Energy Management

7.2 Energy Management Products and Solutions

Communication front end The remote terminal interface of Spectrum Power is the Communication Front End (CFE). It is part of the control center system and communicates with the other Subsystems of a Spectrum Power control system via the local area network (LAN). CFE has direct access to the Remote Terminal Units (RTU) of various manufacturers. The control center system is connected to the substations or power stations through these RTUs, which transmit process data of the power supply system. The data is preprocessed by the CFE, which exchanges data with the RTU, preprocesses data in real time and monitors and controls the system, including redundant components. CFE supports different connections of remote terminal units as point-to-point, multiple point-to-point and multi-point. The transmission can be spontaneous, cyclic, periodic or scanned. The process interface is able to process several protocols such as IEC 870-5-101 or the metered value protocol IEC 870-5-102. Substation equipment (RTUs, submasters) having a TCP/IP Interface according to the standard IEC 60870-5-104 may be connected via a WAN link directly to the CFE-LAN. Both dual channel connections and multi-channel connections are possible (g. 7.2-8). The following data are implemented in the process data preprocessing: Detection of state changes with image maintenance (old/new comparison of Status messages; forwarding only on change) Intermediate position suppression (parameterizable monitoring time) Plausibility check of all numeric values (error message on invalid data or limit violations) Threshold value monitoring of analog values (passed on only if a parameterized threshold value is exceeded) Measured value smoothing (parameterizable ltering function) Resultant value formation from raw values using specic characteristics Renewal check of cyclically transmitted values Information type conversion for raised/cleared indication and transient indications Time processing and time synchronization. The CFE server regularly receives the absolute time. The substations are synchronized via time signal transmitters or by protocol specic synchronization telegrams. All information is kept internally with a resolution of 1 ms. Monitoring of remote terminal units, communication connections and system components Communication between Control Centers with ICCP and ELCOM The necessity of process data exchange between control centers, often from different vendors, is increasing worldwide. Examples are hierarchical control centers, the interconnection of networks, energy exchange between suppliers or the use of external billing systems. Defacto standard protocols for communication between control centers have been established, e.g., ELCOM-90 or ICCP. The ICCP protocol was dened as an international standard (IEC 870-6 TASE.2) and is now widely accepted and used all over the world. The Inter-Control Center Communication Protocol (ICCP) is designed to allow data exchange over wide area networks (WANs) between a utility control center and other control centers. Examples of other control centers include neighboring utilities, power pools, regional control centers and non-utility generators. Exchanged data may include cyclic data, real-time data and supervisory control commands such as measured values and operator messages.

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