Scope and Method of Study: This study involves the simulation and implementation of panel logic for Georgia Power Company simulator, used for training operators. The implementation and coding in FORTRAN involves several steps of simplifying the functional control drawings (FCD 1 s) provided by the utility company, and reduced to a format, generally known as implementation drawings from which a program is written. The program is executed in real-time on the simulator. The authenticity of the panel logic must conform to the actual power plant logic strictly, and its response must be identical both under normal operation and under existing malfunction conditions. Boolean algebra is used extensively to simplify the logic operations and reduce the real-time code.

Findings and Conclusions: When the program logic was merged with the rest of the simulator completely, its behavior and response to operator inputs from control panel and interaction with other process models was found to be exactly what would happen in the actual plant. This program logic could be run on an event-oriented basis instead of cyclic basis, and this could prove helpful in future simulations.