MECHATRONICS IN PUBLIC UTILITIES

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PUBLIC UTILITY

UTILITY is a function that maps a state onto a real number, which describes the associated degree of happiness or simply the quality of being useful
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Smart Environments

essential a

public service

government-regulated set of services provided by organizations 4/21/12 consumed by the public: electricity,

WATER
Automation

and remote control of

services of:
distribution and pumping, sewage raising, purification (civil and industrial) and potable water purification.
leak

location system in water distribution networks. reading of meters. 4/21/12

Remote

GAS
Automation

and remote control of final reduction groups and primary stations. reading of cathodic protection. reading of meters.
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Remote

Remote

ENERGY
Automation

and remote control of

plants:
of co-generation, of remote heating, solar energy, public lighting.

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ENVIRONMENT
Environment Layer

monitoring

levels

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REQUIREMENTS of a PUBLIC UTILITY

System

monitoring

Efficiency Quality Certification

for the services provided

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Efficiency Reliability Safety Environmental

of service

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Modern

management of network services requires the latest technologies in the field of:
Electronics Information technology Measurement tools Remote control tools
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Plant View Overland SCADA

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Centralized Centralized Historic

engineering station alarms management management

Trends

Redundancy Web

client function software

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System

HUMAN-MACHINE-INTERFACE (HMI)
The

human-machine-interface is the point of exchange for power system information and control. must be designed to provide operators with timely, ordered, and actionable information to promote the safe and reliable operation of critical power assets.
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HMIs

REMOTE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

fundamental

to favor solutions that could adapt features and performance in order to develop the requested functions and equipment to be integrated.

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ENERGY SAVING for Pumps and Fans

Energy

savings is one of the main strategies to work on in order to satisfy these agreements: public utilities have also become involved in this. of the most common areas deals with the control and activation of fans and pumps.
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One

Power Line Communication (PLC) Technologies

PLC

is such an emerging technology that uses no new wires and provides for internetworking services using the electrical wiring already deployed extensively throughout the world.

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