A digital twin is a digital replica of a physical asset including a 3D model, analytics, and business process.
A digital twin of a plant is often used for collaboration among those using engineering data and documents during the lifecycle of the plant. Twins are born during design and build including FEED, design, construction, and commissioning. The digital twin becomes the vehicle for continuous handover of engineering data and documentation to operations and maintenance. For operations, the twin is adapted for reliability, inspections, maintenance, process engineering, energy management, laboratory information systems, and more.
A 3D digital twin of a plant contains representations of assets using software objects that contain links to information about the real asset. A digital twin becomes the basis for information sharing and collaboration among the engineering teams. When everyone has access to the same information, projects become easier to manage for delivery on-time, in-budget, and within specifications.
This session provides case stories that explore the rapidly evolving application of digital twins in plants.