COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GSE Systems, Inc. (GSE)
(Amex: GVP), a leading global provider of real time simulation and process
control solutions for the energy and process industries announced that DESY is
upgrading its D/3 control system.
DESY, located in Hamburg, Germany, is one of five large accelerator
centers in the world at which physicists can study the world of elementary
particles. The Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator (HERA) proton ring requires
some 646 superconducting electromagnets, which operate at a temperature of
-269 degrees Celsius. They are cooled by liquid helium, which is constantly
circulated through the interior of the magnets, requiring a large and
extremely powerful refrigeration system. The refrigeration system is
monitored from a central control room and the operator's task is simplified by
GSE Systems' D/3 DCS, a modern process control system.
The reliable operation of the redundant process control computers (PCMs)
is the basis for the continuous 24/7 operation of the refrigeration plant. In
the first quarter of 2002 the control system will be upgraded together with
Newton Integrated Services, GSE Systems European representative, from the
current OpenVMS based D/3 version 5.0 to the latest version 10.2 running on
Windows 2000. The conversion of the whole installation from version 5.0,
which was commissioned approximately 10 years ago, can be carried out with
minimal effort.
According to DESY, "This is one of the strongest benefits of the D/3
system. The investment in existing applications software is preserved while
DESY takes advantage of the new functionality of the latest D/3 version, which
will help us to get prepared for the requirements of future operations." The
integration facilities -- like OPC client and server will help DESY exchange
information with the machine control systems of the HERA accelerator. The new
Ethernet based network will seamlessly integrate the D/3 into the DESY NT
domain.
The new VPbatch Batch Monitoring and Control Package, based on the
Instrument Society of America's (ISA's) S88 standard for batch manufacturing,
will be used to improve the start-up and shutdown procedures of the
refrigeration plant, and will be used to implement faster recovery algorithms
from quenches in the superconducting magnets.
The new state of the art graphics package, TotalVision, will ease the
implementation of the new graphics and will allow DESY to display D/3
information on both the Local Area Network for their cryogenic specialists and
on the Wide Area Network for remote operations and diagnostics by the on-call
shift.
GSE Systems, Inc. develops and delivers business and technology solutions
by applying process control, simulation software, systems and services to the
energy, process and manufacturing industries worldwide. The Company's
products are used in the following industries: specialty chemical, food and
beverage, petroleum refining, pharmaceutical, and fossil and nuclear power
generation. GSE Systems is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland with offices
in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North and South Carolina,
Pennsylvania, and Texas, and its global locations include offices in Japan,
and Sweden. Information about GSE Systems is available via the Internet's
World Wide Web at http://www.gses.com .
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties. The actual future results of GSE Systems may differ
materially due to a number of factors, including but not limited to delays in
introduction of products or enhancements, size and timing of individual
orders, rapid technological changes, market acceptance of new products and
competition. These and other factors are more fully discussed in the
Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE GSE Systems, Inc.
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Systems, Inc., +1-410-772-3500; General info, Marilynn Meek,
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both of FRB Weber Shandwick
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