1. Proceedings
  2. I3M
  3. 2021
  4. MAS
  5. 10.46354/i3m.2021.mas.008

A new compact training simulator for Paks Nuclear Power Plant

  • a József Páles , 
  • b Gábor Házi, 
  • c Tamás Fogd 
  • a,b,c Reactor Monitoring and Simulator Department, Centre for Energy Research, Eötvös Lóránd Research Network, Konkoly-Thege Miklós street 29-33., Budapest, 1121, Hungary
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Páles J., Házi G., Fogd T. (2021). A new compact training simulator for Paks Nuclear Power Plant. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation (MAS 2021), pp. 65-71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2021.mas.008

Abstract

In the last decade a new platform, i.e. a set of modelling tools, called SIMTONIA, was developed at CER (Centre for Energy Research) to be prepared for the reconstruction of the full-scope training simulator of Paks NPP (Nuclear Power Plant). Using these new tools, we built successfully up a touchscreen based compact training simulator for the plant within a relatively short period of time. In the new compact simulator, most models were created by a simple automatic generation process of technological diagrams based on the data obtained from the present full-scope simulator of Paks NPP. In this paper, we briefly introduce the SIMTONIA modelling framework and its application for the construction of a new compact training simulator. The vitality of the new simulator is demonstrated by running transient scenarios and comparing the results with the ones obtained from the present full-scope simulator.

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