Operator Training Simulator
An operator training simulator is a computer-based training system that uses a dynamic simulation model of an industrial process, usually integrated with an emulator of the process plant's distributed control system.
Elements
An OTS uses a dynamic simulation of the process in order to generate the appropriated data to feed an emulation of the plant's control system. The elements of a typical OTS are the following:- Dynamic simulation software
- Process model
- Instructor interface
- Control system integration software
- DCS emulator
- Replica of the operator station
Applications
- New control room operator training
- Existing control room operator refresher training
- Platform for advanced process control and optimization
- Validating DCS control and logic checkout
- Validating and improving plant operating procedures
- “What if?” analysis
- Engineering tool for developing and testing new control strategies