Advanced Plant Management System
- Advanced Plant Management System
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 plants.
External links
* [http://www.apms.org.uk APMS: Advanced Plant Management System]
* [http://www.thalesgroup.co.uk Thales UK]
* [http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-npower/group-structure/language=en/id=272966/rwe-npower-company-home-subsite.html RWE npower]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npower_(UK) npower UK]
ee also
* Petit-Jean, Michael & Robinson, Phill. [http://www.sea.siemens.com/process/docs/PR39-10.pdf "National Power's Advanced Plant Management System Integrates Commercial and Process Control Interests"] . Power Engineering. Tulsa: PennWell Corp., Nov 1999
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