3D Interactive Virtual Plant

TSC Simulation has developed an industry-leading operator training tool, our Interactive Virtual Plant. We blend Dynamic Process Simulation and 3D Visualisation to provide plant operations training for both Field and Control Room operatives

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Our Interactive Virtual Plant models enable Field and Control Room operators to work together to complete Startup, Shutdown, and Fault Identification exercises in a safe and cost-effective environment.

Our immersive, easy-to-use solution allows training to be self-lead and paced. It can run in a classroom or via the cloud for easy access, anywhere with an internet connection. The models come with a powerful fault and scenario injection system, enabling instructors to guide and influence the training session.

Immersive 3D environments and accurate process simulations provide realistic training scenarios that are engaging, cost-effective and scalable.
 
 

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Interactions

Move around, read indicators, operate valves, press switches and buttons

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Train together and improve teamwork and communications skills

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Choose from a range of display options including PC, VR, Cloud and Igloo

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Three Phase Separator SIM 8000

The TSC Three Phase Separator model is comprised of a 20m long three phase separation unit. It has a crude oil feed with volumetric flow control. The feed is then flashed into 3 phases, Natural Gas, Oil and Produced Water.

After the natural gas is separated from the oil and water, it goes through pressure control valve and emergency shutdown valve before leaving the system for further processing.

The oil and water separate in the pre-weir side of the separator along its length. The interface level is controlled by varying the produced water outlet flow under cascade level/flow control. The post-weir oil level is controlled in an equivalent manner.

The 2 liquid outlet lines both have pumps with duty standby and leave the system for further processing.

There is a full ESD system with blowdown and dual mechanical pressure relief. There is a simple fire and gas system with flare CCTV monitoring available from the control room interface.

The instructor pages of the model detail all hand valves, sight glasses and other pieces of equipment only found in the field.

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Centrifugal Compressor Skid SIM 8010

The Centrifugal Compressor process consists of a single stage 5.5MW natural gas compressor with a full anti surge control system. Other units in the main process include a suction knock out drum and water-cooled shell and tube after cooler.

The system also has utility systems such as Lube and Seal oil, Vibration Monitoring and has a blowdown system with CCTV flare monitoring available in the control room.
The compressor speed is controlled via a suction pressure/discharge flow cascade loop and level in the knockout drum is controlled via gap control. Every level measurement has local sight glasses to allow visual inspection of level in the 3D environment.

The lube and seal oil systems consist of a sump, pump, header tank and pre-cooler which are required to be running for the compressor to be operated. The seal oil system floats on the suction pressure of the compressor and uses the hydrostatic head created by the header tank to create a pressure slightly higher than that of the compressor.

There is a full ESD and anti-surge system and a local panel in the 3D environment which is used during compressor Startup and shutdown.

The instructor pages detail all hand valves, sight glasses and other pieces of equipment usually only found in the field and operated by the field operator.

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Condensate Tank Farm SIM 8020

The condensate tank farm is based on part of a real gas receiving and production facility for Southern North Sea, UK. The process is used to store and produced liquids from the gas production process.

The process has 2 feed stocks, stabilised and unstabilised condensate that both contain water and methanol. Unstabilised is the raw condensate that has gone through a simple flash process to remove the lightest components. The stabilised condensate is heated and then flashed to remove a greater proportion of the lighter components.

The process plant has 2 types of storage tanks that can be used, fixed roof and floating roof. The fixed roof can take both the stabilised and unstabilised condensate whereas the floating roof can only take the stabilised. Each tank also acts as a separation vessel and often has a level of water and methanol at the bottom and a level of condensate on the top. The fixed roof vessels have natural gas blanket systems to maintain a constant internal pressure within them.

These different liquids once separated can then be collated into single vessels and then dispatched to 1 of 3 different export routes: Tanker Loading, Onsite Vessel T2601 and Export Pipeline.

The process contains 5 different pairs of pumps that perform various functions. Some can do more than one job also as the process has a lot of routing flexibility built into it.

The contents in each vessel can be individually modified by the instructor to allow easy setup of any process configuration.

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Onshore Pipeline with Pigging SIM 8030

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The TSC Oil Pipeline and Pigging virtual plant is a pipeline operations training model. It contains:

• Main Oil Line and Booster Pumps with Duty Standby.
• Flow Metering with proving and calibration functionality.
• Pig Launcher
• 2x Booster Stations with 3 Pipeline sections
• Pig Receiver

The pipeline is supplied by 2 sets of pumps. The oil then goes through a metering section where calibration and proving can be conducted. Once through the metering the oil passes into the pipeline under normal operation.

The simulation allows the user to perform a pigging operation on the pipeline. The user is required to correctly load a pig into the launcher, route fluids into the launcher safely and launch the pig into the pipeline. The pigs progress down the pipeline can be tracked and its speed is calculated based on the velocity and pressures within it.

The user must maintain the pipeline operation while the pig is moving and when the pig arrives at the 2 booster stations, they will have to adjust the flow routing at each of the stations to keep the pig moving down the pipeline.

Once the pig has arrived at the launcher, the user will have to make the receiver safe, drain it and then remove the pig from it.

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Our 3D Interactive virtual Plant software is designed to run across various platforms

  • Triple Screen Monitors & Projectors
  • Headset Displays
  • Single monitor or Projectors
  • Igloo Dome or Cube
  • TSC’s Virtual Control Room

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