North American refinery implements DuPont training simulator
WILMINGTON, Del. -- A refinery in North America commissioned and installed a high-fidelity STRATCO operator training simulator (OTS) for two sulfuric acid alkylation units. This OTS was developed and customized by DuPont Clean Technologies over a seven-month period. It encompasses the entire refinery alkylation operation from feed preparation to product storage.
The benefit of an operator training simulator is that it allows the alkylation plant operator to safely practice plant shut-downs and start-ups, hone responses to potential emergencies and improve troubleshooting skills for instrument and equipment failures in a realistic, yet consequence-free environment.
“As we develop and build the operator training simulators to specification, we have the flexibility to incorporate and adapt the elements that our customers want,” said Dave Dericotte, business segment leader, OTS, DuPont Clean Technologies.
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