Traditionally, Operator Training Simulators (OTS) are used for plant and control familiarization, interaction of the two, and operator training. When selecting SimSci-Esscor OTS solutions, you will get much more. Our plant simulators unlocks the fundamental understanding required to modify, test, and improve processes and maximize plant performance.

Benefits

• Improve Process Design - Test and validate a process design during FEED and detailed engineering. Reduce design costs, validate relief systems, and improve operability.
• Test New Controls - By simulating the operation of a new or retrofitted plant prior to first-time start-up, you gain the opportunity to test complex system logic and improve controls before going on-line. A simulator can reveal errors that could lead to inadvertent trips or trip failures that lead to costly equipment damage or personal injury.
• Ensure Smooth Start-ups - Plant simulator software allows operators to become familiar with process operation while they increase their familiarity with the controls and the Human Machine Interface (HMI) graphical screens. On-going training ensures increasingly smooth start-ups in the future. Customers who perform control check-outs with OTS frequently report first-time almost flawless start-ups.
• Reduce Incidents and Downtime - Training personnel in a non-destructive environment enables you to validate operator performance and emergency capabilities before they are actually called into use. Testing modifications to compressor controls can, for example, help avoid costly damage from surge. Malfunctions (such as a trip) can be triggered to test operator reactions and improve both understanding and response times.
• Maximize Performance - Our simulators are based on rigorous first-principle models and actual controls, allowing you to troubleshoot actual process and control problems. Unlock the fundamental understanding required to modify, test, and improve processes and maximize plant performance. Identify the plant bottlenecks and determine the most effective ways to remove those barriers as obstacles to increased production.
• Advanced Process Control - Flexibility to pre-test actual advanced process controls, allowing you to troubleshoot the APC instance, provide better controls, and avoid plant upsets though step-testing and the like.