Design of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Platform for TE Process

Abstract

The design procedure of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) platform is presented in this paper for the purpose of developing, studying and evaluating process control technology. Based on Tennessee Eastman (TE) process, OPC (OLE for Process Control) communication standards and iFIX configuration software, a two-way information exchange channel between TE process and iFIX is setup via OPC. Through iFIX HMI (human machine interface), the operator can monitor the state of TE process and the operational commands can be transmitted to TE process easily. Other functions such as history view can be developed according to users demand. With the SCADA platform, researchers could enjoy more flexible data and information in research and training programs in contrast to conventional way.