Redundancy – Ask the Right Questions
There are two primary concepts of redundancy when considering process and automation systems.
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Data Management for good SCADA Design
There’s an old saying about data… “put rubbish in, get rubbish out”
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How to manage remote plant
Why are unmanned process plants often un-monitored? Often, process plants are not remotely monitored with SCADA or HMI software applications. Sometimes this is because it is believed that the telecommunication challenges related to the site are too great to be overcome but generally it relates to cost. This situation especially applies to unmanned plant e.g.…
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Designing SCADA Systems with Data in mind
Is a single source of truth possible for an enterprise information management system?
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Preparing for the Systems Integration Experience
What is a Systems Integrator? The inputs include the outputs What does a System Integrator expect? What can customers do to be prepared to manage System Integrators effectively?
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Process Plants sometimes real performance data to improve
“Since 2015, City West Water has been treating wastewater from its Altona Sewage Treatment Plant to supply high-quality recycled water to local customers for irrigating golf courses, green spaces, and for industrial use. Recycled water is a key factor in managing Australia’s water security requirements and a range of technologies are being utilised to reduce…
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Big Data for managing assets takes serious planning
Taking a whole of business approach to SCADA System management is essential to asset optimisation and better UX for OT.
Cyber Security for Industrial Controls Systems
If the lights go out, or the water is contaminated, who do we blame? Can we blame…
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City West Water – Optimising & saving money
Most plants are not optimised for power or process efficiency and are designed and manufactured to meet a standard and operated to meet compliance.
The Network Boundary has changed
Ten years ago, “Operational Technology” (OT) vendors had only just really started to embrace Ethernet and TCP/IP as enterprise wide and global networking technology. The devices were generally designed “assuming” they would be on isolated “Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition” (SCADA) network segments and “something else” was going to take care of any security issues.…
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CWW West Werribee recycled water in demand
CWW engaged Parasyn as the Plant Automation Contractor (PAC) in July 2016 to provide all required services and scope items to manage, design, integrate, procure, manufacture, install, test and commission and deliver a functional plant automation and control system for the entire WWRWS scheme.
Systems Design Critical for Industrial Automation
Industrial Automation, officially explained and defined here, is generally accepted to be of a quality one level higher than the quality expected for consumer grade or domestic applications. Well-designed industrial automation systems increase business productivity and efficiency because they have been built for a purpose for a specific outcome and performance. When the system design…
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EGW sets standards for electrical work
SCADA and electrical design are engineering disciplines with overlaps when it comes to systems design, operational management and maintenance services. Performing one element of design without consideration for other aspects of the “system” can lead to unnecessary operational or capital costs. One important way to mitigate this risk is to manage contractors against standards, particularly…
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Westside GLNG SIL2
The Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project is a pioneering venture set to produce natural gas from Queensland’s coal seams and convert it into liquefied natural gas (LNG) for sale to world markets for many years to come. It relies on ongoing gas field development in the Surat and Bowen Basins, a 420-kilometre…
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Irrigation Management from the Cloud
Intelligent water management for irrigation is essential. If water regularly fell from a cloud there would be no need for it. But when each drop falls to the ground, this precious resource on the driest continent on earth must be utilised to its fullest. To do this we need plans to share it, technology to…
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Need a SCADA system quick, with no fuss?
Don’t have a server room or even an IT department? Have assets that aren’t geographically centralised or even at fixed locations? Need a high availability and fault tolerant design but without high initial capital cost? Have reasonably reliable connectivity to the internet from all your remote assets? Have a remote workforce that needs access to…
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Type B Certification for AGL Compression Plant
The objective of AGLs initiative was to develop the SIL rated Safety Instrumented System (SIS) for the compressors and generators at Wallumbilla. The compressors are in a Zone II hazardous area and the generators and control cabinets are outside the hazardous area. Working with Drivetrain, Parasyn’s scope of services included Hazardous Area Electrical Design, Controls…
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Substation Automation SCADA for the Military
With today’s urgent and necessary focus on security and integrity, it doesn’t change the fundamental assumption that the technology still needs to be reliable and work! As part of a major development for the Gallipoli Barracks at Enoggera, the successful Construction Contractor John Holland tendered to a number of Electrical Contractors for the Supply and…
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