INNOVATIVE SCADA TEST BED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

In the context of growing interest from students but also from industrial companies for a solid preparation in the field of industrial information systems with applications in the energy field, extractive industry, chemical plants and automotive systems, universities have to keep up with this demand and, appropiate resources at hand, should stay ahead of the curve in offering facilities that enable competitive education. The paper introduces the development and implementation of a modern medium-scale laboratory concept in support of engineering education and research in the field of SCADA systems. The main distance process monitoring and control concepts are discussed, along with practical skills for developing applications for solving real-world projects as elements of efficient knowledge transfer. The key infrastructure levels are described: field equipment level, remote monitoring and human machine interface level, engineering/development level, communication and network level and IT backbone. We emphasize the integration of the common platform, achieved by leveraging standard based approaches which allow interconnection of hardware and software from different manufacturers. Modern intelligent and software-intensive industrial solutions require a systems perspective with can only be grasped with applied learning and up-to-date teaching methods. By developing a robust IT infrastructure architecture, on-line learning as well as a remote laboratory approach are also enabled. The laboratory was developed within the Industrial Information Systems group at the Department of Automatic Control and Industrial Informatics, UPB, and it is envisioned that, by means of standardized interfaces, the federation of such test bed with similar developments from academia and industry will be opened up.

鉴于学生与工业企业对工业信息系统（Industrial Information Systems）领域的扎实培养需求日益增长，且该领域的应用覆盖能源、采矿、化工工厂与汽车系统等方向，高校必须紧跟这一需求，在具备充足资源的前提下，率先提供具备竞争力的教学设施以支撑相关教育工作。
本文介绍了一种面向数据采集与监视控制系统（SCADA, Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition）领域工程教育与研究的现代化中型实验室方案的开发与实施过程。
文中探讨了主流的远程过程监控与控制理念，并结合高效知识传递的核心要素，讲解了用于解决实际工程项目的应用开发实践技能。
文中详细阐述了实验室的核心架构层级：现场设备层、远程监控与人机界面层、工程/开发层、通信与网络层以及IT骨干层。
本文着重强调了通用平台的集成方案：通过采用标准化技术路径，实现不同厂商的硬件与软件之间的互联互通。
现代化的智能型、软件密集型工业解决方案需要系统化视角，而这一视角唯有通过应用型学习与前沿教学方法方能掌握。
通过构建健壮的IT基础架构，本实验室同时支持在线学习与远程实验室模式。
本实验室由布加勒斯特理工大学（UPB）自动控制与工业信息学系工业信息系统课题组研发，研究团队展望，通过标准化接口，该试验台可与学术界及工业界的同类开发项目实现联合共享与互联互通。