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Professional WtE plant simulator

A full plant to operate.Zero real-world consequences.

The dynamic Waste-to-Energy simulator built to train operators on running an energy-from-waste plant.

Combustion, boiler, water-steam cycle, turbine, flue-gas treatment, automation and upset conditions brought together in a single simulation environment.

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UVE simulator plant overview: three incineration lines, boilers, turbine and flue-gas treatment on an operator desk
Combustion
Grate · air · temperature
Steam
Drum · superheat · flow
Electricity
Turbine · synchronisation
Emissions
Reagents · CEMS monitoring
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The journey

From visitor to trained operator

Four steps, from a first visit to this site through to training teams on the simulator.

01 Discovery

Understand what the simulator covers: the systems of a WtE plant, the control loops and the situations it reproduces.

02 Demonstration

See the tool running, against your own operating questions and use cases.

03 Simulator

Take the controls: run the three lines, the water-steam cycle, the turbine and flue-gas treatment.

04 Operator training

Prepare teams, support skill-building and approach real operations with more confidence.

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From discovery to field performance.

Why a simulator?

Train on the simulator. Not on the plant.

Some situations are too rare, too costly or too risky to be deliberately reproduced on a real plant.

Yet when they do happen, the operator has to recognise them and react correctly.

WTE Simulator reproduces those situations in an environment with no consequence for the real plant.

The operator can experiment, understand the effects of their decisions and progress at their own pace.

Teach

Understand how the plant works as a whole and how the equipment interacts.

Practise

Practise normal operation, transient phases and upset conditions.

Assess

Observe the decisions taken, spot the difficulties and measure progress.

Secure

Build the right reflexes with no risk to the real plant.

See a scenario in action

From a stable situation to one under control

See how a fault propagates through the plant and how the operator reacts to stabilise the process.

Watch a full simulation
01Normal operation

The plant runs at its nominal conditions.

02A fault is injected

A piece of equipment trips or a process condition drifts.

03The alarms come up

Priorities, line number and acknowledgement cycle, following ISA-18.2 principles.

04The operator steps in

Every action changes the state of the plant.

05The plant is stabilised

The scenario is debriefed, scored and can be replayed.

A complete WtE plant

Every system in a single simulator

Operating a WtE plant is not just about the furnace. A change in combustion can affect steam production, the turbine, flue-gas treatment and many control loops.

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Combustion

Grate, waste, calorific value, primary and secondary air.

Boiler

Steam production, heat exchange, desuperheating.

Water-steam cycle

Drum, feedwater, condensate and level control.

Turbo-generator set

Steam admission, run-up, grid synchronisation.

Flue-gas treatment

Reagents, bag filter, continuous emissions monitoring.

Automation

Controllers, permissives, interlocks and sequences.

A dynamic process

Not an animation. A dynamic model.

The plant's behaviour changes with process conditions, automation and the operator's actions.

Two different operating strategies can drive the plant down two different paths.

The point is not to learn where to click. The point is to learn to understand what is happening.

Process
model
Operator action
Automation and control
Physical evolution
Instrumentation and alarms
New decision

Realistic situations

The situations you never want to trigger on a real plant

Start-up, shutdown, fuel variation, combustion drift, equipment failure or upset conditions: practise in a safe environment.

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Normal operation
Start-up and shutdown
Fuel variation
Combustion drift
Equipment failure
Upset condition
PROVENANCE

Starting up, tuning, proving the safeties: that is the trade this simulator comes from.

The control loops, interlocks and sequences are not imagined: they are translated from plant drawings and logic diagrams. The thresholds are the ones the job uses, the two-second temperature at 850 °C, the rolling averages of Annex VI of Directive 2010/75/EU.

That is what an operator recognises within thirty seconds.

“Distilling more than twenty years of operating and commissioning waste-to-energy plants into a tool where you learn by doing.”

Built by a commissioning engineer · waste-to-energy & process control
01

Parts list

CAPABILITIES · 8 SUBSYSTEMS

Every subsystem is modelled, instrumented and controllable, just like a real control desk. From waste to the power grid.

ITEM
DESIGNATION
DESCRIPTION
PROCESS REF.
01
Grate combustion
Multi-zone furnace, feed, primary/secondary air, 2-second temperature control.
T2S ≥ 850 °C
02
Water-steam cycle
Drum, superheaters, economizer, desuperheating, feedwater pumps and level control.
HP 78 bar · 424 °C
03
Turbine & generator
Start-up, run-up, grid synchronization, bleeds, island mode and bypass.
TG · SYNC · ISLANDING
04
Flue-gas treatment
Reagent injection, bag filter, emissions monitoring (CEMS) and consumable stocks.
FGT · CEMS
05
Start-up / shutdown
Step-by-step guided start-up and shutdown, per line, with interlocks and emergency stop.
SEQ · INTERLOCKS
06
Burner management (BMS)
Burner safety logic: purge, ignition, run, shutdown and lockout.
BMS · FSM
07
Alarm management
Prioritized alarm banner, journal, acknowledgement, following ISA-18.2 / EEMUA 191 principles.
ISA-18.2
08
Training scenarios
Upset conditions to recover from, with objectives, guided feedback and scored evaluation.
SCORE · FEEDBACK
02

General notes

REALISM · REQUIREMENTS

Not an animation: a coherent process model, instrumented with control-room rigor.

