Development of reporting system for various DCS and SCADA systems using OPC in thermal power plants

Reports are important for businesses at every stage, from start-up to production, expansion and survival. Reports allow companies to document their development and create a historical audit trail. Businesses need time-based reports for stakeholders and government agencies for reasons such as procurement processes, operational processes and more. In this thesis, an automated reporting system will be developed for an operational thermal power plant that uses OPC technology to offer access to accurate, dependable, and time-stamped data. The study emphasizes that automated reporting is a crucial solution to the serious risks associated with manual data entry, such as human errors leading to data loss, security breaches, compliance issues and reduced efficiency. Besides, by implementing an automated system, organizations can achieve greater data accuracy, minimizing errors through automatic calculations and formatting, saving time, establishing reliable automated report, potentially optimizing personnel needs, increasing personnel productivity to meet regulatory requirements and monitor the consumption. Thus, organizations can improve decision-making, and ultimately supporting better strategic planning. To achive the goals the data is gathered from SCADA and DCS with PTC (Kepware) software. This data is then stored in a Microsoft SQL Server database. Robosoft Control (Turkey) provides the other necessary software packages for the solution.