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POWERCO LTD - GAS SCADA SYSTEM | CASE STUDY New Zealand’s Natural Gas reserves lie predominantly off the west coast of the North Island near the province of Taranaki. These reserves supply energy to Power Generators, industry and homes across the country. Powerco awarded Abbey Systems a significant contract in 2009 for the supply of a SCADA system monitoring key gas distribution sites in the network. These sites regulate the supply pressures and flows into the network. The system supplied uses GSM cellular for communications between the SCADA Master and remote sites. It also uses 3G cellular to securely link the On Duty Operators with the SCADA Master so that they can view and control the network assets from their laptops, any time day or night. Abbey Systems expertise supplies a Natural Gas SCADA system for Energy company Powerco Key Benefits • Datalogging of High and Low supply pressures with periodic retrieval once per day • Alarms can be sent out immediately they occur at any site • A nationwide communications system using cellular without the expense of infrastructure
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POWERCO LTD - GAS SCADA SYSTEM | CASE STUDY
New Zealand’s Natural Gas reserves liepredominantly off the west coast of the NorthIsland near the province of Taranaki. Thesereserves supply energy to Power Generators,industry and homes across the country.
Powerco awarded Abbey Systems a significantcontract in 2009 for the supply of a SCADAsystem monitoring key gas distribution sites inthe network. These sites regulate the supplypressures and flows into the network.
The system supplied uses GSM cellular forcommunications between the SCADA Masterand remote sites. It also uses 3G cellular tosecurely link the On Duty Operators with theSCADA Master so that they can view andcontrol the network assets from their laptops,any time day or night.
Abbey Systems expertisesupplies a Natural Gas
SCADA system for Energycompany Powerco
Key Benefits
• Datalogging of High andLow supply pressureswith periodic retrievalonce per day
• Alarms can be sent outimmediately they occur atany site
• A nationwidecommunications systemusing cellular without theexpense of infrastructure
Examples of Gas SCADA Graphics screens
Gas SCADA Overview
Local navigation screen
DRS SCADA screen c/w HP & LP trends
SCADA Products Used
Aspex TM SCADA software is used for the display of theremote site monitoring status and trends. It is able todisplay both realtime and time stamped datalogged filesretrieved from the RTU periodically, either manually orautomatically.
Advanced Trending allows users to pan, zoom, use a cursorand print a trend screen for reference.
Aspex is able to import graphics files from GIS and otherpackages to supplement the screens or as the start pointfor developing new screens.
Swampfox RTUs are installed at all the remote sites(approx 80 to date). Swampfox has PLC and Dataloggingfunctionality meaning it can act autonomously from theSCADA Master using programs, and also time stamp andstore measurements and statuses for later retrieval.
Should an Alarm condition occur e.g. Low or High pressureor Door Alarm activation, Swampfox immediately initiatescommunications to the SCADA Master to update it with theevent. A number of inbuilt parameters are also monitoredand reported on periodically.
Gas regulator switch SCADA RTU
Abbey Systems LtdL4, 220 Willis StreetP O Box 27 497Wellington, New ZealandPh +64 4 385 6611email: [email protected]
