Process Control Simulator for Components of a Complex Power System

The simulation and the optimisation of some industrial processes represents a modern and efficient direction for multifunctional testing platforms. These platforms are designed for complex developments of technologic scenarios in order to improve and implement the control schemes with the help of modern technologies. The cost and the amount of time needed for deploying the system are reduced with the simulation of the process. The process control simulator presented in this paper is used for design and test control diagrams of the complex power plant processes. The entire process of a power plant is divided into hierarchical subsystems which are simulated separately. With the help of the process control simulator the different types of processes are simulated and can be optimisated. For each process a functional masks is associated, corresponding to different types of applications and with different complexity factors. The goal is to develop algorithms for practical work in different areas and implement them into the programmable logical controller (PLC) unit. A simulation block is used for all the applications having different replaceable masks according to the desired application as well as a PLC program simulator.