Power plant simulation using a computer aided test station

With the advent of the ACCLAIM series power plant controller/monitors, it has become necessary to produce more elaborate and more sophisticated tests to assure system integrity than is necessary for other plant controllers. The authors outline a computer-aided test (CAT) station designed as a developmental tool for the system testing of the ACCLAIM. They give the basic simulation requirements for the development of a generalized CAT. They then describe the hardware and software developed for the actual CAT station used in the testing of the ACCLAIM.<>