New simulator for training power plant personnel under realistic conditions
Erlangen, Germany, January 30, 2008
The Siemens Energy Sector now offers a new tool for training operating personnel for power plants equipped with the SPPA-T3000 control system. The full-scale SPPA-S3000 simulator replicates the real plant using the original engineering data and simulates real-time behavior of the power plant. All details shown on the simulator screen are identical to those shown on the screens in the power plant control room. Because both theoretical and practical training exercises can be implemented in realistic situations, the trained personnel can be deployed quickly in the power plant control room.
Qualified personnel is an important factor for power plant operating safety and reliability. Today, power plant operators are faced with the challenge of training plant operating personnel within as short a time as possible. This can be achieved with the new Siemens simulator because a wide variety of scenarios can be called up. Every possible malfunction and every plant operating condition can be repeated as often as required until all operator reactions and operating sequences have been perfectly trained.
“We can now offer our customers a system for optimized, cost-effective training of personnel. By developing this simulator Siemens has once again demonstrated its competence and customer intimacy in the field of power plant I&C,” said Karlheinz Springer, head of Instrumentation & Controls at Siemens Energy.
The Siemens Energy Sector is the world’s leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2007 (ended September 30, based on IFRS), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR20 billion and received new orders totaling around EUR28 billion and posted a profit of EUR1.8 billion. The Energy Sector had a work force of 73,500 at the beginning of fiscal 2008. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/energy
All figures represent the sum of the nonconsolidated figures for the Power Generation and Power Transmission and Distribution Groups and for the Oil, Gas and Marine Solutions Division of the Industrial Solutions and Services Group.
Reference Number: EFP200801.005 e