Development of the digital twin for a multi-purpose processing plant training simulator

Abstract

Integration of digital twin in the form of a virtual copy of a physical object or process that helps to simulate various processes, emergency situations, receive certain statistics on the operation of devices and manage the control plant in real time can be considered as excellent and efficient solution for modern industrial manufacturing enterprises. Digital twins greatly expand the possibilities in the training of automated control system engineers, allowing them to interact with virtual simulators of any scale without risk to real equipment. This paper introduces the possibility of using such systems as a simulator for training control engineers is considered. A modern game engine and simulation platform were used to develop a similar training complex, which is a virtual control object for training engineers in the field of process control systems. An application with a virtual control plant has been developed, which allows debugging the project under development. The process of developing an object control program is significantly simplified, as it helps to visually control and test the program being developed.