A SCADA system gathers information, such as where a leak on a pipeline has occurred, transfers the information back to a central site, alerting the home station that the leak has occurred, carrying out necessary analysis and control, such as determining if the leak is critical, and displaying the information in a logical and organized fashion. SCADA systems can be relatively simple, such as one that monitors environmental conditions of a small office building, or incredibly complex, such as a system that monitors all the activity in a nuclear power plant or the activity of a municipal water system.
- ISBN10 6611222669
- ISBN13 9786611222666
- Publish Date 3 September 2003 (first published 1 January 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Elsevier Science & Technology
- Format eBook
- Pages 304
- Language English