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25 April 2006 -- Constellation Energy has selected Invensys Process Systems for advanced SimSci-Esscor simulation software for three Baltimore, Maryland area generating units. The new software will enhance and integrate control simulation, aid in controls verification and checkout, and improve plant operator training and engineering analysis, while retaining existing model equity.
Two of the generating units are located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Brandon Shores Unit 2 is a coal-fired 650-MW facility, and H.A. Wagner Unit 3 is a coal fired 324-MW facility. C.P. Crane Unit 1, in Baltimore County, is a coal-fired facility with capacity of 190 MW.
SimSci-Esscor DYNSIM Power software modules will be used to completely simulate each generating unit. The existing model of each generation unit's boiler, turbine and balance of plant systems will be integrated into the DYNSIM environment. The contract includes software, engineering and testing services to simulate the upgraded controls at the plants.
Constellation Energy's chief goal was to preserve the accuracy of, and investment in, well-established existing SimSci-Esscor models and operator training simulators and procedures, as updated controls are being brought into the plants' infrastructure.
The new Invensys updates will employ the SimSci-Esscor SIM4ME integrated simulation environment. This platform permits all existing and new simulation programs to be tied together for more effective command of plant and control simulation functions. In addition, the implementation will include several "engine links" - API's (application program interfaces) - that allow the mating of existing simulation software and new controls simulation within the overall SIM4ME environment. The integrated API's are the key to the versatility of the simulation system; tightly integrated simulation and training can reduce plant upgrade outage time, such as would occur for Constellation's future scrubber upgrade.
Constellation Energy's implementation of the new simulation system comprises a complete platform to be deployed at their training simulation site, which in turn provides plant/process simulation, training and engineering analysis functionality for all three generating units.
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