Vodokanal of St.Petersburg: Automation of treatment plants - Indas

CHALLENGES / PROBLEMS

The need to increase water treatment capacity and the demand for drinking water
The need to improve the quality of treated water
Reduction of maintenance costs

SOLUTIONS

Development of application software for redundant master PLCs, S7-417H
Development of application software for 49 PLCs S7-200 and S7-300
Development of application software for redundant SCADA servers iFIX4.5
Development of application software for 3 SCADA workstations with Video Wall for more efficient process monitoring
Configuration of redundant process database Proficy Historian
Configuration of the Proficy Portal Web server, for the purpose of access to the monitoring system from remote locations

BENEFITS

Increasing water production and distribution capacity
Full insight into the condition of technological equipment, which in a timely manner provides the necessary information and insight to maintenance services about the possible need for intervention on the system
Modern balancing system that provides insight into the amount of processed water, own consumption, consumption of chemicals, dosed ozone, purified water from washing and treated sludge
Fully automated water treatment process without the need for operator intervention with the ability to change process parameters, process status analysis and flexible reporting
Elimination of the influence of the human factor in the process of water production and distribution
Increasing the quality of water supply and creating opportunities for improvement and optimization
Implemented safety policy that provides the ability to determine at any time the sequence of activities and operations undertaken in the production process
The parameters of water capacity and quality at the outlet of block K-6 are far above the parameters required by the terms of reference

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