SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

ISBN: 9781936007097

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology hasevolved over the past 30 years as a method of monitoring andcontrolling large processes. This reference book offers overviewsof SCADA’s component technologies, as well as details necessary tounderstand the big picture. SCADA processes cover areas that may bein the thousands of square miles, and have dimensions that may behundreds, occasionally thousands, of miles long. Now a maturetechnology, SCADA includes, but is not limited to, softwarepackages that can be incorporated into a system of hardware andsoftware to improve the safety and efficiency of the operation ofthese large processes. After completing these 15 self-study units,readers should be conversant with SCADA nomenclature andarchitecture, understand the basic technology of the system’sbuilding blocks, understand its limitations, understand how it canbenefit particular operations, and have a basis for selectingappropriate SCADA technology for their operationalrequirements.This Fourth Edition includes a unit about improvingthe security of SCADA systems and has been rearranged to provide amore logical presentation of the subject.

Edition:

4

Published:

01/01/2010

Number of Pages:

268

File Size:

1 file , 8.5 MB