NOTE 01

Real P&ID drawings

Control loops and safeties translated from plant drawings and logic diagrams.

NOTE 02

Industrial tag naming

Instrument tags and equipment references (TT, PT, FT) as on site.

NOTE 03

Physics engine

Heat balances, steam enthalpies, PID controllers, smoothing: computed every second.

NOTE 04

IED emissions compliance

Rolling averages, limit values and continuous monitoring per Annex VI of Directive 2010/75/EU.

NOTE 05

AI operating assistant

Two AIs built into the desk: a tutor that reads the live state and explains the “why” (trips, interlocks, emissions), and a copilot that proposes the right maneuvers. The operator confirms every action, up to chaining a full sequence (e.g. turbine start-up).

03

Views

REAL SIMULATOR SCREENSHOTS

Real operating views, not mockups. And the assessment screen the trainee gets at the end of a scenario.

THE FILM2 MIN 11 · UNEDITED · NO SOUND
An operating session filmed unedited: turbine start-up, from the hydraulic unit through synchronisation to load.
VIEW APLANT OVERVIEW
Waste-to-Energy plant overview in the WTE Simulator
3 lines · combustion → grid
VIEW BCONTROL & TURBINE
DCS windows and PID control loops
DCS windows · PID loops
VIEW CTRENDS & ALARMS
Real-time trends and alarm list
Real-time history · A/W/I
VIEW DASSESSMENT & DEBRIEF
End-of-scenario debrief: score, assessment criteria and action timeline
Score out of 20 · criteria met · maneuver timeline
04

Access & Pricing

SUBSCRIPTION · NAMED ACCESS

Three plans to fit your need. Secure, named access, on request.

OPERATOR

1 seat · evaluation or individual learner

On request
  • Full simulator: 3 lines, real-time
  • Secure named access
  • Bilingual FR / EN interface
  • Training scenarios & evaluation
  • Built-in AI tutor & copilot
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TEAM / SHIFT

Several operators · training group

On request
  • Everything in Operator
  • Multiple named seats
  • Instructor mode: tracking & evaluation
  • Priority support
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SITE / CENTER

Plant operator · training center · EPC

On request
  • Everything in Team
  • Site-wide access
  • Custom scenarios
  • Onboarding & dedicated support
  • Updates included
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Pricing tailored to operator count and access duration. A controlled, named-access tool granted after subscription. Already a client? Client login →

05

Frequently asked questions

BEFORE REQUESTING A QUOTE

The questions plant operators and training centres actually ask, answered plainly.

Q 01

Is there anything to install?

No. The simulator opens in a browser, on an ordinary desktop machine. No installation, no administrator rights, nothing to deploy on your network.

Q 02

How many trainees can work at the same time?

Each seat is named and runs its own simulated plant: two trainees never interfere with each other. The number of concurrent seats depends on the plan.

Q 03

How long does it take to start a session?

The time it takes to open a browser and sign in. Depending on the scenario, the plant starts cold or you take over a plant already running.

Q 04

Will it work on our locked-down workstations?

Yes, as long as the browser is current and the domain is reachable. No plug-in, no extension, no special port to open.

Q 05

Is there an instructor mode?

Yes. It lets you inject faults during the session, follow trainees' sessions and review their assessment.

Q 06

What is left after a session?

A score out of twenty, the criteria met or missed, and a timestamped timeline of every maneuver. The history is kept per account and prints out: the document serves as a certificate for the trainee's file.

Q 07

Is it faithful to a real plant?

The control loops, safety interlocks and sequences in WTE Simulator are translated from plant drawings and logic diagrams. Limit values and rolling averages follow Annex VI of Directive 2010/75/EU. It is not a copy of any identifiable plant.

Q 08

Can the scenarios be tailored to our plant?

Yes, on the Site plan. Custom scenarios can be written from your own operating situations and procedures.

Q 09

Can the built-in AI act on its own?

No. The tutor explains, the copilot proposes. No maneuver runs without the operator's confirmation, and the most sensitive actions require two.

Q 10

What does it cost?

Pricing depends on the number of seats and the subscription period. Everything goes through a quote, issued within a few days after a scoping conversation.

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