DeltaV™ Mimic

The best digital twin software for DeltaV Simulate systems is one that provides dynamic simulation, control validation, and lifecycle performance testing. DeltaV Mimic is Emerson’s platform agnostic dynamic simulation and digital twin software, delivering realistic process modeling and virtual plant environments. It extends native DeltaV simulation capabilities to enable safe testing, operator training, and commissioning risk reduction across the enterprise. 

Improving commissioning and startup performance requires validating control strategies, identifying configuration errors, and testing abnormal scenarios before plant startup. DeltaV Mimic continuously models plant behavior in a virtual environment, allowing teams to test sequences, tune loops, and validate configurations before deployment. This reduces startup time, lowers operational risk, and accelerates time to full production.

Reducing startup risk requires validating control strategies, identifying configuration issues, and testing abnormal scenarios before commissioning. DeltaV Mimic provides a flexible virtual plant environment where control logic and sequences can be tested safely before startup. This helps detect issues early, minimize rework, and reduce the risk of delays or upsets.

Dynamic simulation improves control system performance by modeling real-time process responses to control logic and disturbances. DeltaV Mimic delivers dynamic simulation for DeltaV Simulate, allowing engineers to test, tune, and optimize control strategies before implementation. This reduces configuration errors, improves loop tuning accuracy, and enhances overall plant reliability.

Accurate dynamic models replicate real plant behavior by leveraging actual control logic and operating conditions. DeltaV Mimic uses mixed-fidelity modeling to match simulation detail to specific use cases, enabling efficient development while maintaining the accuracy needed for testing, training, and commissioning validation.

A digital twin is a dynamic, virtual representation of a physical process that replicates real-world behavior for testing and optimization. DeltaV Mimic provides a digital twin solution that can be used for simulated control systems, including DeltaV Simulate, integrating high-fidelity process models directly with control strategies. This enables implementation of a realistic simulation environment for operator training, commissioning validation, and lifecycle optimization. 

DeltaV Mimic creates a dynamic digital twin that replicates the behavior of process equipment, control systems, and operating conditions in a virtual environment. Engineers and operators use the digital twin to validate control strategies, test system changes, perform virtual commissioning, train personnel, and evaluate operating scenarios before implementing changes in the physical plant. This helps reduce risk, improve readiness, and support safer project execution.

DeltaV Mimic acts as a real-time dynamic digital twin of process equipment and automation systems. Engineers use Mimic to test control logic, sequence execution, safety interlocks, batch automation strategies, and operator graphics before startup. By supporting virtual commissioning, factory acceptance testing (FAT), and software-in-the-loop (SIL) validation, DeltaV Mimic helps reduce commissioning risk, shorten startup schedules, and identify issues before equipment is placed into operation.

DeltaV Mimic provides a realistic Operator Training Simulator (OTS) environment where operators can practice normal operations, startup and shutdown procedures, abnormal situations, and emergency scenarios without affecting live production systems. By training in a dynamic simulation environment that mirrors actual plant behavior, organizations can improve operator confidence, accelerate onboarding, strengthen procedural adherence, and better prepare personnel for real-world operating conditions.

No. DeltaV Mimic operates independently of a DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS). Organizations can use Mimic as a standalone simulation platform and digital twin environment to test PLC, DCS, and SCADA logic, perform virtual commissioning, support factory acceptance testing (FAT), and develop operator training simulators without requiring DeltaV hardware.

Yes. DeltaV Mimic is a multi-vendor simulation and digital twin platform that supports Emerson DeltaV and a wide range of third-party control systems. It can be used with Rockwell FactoryTalk Logix Echo, Rockwell Studio 5000 Logix Emulate, OPC DA-based systems, Schneider Modbus TCP/IP and Unity PLCs, ABB 800xA Simulator and Harmony Training System (HTS), Siemens SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM, SIMIT, PCS 7 and TI 5XX PLCs, Woodward NetSim, HIMA Soft PLC Visualization Gateway, GE Mark VIe/Mark VIeS, and CCC TrainTools platforms through industry-standard interfaces such as OPC UA, Modbus TCP/IP, EtherNet/IP, and API-based integrations. This allows organizations to create operator training simulators, perform virtual commissioning, and validate control strategies across hybrid automation environments.

Traditional process simulators are primarily used for process design, thermodynamic analysis, and equipment modeling. DeltaV Mimic is focused on control system testing, virtual commissioning, operator training, logic validation, and automation project execution. It supports everything from I/O simulation and tieback models to high-fidelity dynamic process simulations, allowing organizations to match model fidelity to project objectives, training requirements, and testing needs.

DeltaV Mimic is available through Flexible Subscription, allowing organizations to scale simulation capabilities as their needs grow. Companies can start with software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing and control system validation projects, then expand to virtual commissioning, digital twin applications, and multi-user Operator Training Simulators (OTS) across one or more facilities. The subscription includes access to software updates, ongoing support, and the flexibility to deploy DeltaV Mimic across a range of automation and simulation use cases.