Virtual plant commissioning helps automation engineering
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Virtual commissioning helps automation engineers build and start up production installations such as large plants in the chemicals industry. Long before the real installation is put into service, operators can test the automation software in a virtual installation. Siemens and a leading chemicals company have already tested virtual commissioning of this sort. Initial results show that when this technology is used, far fewer problems occur during the startup of the real installation, and the time required for putting it into service can be greatly reduced.