Recent Trends of Dynamic Simulator Applications and Prospects for OmegaLand

Omega Simulation Co., Ltd. (OSC) was established in 1997 as a joint venture of Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. OSC’s mission is to help customers improve their plant operations, by using advanced technologies integrating instrumentation/control technologies from Yokogawa, and modeling/simulation technologies from Mitsui. The OmegaLand integrated dynamic simulation environment, and its core technology, the Visual Modeler plant simulator, are a software package developed by OSC. In recent years, dynamic simulation technologies are increasingly used for multiple purposes in each phase of the plant lifecycle. To respond to this trend, OSC is working with Yokogawa and Mitsui to develop MIRROR PLANT, which applies dynamic simulation to the online real-time environment, in order to improve plant operation. Its demonstration has shown remarkable, excellent results. This paper outlines new applications of these dynamic simulation technologies, as well as the goals of OSC and OmegaLand.