• DocumentCode
    998298
  • Title

    Automation in Portuguese transmission substations-a pragmatic approach

  • Author

    De Abreu, A. Pita ; Fernandes, M. Fernanda

  • Author_Institution
    Electricidade de Portugal, Sacavem, Portugal
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1088
  • Lastpage
    1094
  • Abstract
    The automation process in the transmission network of Electricidade de Portugal is analyzed. Technical options, economic aspects, and future trends of automation are discussed. The options taken in the last decade in transmission substations automation-installation of complex local automation systems reacting to incidents as an ideal human operator would-proved to be fully adequate in terms of functionality, quality of service, reliability, and costs.<>
  • Keywords
    expert systems; power system computer control; project engineering; substations; transmission networks; Portugal; automation; costs; economics; expert systems; functionality; installation; power system computer control; projects; quality of service; reliability; substations; transmission network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/61.252635
  • Filename
    252635