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Title: AMR-Industrial/Commercial Applications
Author: James N. Butch,
Source: American Gas Association 1994
Year Published: 1994
Abstract: The advent of the microprocessor chip in the early 1970s brought with it widespread acceptance of SCADA systems as tools for monitoring and control of natural gas pipelines. Later, as the size, cost and power requirements of microprocessor-based instruments and RTUs decreased through advances in technology, large scale installation of AMR systems became practical. Data collected by AMR systems are typically used for customer billing and trend analysis. Trends are very useful as input to the operators of SCADA systems. They give the operator a basis on which to make decisions required for the safe and reliable control of the pipeline. While current AMR and SCADA systems are very powerful and sophisticated, the operators of these systems require a great deal of training and experience in order to master the control of transmission and distribution pipelines. Some aspects of the installation of these systems also requires a great deal of training and experience. The next generation of SCADA systems will embody advanced Artificial Intelligence technology in order to incorporate some aspects of experience and judgement into the system, making the jobs of the installer and operator easier and more precise.

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