netl advances clean coal power technology using virtual reality training system

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NETL Advances Clean Coal Power Technology Using Virtual Reality Training System

Presented to Power Plant Sim 2011

Presented by Howard Jemison02/08/11

IntroductionIntegrated Gasification and Combined Cycle (IGCC) power generation viewed as next generation of clean coal energyHigh fidelity Operator Training Simulator (OTS) with virtual reality (VR) environment provides demonstration, education and training to promote IGCC technologyOTS with VR will showcase IGCC as a technically feasible and clean means of meeting future energy demandsEngineering quality models and controls will provide test bed for process and control improvementsVR system provides realistic and intuitive demonstration and training environment

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Outline

• Simulator Basis• Process model scope• Hardware/software scope• Control system and HMI• VR environment and features• System capabilities• Brief demonstration

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• ~750 MW Gross Power Generation• Feed Slurry Preparation (coal, petcoke, biomass)• 2 Train Gasification Producing Synthetic Natural Gas

(Syngas)• Air Separation• Syngas Scrubbing and CO2 Capture• Sulfur Removal and Sour Water Stripper• Combined Cycle Power Generation

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Simulator Basis

Process Model Scope• Process divided into 2 major sections

• Gasification• Feed slurry preparation• Air separation • 2 Gasification trains• Acid gas removal• 2 Sulfur recovery trains• CO2 recovery and recompression

• Combined Cycle Power Generation• Syngas Expander• Gas Turbine• HRSG• Steam turbine

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GASIFICATION SIMULATOR SERVER COMPUTER

INSTRUCTOR STATION COMPUTER

Hub / Network Switch

OPTIONAL ENGINEERING WORKSTATION COMPUTER

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COMBINED CYCLE SIMULATOR SERVER COMPUTER

OPTIONAL ENGINEERING WORKSTATION COMPUTER

INSTRUCTOR STATION COMPUTER

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OPERATOR WORKSTATION

OPERATOR WORKSTATION

OPERATOR WORKSTATION

OPERATOR WORKSTATION

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OPERATOR WORKSTATION

OPERATOR WORKSTATION

OPERATOR WORKSTATION

OPERATOR WORKSTATION

DOE / NETL GENERIC IGCC SIMULATOR ARCHITECTURE (OPTIMUM CONFIGURATION)

Hardware Scope

Software Scope• Dynamic Simulation

• Dynsim licenses

• Human-Machine Interface (HMI)• Wonderware InTouch licenses

• Virtual Reality• EYESIM licenses

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• Regulatory and safety controls implemented in Dynsim• Feed switching• Equipment changeover• Load changes• Adjust gasifier feed to match load demands

• Wonderware InTouch used to produce operator graphics• DCS functionality• Alarming• Historian

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Controls and HMI

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HMI Overview

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HMI Operator Graphic

Immersive training (realistic 3D and surround sound)

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VR Environment and Features

...completing by photo scanning

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• More realistic training environment

• Team training

• Safe environment to practice – no consequences

• Improve reaction time and probability of correct response in stressful situations

• Improve skills for rarely-performed, but safety-critical tasks (e.g., emergency shutdown)

• Leverage skills of senior people and capture knowledge

• Evaluate operational and maintenance procedures

• Animations for clear understanding of process internals

Expected Benefits from VR Training

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• Normal plant evolutions• Full plant startup• Feed changes• Normal and emergency shutdowns• Hundreds of equipment, instrument and environmental malfunctions• Team training for all control room and field operators

• Communication• Planning and coordination

• Full simulation functionality• Freeze, run, fast, slow• Save, restore, backtracks• Scenarios, trainee performance

System Capabilities

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EYESIM Demonstration