RHEINMETALL DEFENCE ELECTRONICS - Power Plant Process Simulation and Process Computers

As one of Germany's leading electronics and systems companies, RDE specialises in the manufacture and supply of electronics equipment and systems for various applications. In the simulation field the company covers a broad spectrum including power plant and process simulation, flight simulation, traffic and driving simulation, tank gunnery and combat simulation, battlefield and direct fire weapon effects simulation, nautical and tactical simulation, computer based training systems (CBT), courseware and integrated training management software.

The experience in simulation is based on more than 200 simulator projects including full scope replica simulators for both nuclear and fossil power plants. Our sophisticated nuclear simulator concept enables you to carry out the annual certification procedure for your staff. RDE has comprehensive knowledge of European, US and other power plant designs, as well as excellent expertise in all major I&C, visualisation (MMI) and process computer systems.

POWER PLANT OPERATOR TRAINING SIMULATORS

Complexity of new technologies requires tremendous initial training and retraining for operator personnel. Our training simulators are recognised as a key tool to impart the needed knowledge in power plant technologies and to train the relevant abilities for plant operation.

High-fidelity training simulators provide a full reproduction of the control room equipment. All functions and processes of the real plant can be simulated by extensive mathematical models, computed in real-time, running on modern multiprocessor computers.

SIMULATION-BASED POWER PLANT DESIGN AND VERIFICATION

With our comprehensive toolkit for automated generation of simulation code and its documentation we are able to design and develop engineering simulators on the basis of plant design data and best estimate calculations. By using the simulation environment as a workbench for design verification and optimisation it is possible to improve the overall plant design in a cost effective manner. In an actual project a full scope nuclear power plant simulator is realised about three years before the real plant is finished.

SOPHISTICATED POWER PLANT SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY

Based on the major development of the full scope simulator for NPP Goesgen, which was the world's first power plant simulator fully developed and implemented on a Windows NT platform, a complete toolset for software development and simulator operation fully based on latest Windows and Intel technology is available today.

The hardware architecture consists of a distributed computer system, where discrete tasks are assigned to a particular hardware. The main hardware components are the network server, the simulation computer, the plant process computer and the instructor stations computer. The computer network is interfaced by Fast Ethernet LAN. The replicated control rooms implemented by RDE have the range from conventional control panels to soft panels consisting of CRT displays with replica photo realistic images of the control panels and operated with a mouse.

A field-proven software tool is our Simulator Engineering and Modification Systems (SEMS XP) that supports all activities during the development, test and maintenance phases of a simulator. The SEMS XP user interface consist of a suite of clients which provide the functionalities needed for software development, maintenance, testing and the instructor features to plan, control, observe and analyse simulator exercises.

The embedded Configuration Management System (CMS) records, correlates and maintains all documents and hardware / software resources in a relational database with a full set of database tools. One central element of SEMS XP is the CAD tool GLCAD which provides a graphical user interface for developing simulation models for a power plant by using well-developed and tested library functions. This system is closely coupled to the CMS for automated data exchange.

POWER PLANT SIMULATION SERVICES

With more than 15 years of experience, our power plant simulation specialists have acquired extensive know-how in process data management and plant visualisation. Based on this, RDE's advanced process computer system PROVIDA has been developed which is an ideal product for the replacement of process computers in nuclear and fossil power plants covering the full range from simple computer exchange to full system replacement including I/O-system, processing unit, plant visualisation and integration of peripheral systems. Due to the nature of PROVIDA's distributed and modular hardware and software architecture it is possible to deal with scaleable solutions with respect to customer needs and budget.

The integration of new modules in existing hardware and software systems is just as important as the networking and processing of leading software and hardware products available worldwide. Besides, we attach importance to creating concepts and solutions that are independent of individual manufacturers.

We offer the solution preferred by you for advice, performance, system design, hardware configuration and software development, ranging from the customized module to the complete system and services.

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