Customer Success Story: Racine Water & Wastewater Utility
公司规模
1,000+
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- ICONICS’ GENESIS32™ HMI/SCADA software suite
- GraphWorX™32
- TrendWorX™32
- AlarmWorX™32
- ScriptWorX™32
- DataWorX™32
技术栈
- SCADA system
- OPC-based data engine
- Microsoft MSDE database
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Environmental Impact Reduction
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 中间件、SDK 和库
适用行业
- 公用事业
适用功能
- 设施管理
- 维护
用例
- 过程控制与优化
- 远程资产管理
- 水务管理
服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
Racine Water & Wastewater Utilities serves 100,000 customers in the communities around Racine, Wisconsin. They have two facilities located on the shores of Lake Michigan in Southeastern Wisconsin. Their water utility processes on average of 35 million gallons of potable water per day for their residential, commercial and industrial customers. Their wastewater utility treats approximately 35 million gallons of wastewater per day before returning it to Lake Michigan.
挑战
Racine Water & Wastewater Utilities had been using the GENESIS for DOS as the HMI operator interface software for their plant wide SCADA system at their water utility since 1991. This system controlled the entire water plant and distribution system operation of 3 remote tanks and 1 remote pumping station, from a central control room. However, with the advancement of technology and the need for more efficient and reliable systems, the utility needed to upgrade their system. In 1996, the system was upgraded to GENESIS for Windows and in 2001 the wastewater plant was modernized using GENESIS32™ to increase capacity and to automate and centralize the control to one room. An extensive evaluation was made of leading SCADA vendors. GENESIS32™ was selected because of the speed and redundancy of data collection systems, as well as due to the superior OPC-based data engine allowing live changes to the system without the need to restart.
解决方案
ICONICS’ GENESIS32™ HMI/SCADA software suite (GraphWorX™32, TrendWorX™32, AlarmWorX™32 and ScriptWorX™32) is being utilized for the main visualization, data storage and alarming functions. DataWorX™32 is also being used for system-wide redundancy. Another option being deployed is advanced data-logging to Microsoft MSDE database through the ICONICS MSDE data-logging option. At the water filtration plant, five workstations are used for process visualization, control, alarming and historical trending. Three operator workstations at other remote locations in the plant provide remote viewing, control and alarm acknowledgement. Two data servers are also being used for data collection and historical data logging. At the wastewater plant a central control room is utilized with five workstations as well as another ten operator workstations located around the facility. At the largest lift station a single system is installed to monitor and control 15 pumps, as well as the logging of process and alarm data.
运营影响
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