012 - Unit 2 conversion from VMS OIS to 800xA 5.1
- Unit 2 simulator development
2013 - Unit 1 upgrade from 800xA 5.0 to 5.1
- Environmental solutions
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Proposed Benefits
Training operators & others
Platform to simulate future environmental solutions control system
for units 1 & 2
Complete graphics review prior to unit 2 start-up in fall 2012
Eliminate typical extensive IO checkout during unit 2 fall 2012
Platform to test control philosophy, software configuration
and graphic changes prior to implementing on unit 1 & 2
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Partners & Teams
GSE Systems Lead engineer and design team Project management
ABB Lead engineer and design team Project management
DTE Energy Plant operations Plant engineers and I&C specialists Process controls engineering support Major enterprise project management
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Unit 2 Simulator Team:Preparation
Simulator conference exposure
Same personnel on both simulator and unit DCS upgrades
Critical to have continuity across all projects
Experienced operators familiar with units
Engineers & specialists with vast knowledge of control systems
Travel commitments
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Model:GSE Concepts
Power Generation Modeling Tools
Thermal hydraulic systems
Flow networks
Electrical systems
Logic & controls
High Fidelity
Fully modeled
Simplified model
Not modeled
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Model:GSE Concepts
Instructor Station
Initial Conditions
Malfunctions
Remote functions
& overrides
Trainee actions review, backtracking
& replay
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Data Sources & Connections
Harmony Training Simulator
(HTS)
vICI
• Harmony connectivity
• Composer
• DBDOC
HTS manager
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Data Sources & Connections
Harmony Training Simulator (HTS) vICI
• Harmony connectivity• Composer• DBDOC
HTS manager
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Data Sources & Connections
Third Party PLC
OPC: No Modbus emulator required
Matrikon OPC Scada Modbus vs. KEPServerEX
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Data Sources & Connections
Non DCS Emulated HMI
- Soot Blowing - Precipitator - CEMS - ZoloBOSS
Hard Panel Emulation
- Ethernet IO
- Meters
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Activities
9 to 12 month commitment
Simulator testing
Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
Train the trainer
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Activities
Issue Tracking
- ABB Teamtrack
– GSE Mantis
Management of Change
Remote Collaboration
– ABB teamwork
– GSE VPN access
– DTE VPN access
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Decisions:Not Always Black & White
Immersion vs. feedback
Immersion vs. human performance
Redundancy needs vs. test environment completeness
Access to information vs. role clarification
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Plant & Simulator
Unit 2
Unit 2 Simulator
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Lessons Learned
Uncovered and resolved existing configuration, logic & graphics
HTS limitations & compatibilities
– Unsupported function codes
Comprehensive startup procedure
Model – Data sources handshake
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Lessons Learned
System health checks
VMware vCPU allocation
Event concentrator error
Ensure overall system is truly ready for customer
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Current/Future Objectives
Establish core training program
Expand training benefits beyond operations to
technicians & engineers on engineering tools
− Composer
− Bulk data manager
− Bulk configuration manager
− Graphics builder
− Alarm analysis
− Import/export tool
− Consistency checker, etc.
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Current/Future Objectives
Model future environmental solutions
- Validate plant design & procedures prior to start-up
Implement management of change to keep the
simulator & unit in sync
Enhancement request
- vICI and HTS manager services
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Contact
Fred Ihimodu
DTE Energy
George McCullough
GSE Systems
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