Advanced Plant Management System
Encyclopedia
The Advanced Plant Management System (APMS) is a SCADA
solution developed in partnership by RWE npower
and Thales UK
.
Based on a real-time application platform, APMS is a monitoring and control system
for any large industrial process. APMS is implemented at more than thirty electric power generation
units in the UK, including Tilbury
, Didcot A
, Aberthaw
, Drax and Rugeley
power station
s.
SCADA
SCADA generally refers to industrial control systems : computer systems that monitor and control industrial, infrastructure, or facility-based processes, as described below:...
solution developed in partnership by RWE npower
Npower (UK)
RWE Npower plc is a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
and Thales UK
Thales Group
The Thales Group is a French electronics company delivering information systems and services for the aerospace, defense, transportation and security markets...
.
Based on a real-time application platform, APMS is a monitoring and control system
Control system
A control system is a device, or set of devices to manage, command, direct or regulate the behavior of other devices or system.There are two common classes of control systems, with many variations and combinations: logic or sequential controls, and feedback or linear controls...
for any large industrial process. APMS is implemented at more than thirty electric power generation
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...
units in the UK, including Tilbury
Tilbury Power Station
The Tilbury power stations refer to a series of two power stations on the north bank of the River Thames at Tilbury, in Essex, England. The 1,428 MW Tilbury B Power Station has operated since 1967 and fires coal, as well as co-firing oil and biomass. The former oil-fired 360 megawatts ...
, Didcot A
Didcot Power Station
Didcot Power Station refers to a combined coal and oil power plant and a natural-gas power plant that supply the National Grid. They are situated immediately adjoining one another in the civil parish of Sutton Courtenay, next to the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire , in the UK...
, Aberthaw
Aberthaw Power Station
Aberthaw Power Station refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations situated on the coast of South Wales, near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is actually located on the waterfront of the nearby villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw on Limpert Bay...
, Drax and Rugeley
Rugeley
Rugeley is a historic market town in the county of Staffordshire, England. It lies on the northern edge of Cannock Chase, and is situated roughly midway between the towns of Stafford, Cannock, Lichfield and Uttoxeter...
power station
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
s.
External links
See also
- Petit-Jean, Michael & Robinson, Phill. "National Power's Advanced Plant Management System Integrates Commercial and Process Control Interests". Power Engineering. Tulsa: PennWell Corp., Nov 1999
- npower UKNpower (UK)RWE Npower plc is a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...