SCADA Explained:

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SCADA waste to energy technology helps simplify complex systems and makes the lives of owners and operators much easier.

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)

is a system of software and hardware elements that allows industrial organizations to:

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• Control industrial processes locally or at remote locations

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• Monitor, gather, and process real-time data

Directly interact with devices such as sensors, valves, pumps, motors, and more through human-machine interface (HMI) software

 

• Record events into a log file

A typical landfill gas plant has multiple subsystems. In many cases, you’ve got:

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• Blowers

• Moisture removal

• Gas cleansing (Siloxane removal)

• Engines/generators

• SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction)

• Environmental controls

• Electrical switchgear