Learn how you can use the plant simulator as a digital twin to maximize your investment and get beyond operations training into engineering design and virtual commissioning.

1. Increasing ROI through
Simulation and the 'Digital Twin'

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Outline
• Beyond Training
• What would you do with a Digital Twin?
• Innovation to Maximize your Digital Twin
– Fossil ROI
– Nuclear ROI

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Who is GSE Performance Solutions
History Plant Experience

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Beyond Training
From Training
– Plant Referenced Simulators – 10 CFR 55
• Respond Same as Plant/ Using Plant Procedures
To Deeper Insights
– Real-time, whole plant, dynamic model
… already have a “Digital Twin”

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Digital Twin
10 CFR 55
ANSI/ANS 3.5-2009
RG 1.149 Rev 4

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What Would You Do With a “Digital Twin”?

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"There's a way to do it better—find it.“ - Thomas Edison
What Has Changed … Why Now?
• Cost Effective Computing Power
• Efficiency demands / “Deliver the Nuclear Promise”
• Deeper Insights Available With Flexible and
Expandable Platform
– Engineering Grade Codes in the Simulator
• RELAP (RELAP5-HD™)
– INL code used by utilities for safety analysis
• MAAP (DesignEP™ / PSA-HD™)
– EPRI code used for Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)

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IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things)…Now
Big
Data
Analytics
Digital
Twin
Physical
Plant
IIoT
Smart Components

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IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things)…Future
Big
Data
Analytics
Digital
Twin
Physical
Plant
Smart Components

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Thermal Power ROI Examples
• Simulator Based Design … efficiency
• Virtual Commissioning … validation
Pumps and Piping
Transmitter Location
DCS Control and Plant Trip Logic HMI / HSI
Eliminate Near Misses
Errors Detected – Time Saved – Cost Eliminated

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Thermal Power ROI Examples
Post Commissioning DCS Code Transfer

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Nuclear ROI Examples
• Simulator Based Design
Nuclear New Build – AP1000
Simulator Supervisor (AP1000)
“Several hundred I&C issues have been identified in the non-safety
and safety systems and fed back to OEM for correction in the
AP1000 design.”

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Nuclear ROI Examples
• Virtual Commissioning
Digital Turbine Control
Installed on Virtual Sim Turbine Control Upgrade Final Install on Simulator
HMI Verification Operator FamiliarizationProcedure Validation
Control Panel HFE Evaluation Plant Response

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Nuclear ROI Examples
• Virtual Commissioning
Digital Feedwater Project
Simulator Engineering prior to FW Mod
– Installed prior to DCS mod in plant to support training
– Conducted plant system testing using simulator
– Found several control scheme issues
– Allowed plant to delay install and avoiding an expensive
extended outage

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Your ROI Partner
GSE is your ROI Partner
Lets get started with a “Digital Readiness Assessment”

16. Thank you.
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info@gses.com
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