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2017 Simulation News of WSC

GlassTop News Awards & Updates (continued from Page 3)

Millstone, Seabrook & Watson

Award - Plant Watson Units 4 & 5

WSC was awarded a contract by Southern/Mississippi Power Company (MPC)
Millstone 2 & 3 Standalone GlassTops, Unit 2 Fire Protection Panel to provide two full scope high fidelity simulators for Plant Watson Units 4 & 5
Fossil Power Plants. Plant Watson Unit 4 (250 MW) & Unit 5 (500 MW) have
In May 2016, WSC delivered two 3KEYTOUCH GlassTop Simulators to recently been converted from coal-fired plants to natural gas-fired plants with
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut Millstone Unit 2 and in December 2016, WSC sub-critical drum boilers and GE turbine/generators. Operator controls for the
delivered four additional GlassTops (two each for Units 2 and 3), bringing the two units are through ABB Symphony Plus DCS and HMI and both units also
Millstone fleet to a total of 8 Standalone GlassTops. Also, in April 2016, WSC rely on a considerable set of hard panel instruments.
completed the integration of the three-bay vertical GlassTop panels into the
Millstone 2 Full Scope Simulator. WSC is providing all power plant process models and interfacing them with
the ABB virtual DCS System and is also providing two 3KEYTOUCH GlassTop
The Millstone 2 GlassTops include a complete set of new 3KEYMASTER panel panels (one for each unit) to replicate the hard panels through soft panel
graphics that communicate with a non-3KEYMASTER simulation platform. The graphics. The simulators are scheduled for delivery in the 4 quarter of 2017.
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GlassTops include the 3KEYTOUCH Worldview, which shows all panels with
live annunciator status on the lower touch screen, allowing single-finger Award - Emulated Kemper County IGCC
navigation to any panel. The GlassTops include panning, zooming, and resizing Southern/MPC awarded WSC a contract to provide a fully emulated version of
of panel sections, which allows equipment operation at any zoom level. The the Plant Ratcliffe (Kemper County) IGCC Simulator. This fully emulated
two 3KEYTOUCH GlassTops are configured for use as standalone simulators or version of the simulator will include emulations of the Siemens T-3000 Gas
joined together allowing group training using both GlassTops running from a Turbines DCS/HMI, Emerson Ovation control logic, and PowerGraphix™ HMI
common load. that will function in harmony with the existing WSC emulations of the Triconex
The Millstone Unit 2 three-bay vertical GlassTop replicates the physical Safety Instrumented System (SIS), Toshiba Steam Turbine Controls, and Allen
fidelity of the actual Fire Protection panels and the six touch screens provide Bradley PLCs. Upon completion of the project, MPC will have a simulator with
the operator interface with the exterior and interior cabinet devices. In the all controls and HMI that are fully emulated, allowing the full simulation to run
pictures below, the three left most panels are GlassTop-based and the panel on standalone computers. WSC will also provide five individual part-task
to the right is a traditional hard panel. The project confirms that integration Desktop Simulators (CC, Gasifier, AGR, Lignite Prep, and WSA), and our
of conventional hard panels and GlassTop architectures within the same 3KEYCLASS and 3KEYITS software products.
physical simulator can offer cost effective and highly effective training
solutions to increase the capabilities of one’s full scope simulator. RFT - Plant Greene County Simulator
Against an ultra-aggressive schedule and demanding requirements for fidelity,
WSC delivered a full scope fossil simulator to Plant Greene County of Alabama
Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company. The unique challenges on this
project included not only a conversion of the approximately 50-year old 250
MWe plant from coal to natural gas firing, but also a complete control system
and operator interface replacement from the original DCS and HMI, as well as
conversion of some of the remaining analog panel controls. With a project
award date of August 31, 2015, the simulator was completed in just seven
months, and installed on-site with RFT being declared on April 8, 2016.
In parallel with integration and factory testing activities in the first quarter of
2016, the simulator was used by the customer and DCS vendor to test and
Millstone 2 Fire Protection GlassTops Integrated with Full Scope Simulator validate control strategies starting just about four months after project kickoff.
Numerous benefits were derived during this SAE style process, resulting in
showing Doors Closed (left) and Doors Opened (right)
corrections and enhancements to both the DCS controls and HMI screens to
be implemented on the unit. During this time, the master copy of the controls
Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant
resided on the simulator, and those controls were transferred to the unit
As part of the contract for the modernization of the during the week after site acceptance.
Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant Simulator, WSC provided The simulator is now being used for initial operator training, and will be
Seabrook with four GlassTop Simulators. Delivery of the GlassTops presented updated at an appropriate time with the next revision of the control system.
two challenges, which, with the support of Seabrook, we were able to
overcome. The first was providing the systems to run under Microsoft’s WSC will also be providing on-site SAE support during the plant startup and
commissioning.
Windows 10 operating system (all previous GlassTop deliveries run under
Microsoft’s Windows 7). With a little experimentation and some adjustments "The Plant Greene County simulator project was a great success for WSC and
to some Windows settings, the GlassTops perform well under Windows 10. Plant Greene County. It allowed us to train operators, I&C specialists, test
The second challenge was to assemble one of the GlassTops on-site as it had controls logic, check graphics, and to familiarize plant personnel with the new
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to be installed on the 2 floor of a building. The unit was shipped in several DCS and gas burning systems well before the actual unit was ready. I
parts, and with the support of Seabrook, carried upstairs, assembled, appreciate all of the hard work and support the WSC team has provided and is
powered up, and tested in one day. still providing that continues to make this project such a success.”
Kelly Whigham Operations Team Leader/Project Lead.
Plant Watson Units 4 & 5 GlassTops
As part of the contract to develop two full scope high fidelity simulators for
Southern/Mississippi Power Company Plant Watson Units 4 & 5, WSC is
providing two 3KEYTOUCH GlassTop panels (one for each unit) to replicate
each of the unit’s hard panels through soft panel graphics. Unlike traditional
GlassTops, which are typically used as standalone simulators, the GlassTops
being provided to Watson will be used as hard panel emulation HMIs that will
allow the operators to have a realistic interface to monitor and control the
panel instruments for each unit.

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