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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
An Object-Oriented Platform for High-Fidelity Modeling of Power Plants
Submission Author:
Cesar Celis , Lima , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Cesar Celis, Sandro Barros
Presenter: Sandro Barros
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-0019
Abstract
This work describes the development of an object-oriented programming (OOP) based platform suitable for building up full scope (full scale or full replica) power plant simulators. These simulators incorporate high-fidelity computer models of whole power plants, including their control room along with all consoles, switches, keys, indicators and other human-machine interfaces. More specifically, details of the rationale behind the conception, design and implementation of the referred OOP-based platform are initially described. An especial emphasis is put on several architectural aspects accounted for and object class hierarchies defined during the development of the platform. Next some the main modules composing the platform are described in detail. One of these modules, known as Simulation module, involves the modelling of the actual power plant components (hardware). Details are thus provided of the component-based design of this Simulation module, along with the inter-component communication approach utilized in the platform under discussion. It is worth noticing that this inter-component communication is key in the platform developed, as this platform is intended to be as generic as possible, such as to allow the construction of any power plant simulator. Finally, as a means of illustration, the use of the platform for creating a design point, off-design point and transient model of an industrial gas turbine, part of an actual full scope power plant simulator, is discussed. This OOP-based tool is expected to be used in future for building up high-fidelity simulators providing practical training to power plant personnel.
Keywords
Object-oriented Programming, High-fidelity modelling, Teaching and training, Full scope simulators, Power plants
