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    SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is a computer-based system used to monitor and control industrial processes. SCADA systems gather real-time data from equipment to analyze critical events and materials. First used in the 1960s, SCADA is now integral to industrial plants and production facilities. SCADA utilizes components like PLCs and RTUs to perform remote monitoring and control of equipment parameters like pressure, temperature and liquid levels across industries like oil and gas, manufacturing, and utilities.

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    What is SCADA?

    Supervisory Control and Data


    Acquisition
    SCADA is the acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. SCADA is a computer-
    based system for gathering and analyzing real-time data to monitor and control equipment that
    deals with critical and time-sensitive materials or events. SCADA systems were first used in the
    1960s and are now an integral component in virtually all industrial plant and production facilities.

    SCADA Systems are widely used in the


    following:
     Oil and Gas
     Pipeline monitoring and control
     Remote equipment and asset monitoring and control of production, pumping, and storage
    locations
     Offshore platforms and onshore wells
     Refineries, petro-chemical stations
     Plant/factory automation
     Water and Wastewater
     Water treatment centers and distribution
     Wastewater collection and treatment facilities
     Utilities
     Electrical power distribution from gas-fired, coal, nuclear
     Electrical power transmission and distribution
     Agriculture / Irrigation
     Manufacturing
     Food and Beverage
     Pharmaceutical
     Telecommunications
     Transportation
     And many others
    An example of a SCADA application
    A typical SCADA system can be setup to monitor a critical leak on a pipeline, and then once a
    leak is detected; it can carry out a chain of commands using machines to either alert a signal of the
    leak and/or immediately close the valve to minimize or eliminate hazardous conditions, revenue or
    production loss. Each SCADA system can be custom tailored to exactly fit a particular
    application; it can be relatively simple – small office building (low budget) to incredibly complex
    – nuclear plant (high budget).

    Why are SCADA systems important?


    The importance of SCADA systems is automation. It allows an organization to carefully study and
    anticipate the optimal response to measured conditions and execute those responses automatically
    every time. Relying on precise machine control for monitoring equipment and processes virtually
    eliminates human error. More importantly, it automates common, tedious, routine tasks once
    performed by a human, which further increases productivity, improves management of critical
    machine failure in real-time, and minimizes the possibility of controllable environmental disasters.
    In addition, SCADA systems are needed to monitor and control a large geographical displacement
    where an organization may not have enough manpower to cover. Thus, reliable communication
    and operability of these areas or sites is critical to profitability.

    What are SCADA systems key components?


    SCADA systems utilize Distribution Control Systems (DCS), Process Control Systems (PCS),
    Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Remote Terminal Units (RTU) that perform the
    majority of local and remote process alarming, monitoring and control. The PLC or RTU are the
    primary work horses in the industries listed above. The main requirement of these devices
    includes monitoring liquid level and gas meter readings, equipment voltage and current, operating
    pressure and temperature, or other equipment status.

    What is wireless SCADA?


    Many organizations are now adopting the latest wireless communication technologies to replace
    certain sections of their hardwired SCADA system infrastructures with wireless equipment for
    improving reliability and cost. Wireless technologies cost-effectively provide remote and localized
    control and transfer of live and historical data to the industries home centralized location
    operation.
    Implementing a wireless infrastructure is particularly beneficial to new production sites or
    facilities since installing wireless equipment can drastically reduce installation cost and time,
    reduce permit costs, and eliminate trenching and running conduit, while minimizing wire failure
    due to degradation and other environmental factors. Again, utilizing wireless technology reduces
    initial cost by completely removing the need for long distance direct burial analog (4-20 mA)
    cabling. In addition, I/O analog to digital converter modules typically used in hardwire control
    instrumentation loops utilized by PLCs or RTUs are also eliminated.

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