SUGAR FACTORY SIMULATOR FOR OPERATORS TRAINING

This paper presents the main features of a sugar factory training simulator currently used for control room operators training. This simulator is based on a realistic distributed real time simulation of the whole factory and in a mimic of the control system. It allows the familiarization of the operators with the process and control system as well as with the process information that they use in the real plant. The main aims of the simulator are: (i) to guarantee operators knowledge of the process, and its control system; (ii) to test potentially dangerous situations and (iii) to identify possible problems sources and learn to correct them.