Operator Training Simulators empower plant, field and control room operators, as well as maintenance and HSE personnel with efficient knowledge transfer and skill development – in a matter of months, as opposed to years.

OTS allows operators to receive training on a computer, in an environment that is identical to the control room. In addition to a high-fidelity dynamic simulation, Operator Training Simulators make use of emulated controls systems (i.e., Triconex Control Simulation, Foxboro Control Simulation, etc.) in order to accurately reflect plant controls.

Operator Training Simulators train operators for controls checkout and plant start-up, reducing commissioning times significantly as a result. These systems help to ensure quicker start-up times; faster recovery from process upsets, fewer equipment stresses, as well as the ability to rectify procedure errors before online production.

This high-fidelity dynamic simulation plant model mirrors the operations and control responses of the actual plant. Operator Training Simulators combine the Dynamic Simulation with the emulated controls system, so providing safer operation while improving productivity and performance.

Operators are enabled to manage a refinery in a virtual control room, through the use of a DYNSIM Dynamic Simulation model, which controls the plant responses. This offers trainees the opportunity to learn how to react appropriately, should a similar situation take place in the actual plant.