Title :
Integrating a power quality monitoring system in a distribution control center
Author :
Garcez, J.N. ; Bezerra, U.H. ; Castro, A.L.S. ; Alves, R.N.C. ; Lima, W.J.F. ; Castro, A.R.G. ; Maciel, J.H. ; Moscoso, M.N. ; Tenório, K. ; Tupiassu, A.A. ; Mesquita, J.E.
Author_Institution :
Supervision & Control Syst. Group, NESC, Belem, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper describes a power quality monitoring system to be integrated in a distribution energy control center of a Brazilian electric utility. The monitoring system comprises several monitoring units located at individual service entrances connected to secondary master stations, modems and the host computer at the distribution energy control center. The hardware and software of the monitoring instrument are described as well as communication software between the monitoring units and the master station. The utility has evaluated the monitoring system, onsite, in a pilot project, with satisfactory results, assuring low cost, high performance, high reliability and capability of integration with the energy distribution control center
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; power distribution control; power engineering computing; power supply quality; power system measurement; Brazil; distribution energy control center; electric utilities; power quality monitoring; Communication system control; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Costs; Distributed computing; Hardware; Instruments; Modems; Power industry; Power quality;
Conference_Titel :
Power Tech Proceedings, 2001 IEEE Porto
Conference_Location :
Porto
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7139-9
DOI :
10.1109/PTC.2001.964932
