Comprehensive Training Advanced Scada Engineering With ADMS

Introduction

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology has evolved over the past 30 years as a method of monitoring and controlling large processes. SCADA refers to the combination of telemetry and data acquisition. SCADA encompasses the collecting of the information via a RTU (Remote Terminal Unit), transferring it back to the central site, carrying out any necessary analysis and control and then displaying that information on a number of operator screens or displays. The required control actions are then conveyed back to the process. SCADA systems consist of three functional components: communications equipment, Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), and Master Terminal Units (MTUs). Communications is the spine of SCADA technology. All information from remote sites must successfully negotiate the communications system to get from the RTU to the MTU. The course offers overviews of SCADA Siemens component technologies, as well as details necessary to understand the big picture. SCADA processes cover areas that may be measured in the thousands of square miles, and have dimensions that may be hundreds, occasionally thousands, of mile long. Now a mature technology, SCADA includes, but is not limited to, software packages that can be incorporated in a larger system. After completing this course, participants should be conversant with SCADA Siemens nomenclature and architecture, understand the basic technology of the system’s building blocks, understand its limitations, understand how it can benefit particular operations, and have a basis for selecting appropriate SCADA Siemens technologies for their operational requirements. This course is designed to introduce the participants to the basics of SCADA Siemens by providing overviews of relevant topics where possible and details where necessary. Since SCADA Siemens consists of the elements of several different technologies, it is sometimes difficult to know where to stop when describing some of these technologies to the participants. The course attempts to focus on such technologies to the extent that they make SCADA Siemens more understandable. The course also identifies major differences between the SCADA systems of different industries. Because the basics of SCADA are much the same from one industry to another, however, examples from many industries have been included throughout the course. The course will cover most popular PLC’s used in the industry, such as Quantum, Allen Bradley, Siemens, Bristol, Emersons, Omron and Telemechanique Shneider Modicon with extended case studies for Allen Bradley and Siemens.

Objectives

Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:-

• Apply and gain a comprehensive knowledge on integrating and optimizing SCADA systems
• Define and identify SCADA including applicable process, elements of a SCADA system, limited two-way system, development from telemetry and dependence on communications and computers
• Identify real time systems, remote control, communications and radio
• Differentiate between remote terminal units (RTUs) and master terminal units (MTUs)
• Illustrate sensors, actuators and wiring as well as applications and operator interface
• Determine SCADA economics including costs versus benefits, time value of money, capital costs, training and maintenance costs, SCADA operating costs, etc.

Training Methodology

All our Courses are including Hands-on Practical Sessions using equipment, State-of-the-Art Simulators, Drawings, Case Studies, Videos and Exercises. The courses include the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:- 30% Lectures 20% Practical Workshops & Work Presentations 30% Hands-on Practical Exercises & Case Studies 20% Simulators (Hardware & Software) & Videos In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

Who Should Attend?

This course provides an overview of all significant aspects and considerations of integrating and optimizing SCADA systems for industry for those who wish to learn the basics of SCADA systems. It is intended to be useful to managers, supervisors, engineers and other technical staff who contemplate coming in contact with SCADA systems.

Course Outline

What is SCADA? Definition of SCADA

• Applicable Processes
• Elements of a SCADA System
• A Limited Two-way System
• Development from Telemetry
• Dependence on Communications and Computers

Real-Time Systems

• What Really is Real Time?
• Communications Access and “Master-Slave”
• Determining Scan Interval
• Where to Compute?

Remote Control – What Not to SCADA

• Murphy’s Law and Remote Control
• Safety Instrumented Systems
• Regulatory Requirements

Communications

• Communications Makes SCADA Possible
• Data is Binary: Analog-to-Digital Conversion
• Long Distance Communications is Serial
• Communications System Components
• Protocol
• Modems
• Synchronous or Asynchronous?
• Telephone Cable or Radio?

Radio

• Simplex or Duplex?
• Turn-On Time
• Frequencies: Are they Available?
• Path Studies and Seasonal Variations
• Solar Variations
• Reliability and Maintenance
• Satellite Communications
• Cell Phones

Remote Terminal Units (RTUs)

• What does an RTU Do?
• Communications Interface
• Protocol Detailed
• Discrete Control
• Analog Control
• Pulse Control
• Serial Control
• Monitor Discrete Signals
• Monitor Analog Signals
• Monitor Pulse Count Signals
• Monitor Serial Signals
• Non-RTU Functions

Master Terminal Units (MTUs)

• Communications Interface
• Configuring a Picture of the Processes
• Some Simple Applications
• Data Storage

Applications

• Real Time Revisited
• Accounting and Grade of Data
• Scanning and Communications
• Some Automatic Control
• Advisory Applications

Operator Interface

• Local Security Considerations
• System Security Considerations
• Alarming
• Control Change Screens

SCADA Economics

• Costs versus Benefits
• The Time Value of Money
• Capital Costs
• Training and Maintenance Costs
• SCADA Operating Costs
• Benefits: Reduced Capital Costs
• Benefits: Reduced Process Operating Costs
• Benefits: Improved Facility Effectiveness
• Tax Implications