210 MW Simulator NPTI DELHI
210 MW real time simulator. A prototype of control room of a 210 MW unit of NTPC Badarpur
Thermal power plant simulator
For safe, efficient and economical thermal power plant operationThere are a significant numbers of thermal power plants around the world and new plants based on coal firing are put into operation almost weekly. This creates an increasing need for trained thermal power plant personnel. We offer a thermal power plant simulator that fulfils these training requirements.
The thermal power plant simulator model is ideally suited for both the training of newly-hired employees and refresher courses of personnel with earlier experience. The main purpose of the Thermal Power Plant simulator is to train and assess operators in the operation of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and in plant operation, including training in plant start-up and shut-down, emergency situations and safety procedures.
Based on a real plant
We acknowledge that thermal power plant training must be based upon real installations, therefore our thermal power plant simulator is modelled on 210 MW unit of NTPC Badarpur power plant.The plant is fuelled with coal.
Utilising real thermal power plant operation as the basis for simulation provides our students with a strong foundation , ensuring that their operational procedures and practices will enhance the plant economical efficiency and safety measures.
Learning objectives
The main purpose of the Thermal Power Plant simulator is to train and assess operators in general plant operation, including training in plant start-up and shut-down, supervision, monitoring and control during normal, emergency situations and in safety procedures. In addition the simulator can be used as a powerful tool for engineers and plant management to verify process design and control strategies prior to start-up of a plant as well as investigation and testing of operational problems that are normally not allowable under real plant normal operating conditions.
Our simulator is highly flexible and can be used in a number of different ways to suit the changing needs of the thermal power plant. To date; some of these uses are:
§ Test and tune control loops before implementing on a real system
§ Test and modify logic in a dynamic environment
§ Familiarise commissioning engineers with the plant and process dynamics
§ Allow commissioning engineers to test out different start-up procedures
§ Modify control and logic before installing on the real system
§ Check out new controls and operating strategies
§ Verify process design and study effects of modifications to the process by altering the model
§ Optimise the control system and process to maximise economic performance
§ Train the control operators and instrumental engineers prior to process start-up
§ Familiarise and train new plant personnel before they are assigned to the plant
§ Re-train experienced process operators to identify abnormal process conditions and methods of dealing with them
§ Re-train experienced operators to optimise the process for maximum economic performance
The following simulated models are included:
§ Fuel Oil System
§ Secondary Steam System
§ Boiler Combustion Control
§ Burner Plane A
§ Burner Plane B
§ Burner Plane C
§ Burner Plane D
§ Block Master Control System
§ Combustion Air / Flue Gas System
§ Combustion Air Preheaters
§ Boiler Water System
§ Boiler Steam System
§ Main Steam Lines
§ Steam Plant Overview
§ Steam Turbines
§ Electric Generator
§ Cold Condenser System
§ Main Condensate System
§ Low Pressure Feed Heaters
§ Feed Water deaerator Tank System
§ High Pressure Feed Heaters
§ Make-up Deaerator System
§ Hot Condenser System
§ Direct Heater System
§ Accumulator System
§ DeNox Plant
§ SCR Reactors (1&2)
§ De-Sulphurization Plant
§ Lime Silo
§ Slake System
§ Feeder system
§ Absorber System
§ Product System
§ Mixing System
ACTUAL PLANT OPERATIONS THAT CAN BE PERFORMED AFTER SIMULATOR TRAINING
A comprehensive simulator training program qualifies the operator to perform crucial operations in the actual plant.
How Simulator pays off:
Simulator training is a radacal departure from traditional ways of training of plant personnel in the following ways.
1. Training in correct procedure which would help in in reduction of plant start-up time. One hour's reduction in start-up time of a 500 MW unit saves Rs. 0.13 million by means of reduction in oil consumption and profit earned on one hour generation assuming the cost of oil Rs. 7.5 thousand per KL & that of unit rupee one approximately.
2. Training in emergency handling which would help in saving downtime of the plant. One day's saving in downtime saves Rs. 12 million for a 500 MW unit assuming the cost of unit @one rupee approximately.
3. Training for efficiency operation which would help in improvement of overall plant efficiency besides improving upon life expectancy of plant equipment.One percent increase in efficiency saves the fuel cost by Rs. 23.31 million per year of a 500 MW unit assuming colorfic value of coal 3500 Kcal/Kg @ Rs. 0.35 per Kg approximately.
Developmental Activities
In order to maintain the state-of-the-art standard of training, the institute also undertakes the following activities
-Design of need based operating training programme for different level of operating personnel
.- Exploration of new operation and experiences from several real plant breakdown to upgrade knowledge and skills through software modifications.
- Development of PC based self learning packages which include local lineup of different plant systems and the plant logics operating in interactive modes.
- In- hours software and hardware maintenance facilities for simulators.
For safe, efficient and economical thermal power plant operationThere are a significant numbers of thermal power plants around the world and new plants based on coal firing are put into operation almost weekly. This creates an increasing need for trained thermal power plant personnel. We offer a thermal power plant simulator that fulfils these training requirements.
