Key issues:
- Plan integration of different test sections.
- Reduce heat loss to atmosphere.
- Determine best operation sequence for start up and changes between test section – taking interlocks into account.
- Fault finding during commissioning.
- Operator training to increase operation efficiency and safety.
- Locate leaks and malfunctioning instrumentation.
- Plan experiments and determine operating envelope.
- Mitigate risks identified in experiment planning stage.
Methodology:
- Engineering model set up of individual test sections.
- Integrate these models in plant model.
- Use actual plant Siemens PCS DCS and link it to Flownex to create a plant simulator.
Solution:
- Plant can be operated more effectively, optimizing time necessary for experiments, identify risks in time to address them, reduce commissioning time.
- Build plant knowledge before it is started up – Quality results.