The design of next generation SCADA systems

Author

Trung, Duong

Author_Institution

Leeds & Northrup Australia P/L, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

1995

fDate

7-12 May 1995

Firstpage

431

Lastpage

436

Abstract

Current generation power network SCADA systems are characterised by their distributed architecture and full graphic MMI facilities. It is expected that next generation systems will move more and more towards open systems. However, their architecture and features will be influenced by the emergence of many new technologies. Two dominant technologies will be multi-media and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) communications. Multi-media technology allows the provision of a superior MMI which will greatly boost the efficiency os SCADA operators. ATM technology, which blurs the distinction between LANs and WANs, will revolutionise the architecture of future power systems and greatly increase their performance as well as raising the limits of scalability and expandability of the new systems

Keywords

SCADA systems; asynchronous transfer mode; distributed control; graphical user interfaces; local area networks; multimedia systems; open systems; power system control; wide area networks; LANs; WANs; asynchronous transfer mode communications; distributed architecture; efficiency; expandability; full graphic MMI facilities; multimedia; next generation SCADA systems; open systems; performance; power network control; power systems; scalability; Asynchronous transfer mode; Character generation; Communications technology; Distributed power generation; Graphics; Multimedia communication; Open systems; Power generation; Power systems; SCADA systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Industry Computer Application Conference, 1995. Conference Proceedings., 1995 IEEE

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2663-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICA.1995.515274

Filename

515274