The background of establishing an automated process control system

Summary

In the process of establishing and operating automated process control systems at Gorvodokanal of Novosibirsk MUE facilities the basic principles of the integrated and system approaches have been used. The integrated approach envisages a comprehensive analysis of the facilities subject to automation; whereas the automation system is constructed for achieving the set goal under any possible operation conditions. The main stages of the system approach for providing for the efficient operation of the automated process control system are described. The system approach envisages synthesizing the object and the automation system as part of the water supply or wastewater disposal system for achieving the set goal. In this regard the impact of the system and its components on the object and purpose of automation as well as the interaction between the automated object and water supply or wastewater disposal system is specified. On the basis on the system and integrated approaches the structure of the centralized corporate process control system is suggested. The main advantages of the corporate structure of the automated process control system in relation to the centralized operating automated process control system that was previously used for the remote process control are briefly outlined. The corporate system based on the system and integrated approaches is a flexible open structure that can be restructured, adapted and supplemented with new modules or third-party software that is seamlessly built-into the system. In the long term the structure of the corporate automated process control system will be the technical and software basis for establishing management information systems.

Key words

automated process control system , system approach , integrated approach , corporate automated control system , efficiency of operations

Introduction of «Vodokanal» automated control system

Summary

The experience of introducing and operating an automated system of process control of water distribution and sewage networks of Gorvodokanal of Novosibirsk MUE is presented. The unitization and upgrade of the hardware and software allowed establishing an integrated information data base, integrating silos of data and estimating the efficiency of the entire enterprise. «Vodokanal» automated control software system is a geographical information system of the municipal water and sewage networks linked with the information block of control and operational services, and consists of three blocks (control, analytical and engineering department section) and network map. The use of the software system provided for improving the speed and efficiency of data processing. According to the estimations the operational efficiency of the software users was improved by 10–15%.

Key words

water supply and sewerage networks , automated control system , operation control block , analytical block , map of networks