Customer

A Leading India based Biogas Plant manufacturer

Business Situation

Request was to develop a software interface to Display, Monitor and Manipulate complete plant processes of the BioGas plant.

Screen Shots of Dashboard and Plant Mimic

Solution

TA developed a SCADA solution to monitor and control the operations of the Bio Gas based Power Plant. It provides a Human Machine Interface (HMI) to the plant that helps the plant operator to continuously monitor the state of the plant and take required actions whenever necessary. The software communicates with a PLC based hardware system to receive data and issue commands.

Key Features of the solution developed by TA are:

Mimic Displays

• Display of the complete plant process with attractive process diagrams
• Real‐time monitoring of all major parameters
• Visual representation of measuring instruments with range indications
• Easily adaptable for different plants

Command Interfaces

• Interfaces to issue commands to operate the plant
• Safety interlocks

Rule Engine

• Configurable Rule Engine for automated plant operations
• Enables unmanned operations

PLC Communication

• RS‐232/Ethernet based proprietary protocols
• OPC Client Interfaces (Prototype stage)

Benefits derived by the customer

The features like Mimic diagram, Trend displays and Alarm Windows help the plant operator to continuously monitor the system health in an effortless manner. The Rule Engine that comes with the system can take automatic actions for predefined tasks and to carry out safety operations without requiring human intervention. This reduces the chances of human errors and the safety of the plant and personnel is assured