Talbot Simulation Associates, LLC

Reflecting your priorities through simulation

Fossil and Nuclear Simulation Capabilities

 

Talbot can provide information and development in all stages of your simulation lifecycle.

Simulator Procurement and Testing

  • Request for Quote Specification preparation

  • Bid Specification analysis and comparison

  • Data gathering
    • Plant design basis
    • Plant drawings and manuals
    • Current plant operating characteristics
    • Capture of Distributed Controls System (DCS) state

  • Simulator implementation
    • DCS to plant interface analysis
    • Electrical grid and distribution including hardwired controls
    • Air system implementation
    • Fuel system implementation
    • Boiler implementation
    • Balance of Plant (BOP) implementation including:
      • Steam System
      • Turbine
      • Condenser
      • Condensate
      • Feed water
      • Feed water heating
      • Gland steam
      • Lube Oil systems
      • Hydraulic Oil systems
    • Instrument and Controls modeling
    • Hard Panel Emulation

  • Simulator Testing
    • Test program development
    • Problem Tracking methodology and tools
    • Mission Testing
      • Cold Iron to Purge complete
      • First fire to turbine warming
      • Turbine Roll to on Grid
      • Power ascension to 100% Name plate power
      • 100% power to minimum stable load (Night turndown)
      • Minimum stable load to Generator off line
      • Generator off line to fire out of the Boiler
    • Steady state power testing
    • 10 transient testing
    • Simulator capability testing

Ongoing Simulator Programs and Projects

  • Simulator Training program setup
    • Training Needs Analysis
    • Training program goal setting and metric development
    • Training material development
    • Evaluation instrument development, feedback and improvement
    • Train the Trainer simulator operation

  • Simulator Continuity programs
    • Local backup and restore testing
    • Remote backup and restore testing
    • Equipment replacement evaluations

  • Simulator Maintenance programs
    • Problem identification capture systems
    • Troubleshooting and repair
    • Testing and aggregation of changes
    • Change management and new training load development

  • Simulator Update and Upgrade programs
    • DCS Update
      • DCS state capture
      • DCS configuration modification for the simulation environment
      • DCS interface to the instrument model
    • Major Equipment Update
      • Turbine replacement
      • Boiler modification
      • BOP modification
    • Simulator Scope improvement projects
      • Electrical grid and distribution upgrades
      • Improved BOP modeling
      • Boiler thermodynamics tuning
    • Simulator Hardware updates and re-hosting of the simulation