Power and Process Simulator

Flownex also serves as the platform for the development of complete industrial plant simulators that can be used for design and operational optimization studies as well as operator training.  An example of this is the industrial plant simulator developed by M‑Tech in early 2008 for the PBMR Helium Test Facility (HTF) situated at Pelindaba.  The Flownex platform also allows for the simulation of complete vapour compression refrigeration cycles and boilers such as those found in coal fired power stations, including the two-phase flow boiling heat transfer calculations.

Turnkey Simulator Solutions - In partnership with Mahnzi (Pty) Ltd

M-Tech Industrial recently acquired significant shareholding in Mahnzi (Pty) Ltd, a highly skilled engineering company with more than 25 years experience in Engineering and Training Simulation, as well as all areas of Technical Education.  Through this partnership, Mahnzi has priority access to M-Tech’s IPS software platform, enabling them to develop high quality, high fidelity, full-scope plant simulators quicker and more cost-effectively than before.

Recent projects of Mahnzi’s engineering team include the design, development, delivery and commissioning of several full-scope fossil and nuclear power plant simulators. 

Please visit Mahnzi’s website at www.mahnzi.com for more information.

Due to its skills set, experience, and access to the IPS Advanced Simulation Software, M-Tech believes that Mahnzi is well positioned to become the most reliable and cost-efficient provider of engineering and training simulators and services in the world.

IPS Platform

The IPS is an extremely powerful, integrated software platform which enables engineers to develop high fidelity, full-scope plant simulators quicker than ever before.  It sports a modern, intuitive graphical user-interface which makes one excited to develop, analyse and train on.

The power of the IPS comes from embracing the latest software technologies and engineering strategies.  This not only enables quicker development of full-scope plant simulators, but also delivers higher accuracy, which truly allows engineering analysis and operator training on the same simulation platform, at no extra cost.

The IPS integrates the highly acclaimed Flownex systems CFD software (www.flownex.com) as multi-phase thermal-fluid solver.  It sports a totally open, customizable architecture.  Using any Microsoft .NET capable programming language, engineers can easily develop and integrate their own solvers, libraries, schedulers or even control all simulator functionality from an external application.

The 3D Dynamic Plant Visualization module is an IPS add-on that allows users to step inside components on their plant while it is under operation.  This not only immediately creates a strikingly visual and intuitive understanding of plant processes, but also provides a means for trainers to illustrate very clearly the adverse and life-shortening effects of certain operating and control actions to the internals of plant components.

The following standard solvers, libraries and add-ons are available for the IPS:

• Multi-phase flow with incondensable gases
• Electrical Networks
• Logic and Control Networks (Basic and Advanced)
• OPC Client (Integration to 3rd party control systems)
• Mechanical solver (shafts, gearboxes, bearings etc.)
• Sensors and Actuators
• Fossil Power (Drum, Benson, Super-Critical Boilers, Combined Cycle, Various types of Coal Mills and Burners, etc.)
• Nuclear Power (Pressurized Water Reactor, High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor, etc.)
• 3D Dynamic Plant Visualization

Power and Process Simulator

Willie Landman
+27 (0)18 297 0326
wal@mtechindustrial.com