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SCADA - Products & Services SignalFire's Chemical Injection System Optimizes The Injection Process While Providing Monitoring and Control Chemical injection is critical to the oil field production process and the second highest operational expense. During this process, chemicals are pumped at high pressure into a well to mitigate a variety of issues (paraffin or scale reduction, H2S mitigation, corrosion inhibitors). If executed properly, chemical injection can enhance oil production and greatly reduce operating expenses. However, as the process is largely unmonitored and uncontrolled (often managed with simple timers which are difficult to set optimally), it is often not optimally set correctly. As a result, the chemical dosing amount can be wrong. Under dosing can damage equipment and require premature reworks while overdosing can result in over-expenditures of tens of thousands of dollars annually. SignalFire Wireless Telemetry offers the Chemical Injection System that monitors, controls and optimizes the chemical injection process to provide a known and measured chemical dosing rate AND provides diagnostic information to measure pump performance and operating status. The only control and diagnostic system for monitoring chemical injection, the SignalFire Chemical Injection System automatically calibrates and monitors pump operation to maintain a specified injection rate that may be slaved to production rates. The control and diagnostic system also provides operational visibility into monitoring conditions at the injection site and verifies and records that chemical injection is working to specifications. Tank level is also monitored to accurately verify when refill is needed and that the refill was accurate. Users have the ability to remotely monitor and control parameters and conditions at the injection site from either a local RTU/SCADA system or through a central service such as Wonderware, CygNet or other enterprise monitoring systems. The Chemical Injection System also can be integrated as part of the SignalFire Telemetry Remote Monitoring and Control System for a complete wireless pad automation. Harsh Environment Modules Maximize Uptime and Productivity New additions to WAGO's XTR line of harsh environment (-40 °C to 70°C extreme temperature and 5g vibration resistance) I/O, provide added functionality, delivering Performance Class PLCs, Smart Grid technology and energy monitoring. The compact and powerful PFC200 controller is now available in several new harsh environment XTR variants. The module features varying communication interfaces such as: Ethernet, RS-232/RS-485, CAN, CANopen and PROFIBUSDP-Slave interfaces. Protocols include DNP3, IEC 61850 and 28 www.RemoteMagazine.com IEC 60870 supporting use as a Smart Grid controller. Three-Phase Power Measurement Modules expand the application range of the XTR with modules to help reduce energy consumption by monitoring total power consumption, power factors, harmonics and more. Like all modules in the XTR series the new variants combine the benefits of the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM with the ability to operate in the harshest environmental conditions making the XTR ideal for oil and gas, renewable energy, substations, ship building and railway applications. MultiTech and WaterBit Demonstrate the Power Of IoT Within the Agricultural Community MultiTech Systems, Inc. has launched a field trial with WaterBit, Inc. an agricultural services provider based in Sunnyvale, Calif. Utilizing MultiTech's IoT gateway in combination with LoRa technology, MultiConnect mDots and WaterBit's sensors, WaterBit can now access valuable data from numerous endpoints throughout its dense field site, without dependence on spotty, unpredictable cellular coverage. "Our field trial with WaterBit demonstrates the power of combining sensor and LoRa technologies to capture vital, hard to reach information," said Michael Finegan, director of business, IoT Development, MultiTech. "The Internet of Things enables these various processes to help increase production and optimize efficiencies. Farming industry needs can now be easily monitored through this revolutionary 'smart farming' scenario." The MultiTech MultiConnect Conduit is a configurable, manageable and scalable communications gateway. Each Conduit gateway has the ability to manage thousands of MultiConnect mDots, low cost LoRaWAN ready modules able to connect sensors or appliances, and transmit their data over any cellular network to a customer's preferred data management platform. WaterBit is utilizing the MultiConnect Conduit configured with a LoRa card to connect multiple remote mDots with WaterBit's patent pending sensors. WaterBit will access critical data pertaining to temperature, humidity, and moisture using these sensors and will monitor the data via its cloud system. LoRa is a wireless technology developed to enable low-datarate communications over long distances utilizing sensors and actuators for M2M and IoT applications. It is particularly attractive for many applications because of its long-range capability, ability to enable battery-operated assets to function for years and its low cost/high ROI benefits. Key to the field trial is the http://www.RemoteMagazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Remote - Spring 2016

Editor's Choice
Driving Real-Time Insight in the Oil and Gas Industry
One Network to Rule Them All
Rolls-Royce Power Systems Protection Underground Data Center
Going Beyond Compliance: Using NERC CIP v5 as a Catalyst for a Greater Security Strategy
Different Hardware Platforms, Same HMI Software
Satellite Communications: Extending the Reach of Your Monitoring and Control Footprint
Key Elements to Designing an IoT Network for Remote Monitoring
4G LTE Versus Wi-Fi Versus Bluetooth: What Every Aspiring IoT Entrepreneur Needs to Know
SCADA
Networking
Security
Onsite Power
Industry News

Remote - Spring 2016