Bristol Babcock offers a commercial supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system called OpenEnterprise, and Haestad
Methods produces the water distribution modeling software solutions WaterCAD and
WaterGEMS. These programs offer the programming-level customization technology
known as WaterObjects, which can be used to extend the functionality of WaterCAD and
WaterGEMS. In this joint effort project between the City of Bethlehem, Bristol Babcock
Inc., and Haestad Methods Inc, Haestad Methods used WaterObjects to develop
integration with Bristol Babcock's OpenEnterprise for the City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. An
application called "SCADAConnect" was developed to facilitate communication between
OpenEnterprise and WaterCAD Software. Using SCADAConnect, the Engineers at the
City of Bethlehem Public Works Department can calibrate and initialize a water
distribution model using SCADA data to provide for better operator training, real-time
system control, energy cost reductions, emergency response planning, and forensic
analyses. This paper describes the technical issues, complexities, and benefits of this
integration. It also presents a case study of SCADA-model integration for calibration and
validation purposes.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 14 |
| Published : | 09/29/2004 |
