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Gas Plant SCADA Software Application
Gas Plant SCADA Software Application
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Data transferred from RTU are stored in a MySQL A web server is used for generating dynamic web
database, called “cons_el”. pages, which are necessary to the SCADA web clients.
Data are stored using several tables. For instance, In a similar way to the regular the SCADA clients, the
data from actuators are stored in tables called web SCADA clients can be displayed the gas plant
“actuators”. The structure of “actuator” table is shown state, the parameters list, the events list and the alarm
in Figure 3. list no matter what browser they use.
The SCADA client application uses the database The database is also used to keep a historical record
actualized by the server in order to realize HMI, which of the temporal behavior of various variables in the
consist in gas plant mimics, events lists, warning lists, system, such as pressure in different gas pipelines.
alarm lists, graphical parameters’ trending and
measured parameters’ lists.
Figure 3. Table “actuators” structure
6. Conclusion and future work The next research includes the using of intelligent
sensors and intelligent maintenance system based on
The paper significantly contributes to computer neural networks.
assisted controlling and monitoring of the gas plant.
The main contribution of the author consists in the 7. References
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