Water & Wastewater Seminar
PROFIBUS in the Water & Wastewater Industry
PI Middle East would like to thank the presenters, attendees and sponsors for the successful 'PROFIBUS in the Water & Wastewater Industry' seminar held on November 16th at Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi.
ABB, Endress + Hauser, Phoenix Contact, Siemens and Turck jointly sponsored the event which focused on the benefits of using PROFIBUS in the water & wastewater industry.
The event kicked off with a reception with a view of Formula One cars racing around the Yas Marina Circuit (home of the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix).
Presenters from Transco, Dubai Municipality, DC Pro and ASM Establishment covered a wide variety of applications: district cooling, sewage treatment and water distribution, and showed the advantages of using PROFIBUS in these industries.
Mr. Ali Magboul, of ASM Establishment, shared his experience of designing a PROFIBUS system for a Saudi Arabian water transmission project.
Mr. Mohamed Hosni, from Transco, gave a presentation on water transmission - with a focus on how using PROFIBUS has provided better diagnostic information, as well as improved HSE.
Mr. Shahul Hameed, Dubai Municipality, presented the JASTP sewage treatment plant. The plant which has a peak capacity of 480.000m3 uses 90 PROFIBUS networks - DP & PA.
Ms. Omnia Halawani, from DC PRO gave a presentation which highlighted the cost savings acquired from using PROFIBUS compared to traditional 4-20mA. Her real-life comparisons gave savings of up to 85%.
Over 80 attendees representing end-users, system integrators and vendors attended the 4-hour session.
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