Energy management system (EMS) on the Botswana Power Corporation electrical network

Author

Masawi, Francis

Author_Institution

Botswana Power Corp., Gaborone, Botswana

fYear

1992

fDate

22-24 Sep 1992

Firstpage

601

Lastpage

604

Abstract

The increase in energy requirements in Botswana grew at an average annual rate of 8% in the 1985/86-1990/91 period from 680 GWh in 1985/86 to just over 1000 GWh in 1990/91. To cope with the growing complexity of system operations the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) implemented a centralized computer control system at the National Control Centre based in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana. The author describes the BPC EMS system with an emphasis on its major features such as production planning and control, the computer system configuration, the data acquisition subsystem, and the comunications and man-machine interface subsystem. Its functional overview is presented, and its high-performance, actual operating experience, and future system expansion possibilities are described

Keywords

electricity supply industry; Botswana; EMS; centralized computer control system; comunications; data acquisition; electric utility; energy management; energy requirements; man-machine interface; operating experience; performance; power systems; production planning and control; Data acquisition; Databases; Displays; Energy management; Iron; Medical services; Microcomputers; Power system control; Power system dynamics; Power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON '92 Proceedings., 3rd AFRICON Conference

Conference_Location

Ezulwini Valley

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0835-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.1992.624556

Filename

624556