Eskom Lethabo Power Station Success Story – Power Generation

Lethabo Power Station, owned by Eskom Holdings, generates electricity for much of Africa. Eskom’s Lethabo Power Plant in South Africa has partnered with Invensys to improve profitability and performance in the workplace. Invensys’ product SimSci-Esscor has provided this plant with its Operator Training Simulator (OTS) solution. OTS helps improve operating costs by providing the proper training of operators. This solution aids this facility in its mission to provide affordable electrical power to an increasing percentage of the African population. To learn more, click here.



About Operator Training: Invensys offers a computer-based training method, Operator Training Simulators (OTS), to help give operators the skills they need to run a process or plant. Refineries and other plants are being forced to rely on inexperienced operators due to the aging workforce. Undertrained employees reduce performance and profitability in a refinery and may also risk the safety of other employees. The aging workforce is moving closer to the age of retirement, making it imperative to train younger, less experienced employees. Invensys offers an Operator Training System to aid refineries in educating inexperienced operators, who will soon be relied upon to operate the refinery and perform operational excellence.

Operators learn the ins and outs of a refinery in this virtual control room. DYNSIM is a model that controls the plant response. Trainees learn how to react appropriately when a similar situation occurs in the actual plant. DYNSIM Checkout is the first process dynamic simulation product designed specifically for control checkout. This solution can validate control system design before it is installed in the plant which eliminates many problems that occur during startup.

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