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Conference papers

IYNC 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-18 July 2010
Testing and Utilization of Loviisa Full Scope Apros Model in Engineering and development Simulator
Jussi Näveri, Topi Tahvonen And Petri Hakasaari
Fortum Nuclear Services Ltd, Fortum Power and Heat Ltd

ENC 2010 Conference (European Nuclear Conference), Spain, 30 May - 2 June, 2010
Nuclear Combined Heat And Power - Analyses of Hot Water Pipeline Breaks in a Service Tunnel with Apros Simulation Software 
Tommi Henttonen and Matti Paananen
Fortum Nuclear Services Ltd

SMiRT 20 Conference, Finland, 9-14 August 2009
Investigations of a Long-Distance 1000-MW Heat Transport System with APROS Simulation Software
Matti Paananen and Tommi Henttonen
Fortum Nuclear Services Ltd

SMiRT 20 Conference, Finland, 9-14 August 2009
Thermal Hydraulic Transient Analysis of the High-Performance Light-Water Reactor Using APROS and SMABRE
Joona Kurki and Malla Seppälä
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

IFAC Symposium on Power Plants and Power Systems Control, 5-8 July 2009, Tampere, Finland  
Simulation Assisted Automation Testing During Loviisa Automation Renewal Project
Tahvonen et. al. (to be published in 2009)
Fortum Nuclear Services Ltd

IAEA Technical Meeting on Simulators, Advanced Training Tools and Technologies for the Nuclear Industry.
Vienna, Austria. 2-5 June 2009.
Simulators for Loviisa Automation Renewal Project

Honkoila, K. 2009. 

ENS TopSafe, Croatia, 30.9.-3.10.2008
Apros simulation model for Olkiluoto-3 EPR Applications
Porkholm, Kontio, Plit, Mustonen, Söderholm
Fortum Nuclear Services Ltd

IYNC 2008, Interlaken, Switzerland, 20 - 26 September 2008
Simulation of Thermal Hydraulic at Supercritical Pressures with APROS
Joona Kurki
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Asia Simulation Conference 2008, System Simulation and Scientific Computing
Instructor Station for Apros Based Loviisa NPP Training Simulator
Jussi Näveri and Pasi Laakso
Fortum Nuclear Services Ltd, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

NUTHOS-7, Korea, 5-9 October 2008
Preliminary Validation of the APROS 3-D Core Model of the New Loviisa NPP Training Simulator
Ranta-Aho, Syrjälahti, Puska, Honkoila, Poittinen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Fortum Nuclear Services Ltd, Fortum Power and Heat Ltd

Presentation at Kärnteknik 2008 in Sweden
APROS simulation models for transient thermal hydraulic analyses of Forsmark's NPPs
Peter Balint, Lisa Bladh
Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB, Sweden

LBLOCA Analyses with APROS to Improve Safety and Performance of Loviisa NPP
OECD/CSNI Workshop on Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic and Neutronic Codes: Current and Future Applications
Barcelona, Spain, 10-13 April 2000.

ARS 97, USA, 1-4 June 1997
Advanced Process Simulation with Apros for VVER-91, the Next-Generation Reactor Design for VVER-1000
Puska, Norrman, Siltanen, Porkholm, Latyeva, Semishin
VTT Energy, IVO Power Engineering Ltd, Gidropress EDO
Plit, H., Kontio, H., Kantee, H., Tuomisto, H. 

Porkholm, K., Honkoila, K., Nurmilaukas, P., Kontio, H. 1997.
APROS Multifunctional Simulator for Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants
Presented at WCSS '97, World Congress on Systems Simulation, 1-3 September 1997, Singapore.

 

White papers

      Apros Overview
      Performance Evaluation of OPC-based I/O of a Dynamic Process Simulator
     
Enhancing Grade Changes Using Dynamic Simulation 

Apros - Solution principles
      Overview of thermal hydraulic models
      Comparison between thermal hydraulic models

Physical model libraries
      Steady-state with tank dynamics
      Drift flux

Component libraries
      Common component libraries
      Electrical
      Automation
      Nuclear component library - Reactor
      Nuclear component library - Containment
      Apros Pulp and Paper Process Models

Tools
      Graphical user interface - Grades
      Communication
      Instructor's Interface
      Testing Station

 

Success stories

      Simulation-Aided Automation Testing - Case Narva
      Training Simulator with Virtual DCS - Case Suomenoja
      Full-Scale Training Simulator - Case Singapore
      Dynamic Simulation in Control System Planning and Operator Training - Case Västerås