Simulator for personnel of Yumaguzinskaya HPP

Abstract

During the operation of hydroelectric power plants, issues arise of improving the skills of hydroelectric power plant personnel, which can be ensured by the introduction of simulators for targeted training of personnel to work both in normal operating conditions and in pre-emergency and emergency situations as close as possible to real ones. It should be noted that the developers of simulators in the Russian energy sector peviously focused on the creation of simulators for thermal power plants, leaving hydroelectric power plants overshadowed. To date, TEST JSC has developed and implemented simulators for Irkutskaya, Bratskaya, Ust-Ilimskaya, Krasnoyarskaya, Ondskaya, Pavlovskaya and Yumaguzinskaya HPPs. This paper discusses the development for the Yumaguzinskaya HPP: a simulator with dynamic computer-aided mnemonic circuits of hydraulic units and electrical circuits of one of the Russian hydroelectric power plants, which will arouse interest among readers of the journal and potential customers. The article describes the prototype facility, the composition of the simulator, which includes a model of the facility and operating modes, a model of the control system, a model of the protection system, a model of locks, a model of emergency and warning alarms, describes in detail the educational and methodological support of the simulator complex, including models of training scenarios, an introductory model, a monitoring program, protocols and instructions. The organization of effective simulator training of operational and maintenance personnel on the simulator for operational switching of the Yumaguzinskaya HPP is achieved through the implementation in the simulator of the following main simulated subsystems: trainee's workplace model, instructor's workplace model, control object model, control system model, training system model. The hydroelectric power plant simulator presented in the paper is versatile and can find practical application both as a tool for training and examination of knowledge of operational personnel, and as a means for conducting occupational skills contests.