A "New" Way of Training and System Staging

THiNK™Simulation

Applications

Staging Tool Logic Verification Controller Ranges Operator Interface Refinement Improved Operating Procedures Operations Troubleshooting

I/O Configuration9.0%

Field Wiring12.0%Field Devices

6.0%

Programming24.0%

Equipment8.0%

Design14.0% Commuication

19.0%

Operator Error8.0%

Control System

Startup ProblemsWithout Checkout

Control System

Startup ProblemsWith Checkout

Field Wiring12%

Field Devices6%

Resolved Problems82%

Process Simulator

Model Interface Control Processor

3 Basic Parts

The Model -- THINK

Simultaneous Equation Solver Mass and Pressure Flow Network Real Time or Faster Low, Medium and High Fidelity

Interfaces Available Allen-Bradley PLC5's Bailey Infi-90 Foxboro IA Honeywell Plantscape ABB GE-FANUC OPC server/client and others

DCS Controls

DCS Virtual I/O

DCS Controls

PLC Logics

Process Simulation

Simulation Network

Operator Console

Control Network

Hardware Layout

Applied Areas Recovery Boilers Fluidized Bed Boiler Power Boilers Chlorine Dioxide Plant Bleach Plants Batch and Continuous Digesters Steam Headers Kilns High Temperature Furnaces

Simulator Training Uses

Normal Operations Startup/Shutdown Sequences Process Upset Recovery Procedures System Interlocks and Alarm Settings Improved Awareness of Process Dynamics

Simulator Advantages

Model Easily Updated Multiple Uses Accepted by Operators

THiNKThermal Hydraulic Integrated NetworK™

Advanced Solution Methods:

First Principles Modified Finite Element Method Conservation of Mass, Energy and Momentum

Crash Proof Simulation Numerics

Advanced Dynamics Modeling For:

Two-Phase Flow Subcooled Fluids/Superheated Vapor Track Multiple Components Chemical Reactions Separation of Components

Build Process Simulation with THiNK:

Equipment Libraries Drag & Drop Model Building Built-in Mass, Energy, and Momentum Conservation

Easy to Maintain

THiNK Models:

Flexible Graphical User Interface

Model Fidelity Varies with Needs

Re-configurable for Training, Checkout, or Process Design

Appropriate Simulation for Process Plant:

Power

Pulp and Paper

Chemical/Specialty Chemical

Discrete Manufacturing

Continuous and Batch

THiNK in Check-out and Training:

THiNK in Process Optimization:

THiNK Approach:

New simulation technology Low price performance ratio

Minimizes risks associated with

- control system commissioning

- plant operation.

THiNK Summary:

Definition: Thermal Hydraulic Integrated NetworK™ is an advanced, first principles, precision simulation engine and is used for modeling boilers, piping networks, turbines, condensers, and heat exchangers commonly found in process plants. It solves the time and spatially dependent thermal hydraulic equations for the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy using a modification of the Finite Element Method (FEM). THINK uses an implicit method for integrating the equations in time to allow large simulation time steps for real or faster than real time simulation.

.Applications: Task-specific simulators for control system checkout, process plant optimization, and operator training in manufacturing, chemical, pulp and paper, specialty chemical, and energy industries.

THiNK Demo:for demo email: demo@microfusionlab.comor call 770-475-5770

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