ABSTRACT
The objective of this paper is to describe the method for implementing smart features in sugar mill SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system. Indian sugar industry is the second largest agriculture based processing industry after the cotton textiles industry in India. There are more than 500 sugar factories in India. Over the years, the Indian Sugar Industry has been relying on ‘analog automation systems’ for various controls in Mill Section. Since last decade, the whole world of process industry is transforming from analog to digital, and even Sugar Industry cannot stay lagging the world. But in India, digital automation in sugar industry is very limited. Fully automated sugar mills are very few. The presented method aims towards providing smart automation system in sugar mill. The graphical programming software LabVIEW has been utilized to develop SCADA software. Virtual instrumentation is the latest form of modern technology and it is highly customizable. By using smart SCADA system, the performance and reliability of the sugar mill can be improved.
