ClaRa+ is a comprehensive and powerful tool for dynamic simulation of power plants

Reliability and efficiency are essential to a competitive energy industry. Electricity production from renewable energies such as wind and sun is continuously increasing. The combination of their fluctuating generation and priority feed-in is resulting in new operating modes for conventional power plants. Dynamic system simulation can be used in all project phases, from early design up to optimization during operation, to solve problems arising from this changing energy market in a cost-efficient manner.

Your Benefits

  • Efficiently evaluate concept variants
    The modular model structure enables fast, efficient concept and parameter studies.
  • Save time and money during commissioning
    Use your ClaRa+ digital twin for early adaptation and optimization of control systems.
  • Use ClaRa+ in all project phases
    Tailor-made model detailing enables preliminary studies, component design and precise controller parameterization.
  • Increase the efficiency of your power plant site
    ClaRa+ enables you to analyze interactions between different power units, even in isolated networks.
  • Create a virtual image of control technology quickly and efficiently
    ClaRa+ contains state-of-the-art control system blocks that are closely based on hardware implementations.
  • Create your own models according to your requirements
    ClaRa+ is easy to enhance.
  • Design components taking into account extreme dynamic operating conditions
    Die ClaRa+ models incorporate the dynamics of power plant components.
  • Increase the safety and reliability of your processes
    Analyze failures and special operating conditions without risk.

Software

Learn more about the possibilities of ClaRa+:

Create a digital twin of your power plant, investigate transient behavior and gain greater understanding to optimize your processes for use in the future energy market. Use ClaRa+ to support all project phases - from evaluation of concept variants to component design, optimization of control technology, virtual commissioning and optimization during operation.

ClaRa+ is a library of power plant components programmed in the Modelica model description language. It enables users to dynamically simulate power plants and answer current questions concerning power plant operation. Dymola software is used for translation and simulation and as the main development environment.

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Would you like to test our product? You can download a demo version of ClaRa+ that has a reduced scope.


Services

As experts in modeling and simulating power plants and complex energy systems, we would be pleased to help you answer your questions.

Simulation studies

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Training & Support

XRG Simulation GmbH and TLK-Thermo GmbH offer training and support packages that enable you to start modeling power plant processes with ClaRa/ClaRa+.

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References

ClaRa+ and demo version ClaRa, available under Modelica license version 2.0, are used by more than 50 users worldwide. Learn more about some selected success stories below:


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The free demo version ClaRa gives a good overview of the possibilities of power plant simulation and enables conceptional studies. The commercial version ClaRa+ offers extra content, is more user-friendly and supports the component design due to precise detail models. For translation, simulation and as a main development environment, we recommend commercial software Dymola.

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Publications

  • [1] Johannes Brunnemann , Friedrich Gottelt, Kai Wellner, Ala Renz, André Thüring, Volker Röder, Christoph Hasenbein, Christian Schulze, Gerhard Schmitz, Jörg Eiden: „Status of ClaRaCCS: Modelling and Simulation of Coal-Fired Power Plants with CO2 capture“, 9th Modelica Conference, München, 2012 // Download (pdf)
  • [2] Volker Roeder, Christoph Hasenbein, Alfons Kather, Kai Wellner, Gerhard Schmitz, Johannes Brunnemann, Friedrich Gottelt, Ala Renz, Christian Schulze, André Thüring: „Das Projekt DYNCAP: Untersuchung des dynamischen Verhaltens von Dampfkraftprozessen mit CO2-Abtrennung zur Bereitstellung von Regelenergie“, Proceedings of the 44th Conference on Power Plant Technology, Dresden, Oktober, 23–24, 2012
  • [3] Alfons Kather, Volker Roeder, Christoph Hasenbein, Gerhard Schmitz, Kai Wellner, Friedrich Gottelt, Lasse Nielsen: „DYNCAP Dynamische Untersuchung von Dampfkraftprozessen mit CO2-Abtrennung zur Bereitstellung von Regelenergie“, Abschlussbericht, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, TLK-Thermo GmbH, XRG Simulation GmbH, 2015 // Download
  • [4] Friedrich Gottelt, Kai Wellner, Volker Roeder, Johannes Brunnemann, Gerhard Schmitz, Alfons Kather: „A Unified Control Scheme for Coal-Fired Power Plants with Integrated Post Combustion CO2 Capture“ Proceedings of the In 8th IFAC Conference on Power Plant Power System Control, Toulouse, Frankreich, 2012 // Download
  • [5] Marcel Richter, Florian Möllenbruck, Andreas Starinski, Gerd Oeljeklaus, Klaus Görner: „Flexibilization of coal-fired power plants by Dynamic Simulation“ Proceedings of the 11th Modelica Conference, Paris, 2015 // Download (pdf)
  • [6] C. Gierow, M. Hübel, J. Nocke, E. Hassel: „Mathematical Model of Soot Blowing Influences in Dynamic Power Plant Modelling“ Proceedings of the 11th Modelica Conference, Paris, 2015 // Download (pdf)
  • [7] K. Wellner, T. Marx-Schubach, G. Schmitz: „Dynamic Behavior of Coal-Fired Power Plants with Postcombustion CO2 Capture“ Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2016 // Download (pdf)
  • [8] Friedrich Gottelt, Timm Hoppe, Lasse Nielsen: „Applying the Power Plant Library ClaRa for Control Optimisation“ Proceedings of the 12th Modelica Conference, Prag, 2017 // Download (pdf)
  • [9] J. Prause, M. Hübel, D. Holtz, J. Nocke, E. Hassel: „Local steam temperature imbalances of coal-fired boilers at very low load“ Energy Procedia 120, 2017 // Download
  • [10] Marcel Richter, Gerd Oeljeklaus, Klaus Görner: „Improving the load flexibility of coal-fired power plants by the integration of a thermal energy storage“, Applied Energy, Volume 236, 15 February 2019, Pages 607-621
  • [11] Vojacek, A., Dostal, V., Goettelt, F., Rohde, M., Melichar, T. (February 11, 2019) „Performance Test of the Air-Cooled Finned-Tube Supercritical CO2 Sink Heat Exchanger.“ ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. June 2019; 11(3): 031014 // https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041686
  • [12] Vojacek, Ales / Melichar, Tomas / Hájek, Petr / et al: „Experimental investigations and simulations of the control system in supercritical CO2 loop“, 3rd European Conference on Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Power Systems, Paris, France, (02.10.2019), p. 89-104 // https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/48916
  • [13] T. Hoppe, J. Braune, L. Nielsen: „Dynamic System Simulation for New Energy Markets - Optimization of a Coal Fired Power Plant Startup Procedure“ VGB PowerTech 9|2019 // Download (pdf)
  • [14] Marcel Richter, Gerd Oeljeklaus, Klaus Görner: „Dynamic simulation of flexibility measures for coal-fired power plants”, VGB PowerTech 4|2020 // Download (pdf)