Automation & Control
The Oguz-Gabala-Baku water pipeline project dates back to plans from the 1970s. Baku’s growth was historically driven by the booming oil industry and required the import of drinking water from outside of the city. Before the construction of the pipeline, some 60 per cent of the city’s households received water for only a few hours daily. After completion of the project, 75 per cent of the two million Baku residents are now served around the clock with potable water, based on World Health Organization (WHO) standards. The 262 km pipeline requires no pumping station, but uses the altitude differences between the Caucasian mountains and the capital to supply 432,000m³/d to the Ceyranbatan water reservoir. The project was realised in cooperation with CASPEL,
a regional system integrator specialising in solutions for data transfer, software development and supply, and maintenance of state-of-the-art IT hardware and software from leading manufacturers. Siemens supplied the automation technology for the pipeline project. For the comprehensive monitoring of water pipes and
avoidance of potential emergencies, CASPEL installed a SIMATIC WinCC control and data management system Thanks to the application of the SIMATIC automation
technology that has been proven in numerous operations, Siemens provided increased functional reliability for the entire
Fig. 3. Built-in ethernet ports enable low-cost ethernet connection.
plant. Thanks to using decentralised SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-300 with Telecontrol via GPRS, all components of the 262 km pipeline can be operated and monitored with WinCC. Existing components were easily integrated via OPC. ■
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