Distributed Control Implementation in CVG EDELCA Hydroelectric Power Plants

From its foundation, in 1963, CVG-EDELCA, has been outstanding by its notable participation in the production, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. In order to fulfil this objective, CVG-EDELCA has maintained its processes under supervisory control systems schemes with vanguard technology, reason why in the Caruachi hydroelectric power plant, a distributed architecture supervisory control system was implemented, including a new philosophy of operation in hydroelectric power plants. The distributed supervisory control systems, in comparison with the traditionally one, offers advantages as far as the installation and maintenance costs, at the same time it allows a central and local supervisory control under a graphical environment, characteristic of the modern systems that facilitate the operations. In this paper we describe the excellent characteristics of the distributed supervisory control system implemented in the Caruachi hydroelectric power plant, and its advantages as opposed to traditional systems