ALSPA Control System – Advanced 5-Day Course Outline

Course Overview

This advanced 5-day course is designed for engineers, supervisors, and operation and maintenance personnel working on ALSPA-based power plant control systems. It focuses on advanced application programming, ALSPA HMI setup and faceplates, MFC3000 firmware and cell loader functions, online forcing, advanced diagnostics, sequencer configuration, and preventive maintenance. The outline aligns with published GE Vernova ALSPA training topics, which highlight architecture, HMI supervisory functions, CONTROCAD engineering, controller download/start-stop, advanced diagnostics, firmware writing, GT protection concepts, and advanced project documentation. GE Vernova ALSPA Fundamentals GE Vernova ALSPA Advanced

This course is especially relevant in KSA, GCC, and Africa, where industrial digitalization and productivity improvement remain strategic priorities. Saudi Arabia’s National Transformation Program emphasizes digital transformation; the UAE’s Industry 4.0 program targets higher productivity and efficiency in industry; and the African Union’s Digital Transformation Strategy calls for a digitally skilled workforce and industrial modernization. Saudi Vision 2030 UAE Industry 4.0 African Union

Who Should Attend

Control engineers, instrumentation engineers, electrical maintenance engineers, DCS/automation specialists, power plant operators, O&M supervisors, and technical support staff responsible for ALSPA control systems in thermal, combined-cycle, and industrial power plants.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Perform advanced ALSPA application code programming

• Configure and optimize ALSPA HMI faceplates and interfaces

• Execute online forcing and setting updates safely

• Manage MFC3000 firmware and cell loader functions

• Diagnose controller, HMI, and communication issues

• Understand GT protection concepts and sequencer logic

• Plan preventive maintenance and modernization actions for ALSPA systems

5-Day Course Outline

Day 1: ALSPA Architecture and System Engineering

• Advanced overview of ALSPA architecture for DCS, CONTROGAS and CONTROSTEAM environments

• MFC3000 hardware structure, controller roles and functionalities

• Site, unit and network architecture review

• CONTROCAD engineering environment and project structure

• Review of project documentation, KKS/function trees and configuration philosophy

Practical session: Navigate an ALSPA project and analyze controller/network structure.

Day 2: CONTROCAD Advanced Programming

• Advanced application code programming methods

• Library components, function blocks and execution logic

• Control block design and HMI-linked variables

• Drive block and selector block implementation

• Synthetic variables, code generation modes and logic validation

Practical session: Build and modify application logic for a typical plant control sequence.

Day 3: ALSPA HMI Configuration and Faceplates

• HMI setup for first-time use

• Creating faceplates and operator displays

• Configuring variables for HMI exchange

• Mimic updates, database generation and display consistency

• Alarm/fault visibility and operator usability improvement

Practical session: Create or modify HMI views and faceplates for operational use.

Day 4: MFC3000 Firmware, Diagnostics and Online Changes

• Writing firmware into MFC3000

• Cell loader functions and controller loading process

• Online forcing and setting updates without disturbing plant operation

• Forcing logs and change-control practices

• Advanced diagnostics using maintenance and HMI tools

• Troubleshooting controller, communication and configuration faults

Practical session: Perform controlled online updates and diagnostic checks.

Day 5: Protection Logic, Sequencer and Lifecycle Management

• GT protection concept and protection lists

• Sequencer concept and advanced configuration

• Preventive maintenance of controller hardware and system components

• Advanced project documentation and maintenance records

• Obsolescence, cybersecurity, HMI modernization and upgrade pathways

• Migration planning for aging ALSPA installed base

Practical session: Develop a maintenance and modernization roadmap for an existing ALSPA installation.

Delivery Options

Available as onsite, in-house or online training for utilities, IPPs, EPCs and industrial power plants across KSA, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and wider Africa.

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