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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) - Introduction Contact person Contact person's address Contact person's Telephone/Fax Contact person's E-mail Type of programme Certificate Frequency of programme Programme's main focus Programme prospectus SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) - Introduction, is a class in this series that includes:
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Irrigation Training and Research Center, Cal Poly State University Acronym Country Address Tel +1-805-756-2429 Fax +1-805-756-2433 E-mail Institute/organization
www Brief description of institution/organization The Center specializes in SCADA, modernization plans, canal and pump automation and water balances. Focus is on a pragmatic approach, with successful field applications. In addition, the Center works with field irrigation (drip, sprinkler, surface, fertigation, salinity and drainage). Training, which is based on the extensive field experience of ITRC, occupies about 30 percent of the annual budget. Research is about 20 percent and technical assistance is 50 percent. The Center is 100 percent financially self-supporting and houses offices, an excellent outdoor facility for teaching field irrigation techniques and a unique Water Delivery Facility to teach all forms of canal modernization, pumping, SCADA, etc. One speciality of the Center is automation of canals, including development of a complete modernization plan, modeling of the canal system to tune control algorithms, specifications of hardware and software and providing quality control during field installation, so that the end result is an effective, working system. |