Dynamic Simulation Studies can be very beneficial for the Process Industry either at the early stage of the conceptual design of the plant or at a later stage in the enhancement of the existing equipment and/or control strategy.

 

Benefits at the design phase are related to engineering decisions concerning equipment investments as well as operability and safety of the solutions to adopt.

 

Operational benefits of an existing plant concern the adequacy of the plant design under normal or abnormal conditions and advanced control strategies exploration and verification. The most common of those studies apply to compressors operability: anti-surge equipment and control verification, compressor drivers power adequacy and refining.

 

A Dynamic Simulation Study combined with an Operator Training Simulators can save some millions of dollars by improving the operability of a plant with a significant return on their investment.