Economic solutions for distribution and transformation centres automation

This paper presents an economic, straightforward and very reliable solution, based on advanced digital technology, for automation and remote control of Distribution Centres (CRs) with protections and Transformation Centres (CTs) only with local command and fault detection, in a distribution network. The characteristics inherent in these solutions lead to important cost savings. These characteristics that will be explained with more detail along this paper are: reduction in the cubicle cost, reduction ofwiring, integration of RTU functionality, and as a consequence of these, commissioning time reduction. The presented solution is a personalized, configurable and remotely controllable Automation System, adopted since 1999 by a Spanish company, which nowadays owns more than 60 CRs and 120 CTs with this solution.