Microprocessor Control System for Large Power Plants

A general purpose control and monitoring system for power plants has been developed by ERICSSON, Sweden. Based on distributed microcomputers the system is implementable not only in Power Supply Plants but also in the other systems involved in generation conversion, storage and transportation of energy in conjunction with a telecommunication plant. The system has been named ERICSSON ENERGY-MASTER and is able to perform the internal control and monitoring functions for the subsystems included in a complete Telecommunication Energy Plant. The system may be used stand-alone as a Telecommunication Energy Management System with remote operation facilities or as an interfacing subsystem to a Telecommunication Network Operation and Maintenance System. This paper describes the basic structure of the system and some of its properties and applications.