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The use of process simulation models in virtual commissioning of process automation software in drinking water treatment plants

G. I. M. Worm, J. P. Kelderman, T. Lapikas, A. W. C. van der Helm, K. M. van Schagen, L. C. Rietveld
Published September 2013, 13 (5) 1331-1339; DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.131
G. I. M. Worm
PWN, PO Box 2113, 1990 AC, Velserbroek, The Netherlands E-mail: ignaz.worm@pwn.nlDelft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water Management, PO Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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J. P. Kelderman
PWN, PO Box 2113, 1990 AC, Velserbroek, The Netherlands E-mail: ignaz.worm@pwn.nlNspyre, Poortweg 10, 2612 PA, Delft, The Netherlands
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T. Lapikas
UReason, Pompoenweg 9, 2321 DK, Leiden, The Netherlands
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A. W. C. van der Helm
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water Management, PO Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, The NetherlandsWaternet, PO Box 94370, 1090 GJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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K. M. van Schagen
Royal HaskoningDHV, PO Box 1132, 3800 BC, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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L. C. Rietveld
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water Management, PO Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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Abstract

This research deals with the contribution of process simulation models to the factory acceptance test (FAT) of process automation (PA) software of drinking water treatment plants. Two test teams tested the same piece of modified PA-software. One team used an advanced virtual commissioning (AVC) system consisting of PA-emulation and integrated process simulation models. The other team used the same PA-emulation but basic parameter relations instead of the process simulation models, the virtual commissioning (VC) system. Each test team found one (different) error of the 13 errors put into the software prior to the experiment; most of the errors were found prior to the functional test. The team using the AVC-system found three errors, the team using the VC-system found four, but the AVC-team judged 1% of the test items ‘not possible’, the VC-team 17%. It was concluded that the hypothesis that with AVC more errors could be found than with VC could not be accepted. So, for the FAT of PA-software of drinking water treatment plants, the addition of basic parameter relations to PA-emulation was sufficient. It was not the exact process behavior that helped to find errors, but the passing of process thresholds.

  • drinking water treatment
  • emulation
  • process automation
  • process simulation model
  • virtual commissioning
  • Received November 29, 2012.
  • Accepted March 6, 2013.
  • © IWA Publishing 2013

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G. I. M. Worm, J. P. Kelderman, T. Lapikas, A. W. C. van der Helm, K. M. van Schagen, L. C. Rietveld
Water Science and Technology: Water Supply Sep 2013, 13 (5) 1331-1339; DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.131
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G. I. M. Worm, J. P. Kelderman, T. Lapikas, A. W. C. van der Helm, K. M. van Schagen, L. C. Rietveld
Water Science and Technology: Water Supply Sep 2013, 13 (5) 1331-1339; DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.131

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