Assam’s tea gardens and industrial customers upgrade themselves with ABB’s new digital gas control systems for Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL). The company’s new SCADA based solution, monitors and controls gas flow across tea estates and select industrial customers, across six districts of upper Assam.

The project was awarded by AGCL and will be undertaken in two phases to cover 399 tea estates and six large industrial customers. As the state utility works towards building a sustainable gas distribution system, one of the major issues the company faced with was the optimization of gas flow along its extensive pipeline network ensuring gas availability per pre-defined limit even to the last-mile consumer.

The SCADA solution comprises of three pressure regulating stations, one bi-directional metering station along AGCL’s pipeline. ABB’s control system helps to regulate the gas flow according to the requirements of each tea estate. Pressure regulation skids, ultrasonic-based metering module solution and the advanced control system, ensure gas distribution to the last mile connection while maintaining the optimum pressure along the length of the pipeline.

In this backdrop Balaji G, Head, Industrial Automation, Energy business, ABB India said, “ABB is proud to be associated with Assam Gas Company Ltd in digitizing their gas distribution network. ABB India has developed an in-house competency to design, engineer, and develop a completely engineered solution to meet the entire spectrum of metering requirements for gas companies. This solution is designed to eliminate the challenges of complex pipeline networks and provide greater visibility of consumption for better demand and supply forecasting.”

The system facilitates advanced control and real-time monitoring of gas flow from a remotely located control room. It is a high-quality solution that enables safe and reliable management of distributed assets. The SCADA technology plays a significant role in city gas distribution (CGD) networks, helping utilities to detect gas leakages and pressure issues that could lead to accidents, environmental hazards and revenue loss. It also enables modernization of the management of gas transmission, distribution and scheduling.

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