AES Eagle Valley is a Combined Cycle 2x2x1 Gas Turbine Power
Plant that provides a net 691MW of power to the greater Indianapolis area. The
Steam Bypass System is used to avoid steam turbine overheating under certain
operating conditions of the plant. With this award, WSC will model the Eagle
Valley Steam Bypass System using Simulation Assisted Engineering (SAE) to support
AES's efforts to debug and validate the new controls being implemented into the
power plant. SAE is used by customers
worldwide to validate conceptual designs, identify errors in the plant/system
design, and improve operation and maintenance through development and
refinement of normal and abnormal operating procedures and has been proven to save
valuable time and expense in plant DCS and equipment upgrades and improvements over
the lifetime of the plant.