Development in Substation Automation Systems

Author

Kirkman, Robert

Author_Institution

Dept. Energy Autom. Solutions, Siemens AG Power Transm. & Distrib. Germany, Nuremberg

fYear

2008

fDate

6-9 April 2008

Firstpage

598

Lastpage

603

Abstract

The rapid pacel of technological development shows no sign of slowing. Technological development has had and is still having a big impact on substation automation systems. Nowadays, with the move towards electrical utility deregulation throughout the world, it is imperative to exploit the latest trends. Utilities and industry must be able to provide an even more efficient and cost-effective service. They must ultimately optimise their assets and stay ahead of the competition. This paper describes, by reflecting back on substation automation history, today´s developments and how users could utilise them in their substation automation systems. In addition a summary of the gained benefits is given and some references are shown.

Keywords

costing; substation automation; cost-effective service; electrical utility deregulation; substation automation systems; Communication standards; Communication system control; Control systems; Ethernet networks; IEC standards; Master-slave; Protocols; Substation automation; Switchgear; Synthetic aperture sonar; Substation Automation Systems; electric utility;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring and Power Technologies, 2008. DRPT 2008. Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjuing

Print_ISBN

978-7-900714-13-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-7-900714-13-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DRPT.2008.4523476

Filename

4523476