The thermal power plant simulator model is ideally suited for both the training of newly-hired employees and refresher courses of personnel with earlier experience. The main purpose of the Thermal Power Plant simulator is to train and assess operators in the operation of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and in plant operation, including training in plant start-up and shut-down, emergency situations and safety procedures.
Based on a real plant
We acknowledge that thermal power plant training must be based upon real installations, therefore our thermal power plant simulator is modelled on 210 MW unit of NTPC Badarpur power plant.The plant is fuelled with coal.
Utilising real thermal power plant operation as the basis for simulation provides our students with a strong foundation , ensuring that their operational procedures and practices will enhance the plant economical efficiency and safety measures.
Learning objectives
The main purpose of the Thermal Power Plant simulator is to train and assess operators in general plant operation, including training in plant start-up and shut-down, supervision, monitoring and control during normal, emergency situations and in safety procedures. In addition the simulator can be used as a powerful tool for engineers and plant management to verify process design and control strategies prior to start-up of a plant as well as investigation and testing of operational problems that are normally not allowable under real plant normal operating conditions.
Our simulator is highly flexible and can be used in a number of different ways to suit the changing needs of the thermal power plant. To date; some of these uses are:
§ Test and tune control loops before implementing on a real system
§ Test and modify logic in a dynamic environment
§ Familiarise commissioning engineers with the plant and process dynamics
§ Allow commissioning engineers to test out different start-up procedures
§ Modify control and logic before installing on the real system
§ Check out new controls and operating strategies
§ Verify process design and study effects of modifications to the process by altering the model
§ Optimise the control system and process to maximise economic performance
§ Train the control operators and instrumental engineers prior to process start-up
§ Familiarise and train new plant personnel before they are assigned to the plant
§ Re-train experienced process operators to identify abnormal process conditions and methods of dealing with them
§ Re-train experienced operators to optimise the process for maximum economic performance
The following simulated models are included:
§ Fuel Oil System
§ Secondary Steam System
§ Boiler Combustion Control
§ Burner Plane A
§ Burner Plane B
§ Burner Plane C
§ Burner Plane D
§ Block Master Control System
§ Combustion Air / Flue Gas System
§ Combustion Air Preheaters
§ Boiler Water System
§ Boiler Steam System
§ Main Steam Lines
§ Steam Plant Overview
§ Steam Turbines
§ Electric Generator
§ Cold Condenser System
§ Main Condensate System
§ Low Pressure Feed Heaters
§ Feed Water deaerator Tank System
§ High Pressure Feed Heaters
§ Make-up Deaerator System
§ Hot Condenser System
§ Direct Heater System
§ Accumulator System
§ DeNox Plant
§ SCR Reactors (1&2)
§ De-Sulphurization Plant
§ Lime Silo
§ Slake System
§ Feeder system
§ Absorber System
§ Product System
§ Mixing System
ACTUAL PLANT OPERATIONS THAT CAN BE PERFORMED AFTER SIMULATOR TRAINING
A comprehensive simulator training program qualifies the operator to perform crucial operations in the actual plant.
- Electrical charging of Boards and auxilaries with associated trippings.
- General Service Water scheme with interlocks for bearing temparature
- Coal Handling Plant operation with interlock logics
- Furnace Safeguard and Supervisory system and Boiler interlocks
- Cold Start
- Hot Start
- Three element control of Boiler Feed Water system with Scoop and DP control
- Positive and Negative Differential Expansions of Turbine Rotor
- Synchronisation when Synchroscope is at "ELEVEN O CLOCK" position
- Leading or Lagging Power Factor on the CAPABILITY CURVE
How Simulator pays off:
Simulator training is a radacal departure from traditional ways of training of plant personnel in the following ways.
1. Training in correct procedure which would help in in reduction of plant start-up time. One hour's reduction in start-up time of a 500 MW unit saves Rs. 0.13 million by means of reduction in oil consumption and profit earned on one hour generation assuming the cost of oil Rs. 7.5 thousand per KL & that of unit rupee one approximately.
2. Training in emergency handling which would help in saving downtime of the plant. One day's saving in downtime saves Rs. 12 million for a 500 MW unit assuming the cost of unit @one rupee approximately.
3. Training for efficiency operation which would help in improvement of overall plant efficiency besides improving upon life expectancy of plant equipment.One percent increase in efficiency saves the fuel cost by Rs. 23.31 million per year of a 500 MW unit assuming colorfic value of coal 3500 Kcal/Kg @ Rs. 0.35 per Kg approximately.
Developmental Activities
In order to maintain the state-of-the-art standard of training, the institute also undertakes the following activities
-Design of need based operating training programme for different level of operating personnel
.- Exploration of new operation and experiences from several real plant breakdown to upgrade knowledge and skills through software modifications.
- Development of PC based self learning packages which include local lineup of different plant systems and the plant logics operating in interactive modes.
- In- hours software and hardware maintenance facilities for simulators.
