SCADAConnect: Connecting the Real and Virtual Worlds

摘要

Water Distribution Modelling and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) technologies have evolved immensely in recent decades. A few years ago, integrating SCADA with a water-distribution model such as Haestad Methods WaterCAD or WaterGEMS would have been a formidable task due to technological limitations. However, because of advances in available software, integration of the two technologies is now a realistic target. With the advanced database connection tools available in Haestad Methods WaterCAD/GEMS, it is relatively easy to set up connections between the SCADA system and the model to import the SCADA data. However, this procedure requires the operator to first extract the relevant data from the SCADA system and place it in a formatted data file. Then, the modeller must import the data into the model. This procedure is illustrated in Figure 1.