Product category:
Potable water, test and treatment
News Release from: IES PCA | Subject: Ireland Water Augmentation Scheme
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 May 2008
Water plant control with intelligent
networks
IES were contracted to design, install and commissioning the control system for two water treatment plants in Ireland as part of a Water Augmentation Scheme
The control systems were PLC based with computer based MMIs The systems were similar in architecture and interfaced to the plant instrumentation, valves and drive systems via intelligent communication networks
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 2 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Thirteen independent links were provided with four different communications protocols.
Communication between the PLCs and SCADA network is via a fibre optic, fault tolerant ring main which is distributed throughout the plant buildings.
Additional operator interfaces are provided by colour touch screen MMIs located in each panel and in the laboratory.
Remote dial-in facilities are provided for operator/supervisor control out-of-hours.
Alarm notification is provided to inform operators of plant alarms/ faults.
Actual alarm details are transmitted to operator mobile phones using GSM technology.
The Main Plant PLC controls 12 outstations via radio modem.
Each outstation includes PLC, touch screen MMI and radio.
Instrumentation was provided from Endress + Hauser, Pepperl + Fuchs, Siemens and ABB, using Profibus PA, AS-i bus and Modbus networks.
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