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PC-based SCADA systems; What to look for real-time flexibility for pipeline control systems

Journal Article · · Pipeline and Gas Journal; (USA)
OSTI ID:5188048
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  1. BJ Software Systems, Inc., Friendswood, TX (US)
Today's personal computer-based supervisory control and data acquisition software packages provide liquid pipeline operators with sizable improvements in plant productivity, enhanced operational safety, and measurable reduced equipment downtime and maintenance costs. The authors discuss how, when used with the appropriate hardware, such as digital control systems and associates field devices, SCADA software packages offer pipeline operators the ability to act on critical operational data.
OSTI ID:
5188048
Journal Information:
Pipeline and Gas Journal; (USA), Journal Name: Pipeline and Gas Journal; (USA) Vol. 216:6; ISSN PLGJA; ISSN 0032-0188
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English