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Operator Training Simulator Handbook

By : Joseph Philip
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Operator Training Simulator Handbook

By: Joseph Philip

Overview of this book

Operator training simulators in the process industry have been around since the 1970s, but you may not find a book that documents the development of these systems and the standard best practices. The Operator Training Simulator Handbook covers best practices for OTS engineering and OTS training development and delivery, starting from the basic the jargon and the different types of OTS systems. It will take you through the best approaches to project specification as well as building, maintenance, planning, and delivering these systems by sharing real-life experiences and dos and don’ts. As you advance, you'll uncover the various challenges in the planning and delivery of operator training models and understand how to address those by working through real-world projects. This book helps in specifying the best fit for purpose, choosing a cost-effective system when acquiring an OTS. You'll also learn how you can turn your OTS projects into digital twins before finally learning all about documentation in a typical OTS project, covering the sample structure that you can use as a starting point in your projects. By the end of the book, you'll have learned best practices for developing operator training simulator systems and have a reference guide to overcome common challenges.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Section 1: Introduction, Definitions, and Classifications
3
Section 2: Best Practices for the Development of OTS Systems
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Section 3: OTS' Future, Training Model, and Reference Documents

Examples of OTS issue findings

In this section, we will show some examples from real projects of some issues that were found on the OTS and fixed, saving the contractor time and money and avoiding potential safety issues.

Potential safety incident

In a specific project, we simulated fire in an area and tried to test that on the simulator. When the first malfunction was activated, the control system issued a trip and blowdown command. In this case, all the gas in the pipes would be flared, but the last thing you'd want is to release flammable gas when there is a fire nearby. The control system should have issued a trip and hold command instead. The gas would be held in until the fire was dealt with, then the plant would either blow down or restart as the situation permits. In this specific case, this was what needed to be done; in another, a trip and blowdown might have been the correct thing if the fire was in an area away from the flares, of course.

In this case, a...