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ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION: GAZPROM (SIBERIA) - PDVSA (VENEZUELA) - UNION ELECTRICA (CUBA) - SHARJAH ELECTRICITY(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) - TUNGKU (BRUNEI) - OURHOUD (ALGERIA) - SONATRACH (ALGERIA) - TENGIZCHEVROIL(KAZAKHSTAN) - S-OIL CORPORATION (KOREA) ...

COGENERATION: AWIRS (BELGIUM) - NESJAVELLIR (ICELAND), KRAFLA (ICELAND) - PEUGEOT (FRANCE) - RHODIA ORGANIQUE(FRANCE) ...

RENEWABLE ENERGY (HYDRO/WIND/PHOTOVOLTAIC/GEOTHERMAL): IBERDROLA (SPAIN) – EDF ENERGIES NOUVELLES(FRANCE) - ECOTECNIA ALSTOM POWER (SPAIN) - VERGNET (FRANCE) - GEIE SOULTZ (FRANCE) - POSCON (KOREA)

THERMAL: BERINGEN (BELGIUM) - ST GHISLAIN (BELGIUM) - MONCEAU (BELGIUM) – ENELPOWER (ITALY)

Fully configurable product - No software development required

Built-in time stamped protocol – data discrimination

Power system and generic data acquisition drivers: IEC 61850, IEC 104, DNP3, Modbus TCP/IP...

On-line & Off-line data simulation: breaker position, power source state...

Load shedding and peak shaving monitoring

Microsoft SQL Server data archiving for post-mortem analysis

Data export and reporting

2D/3D graphic libraries for electrical parts: circuit breakers, switches, transformers...

Versatile architectures - from stand-alone PC to high availabilty distributed systems

Event-based processing and alarm flood prevention

Single line diagram animation

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BUSINESS

SOLUTION

BUILT-IN SUPPORT FOR IEC 60870-5-104•Direct Execute & Select Before Operate•Double points•Quality descriptors & time tags

METRICS & PERFORMANCE•Hundreds of thousands variables•Notification-based: No broadcast to update Client Stations

BUILT-IN SUPPORT FOR IEC 61850•8-1 client driver•Direct Operate, SBO and SBOw•Pre-defined and extensible catalog of Data Classes•Buffered & Unbuffered Control Blocks•KEMA-certified driver

SOME OF OUR KEY STRENGTHES...

TIME STAMPED DATA•Supported for standard-based drivers:

-IEC 61850 & 60870-5-104-DNP3-OPC

•Available for other data acquisition drivers:-Modbus Serial and TCP/IP-Siemens ISO/TCP

•Consistent timestamp handling accross:- Servers & clients- Third-party software- Connectivity tools & SDK

ALARM & EVENT LOGGING•Event and alarm logging:

- Sequence Of Events for fault analysis- User activity logging- System activity logging

•Alarm management:- Alarm filtering and masking- Suppression by dependency- User acknowledgement- Contextual pop-up mimics- Notification by email and text message

H.M.I.•Ready-to-use graphic animations•Variables can be connected to 4 different data sets:

-Real time data acquisition-Historical data-V.C.R. -Simulation

•Capability to mix simulated and real time data on the same mimic

•Contextual navigation•Comprehensive set of pre-defined libraries•Built-in Geographical Information System

BUILT-IN SUPPORT FOR DNP3

•Implementation Level 2+

•Support for both polling and unsolicited messages

•Comprehensive handling of object groups & variations

•CROBs and AOBs

OPEN SCALABLE PLATFORM •Multi source data acquisition:

- Vendor independent- Hundreds of data acquisition drivers

•Open connectivity and extensibility: - Standard interfaces: OPC Server, Web Services Toolkit...- Scripting- Feature-rich SDKs

•Engineering tools: - Configuration data modeling with the Application Architect- Mass configuration by import from 3rd party with Smart

Generators: PLC I/O configuration, IED, CAD...- Configuration & Diagnosis with the Application Explorer- Fits in your engineering process with its ability to import plain

text and XML files generated by 3rd party tools- Central version management

DEPLOYMENT

•From stand alone to client-server and distributed systems -

High availability and virtualized architectures

•Wide geographical deployment of the system:

- Scalable multi-level client/server architecture possible through

a TCP/IP Wide Area Network

•Solutions for remote access and thin clients:

- Monitor and Control your system from any web browser with

WebVue

- Deploy operator stations with Remote Desktop Services

- TouchVue, the app to deliver actionable information to mobile

users

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ENERGY 

GOING WITH THE WIND Remote control of wind farms for an ever efficient service

THE COMPANY

Iberdrola Renovables is the world leader in electricity production from renewable sources in particular from windpower.Founded in 1995 by merging several engineering companies, Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción is an energyoperations center at Toledo, near Madrid, that manages and remotely controls about ten wind farms across all theregions of Spain. The firm is responsible for the installations in terms of electrical generation, distribution and

control. It ensures services that comprise project management, engineering, supply, construction and operational support. IberdrolaRenovables aim is to provide the service without geographical limits.

THE PROJECT AND THE SUPERVISORY SYSTEM

In the context of a project for supervision and control of modern wind power systems, Iberdrola Ingeniería has chosen ARC Informatique’sPcVue software for its reliability, scalability and high performance in a

Client-Server dataarchitecture. The mainobjective of the projectwas to make theinformation from thewind farms, especiallyalarms and historical

data, available remotely.The control system at each site samples the main operational datafrom the generators and the various substations. These systems areconnected to the CORE (Iberdrola's Renewable Energies OperationCenter) via long-distance communication links.

The CORE uses thesedata to identify and diagnose potential problems and so to intervene to effect a solution.

Previously each wind farm was monitored from one local SCADA station and the operatorssent the data in by telephone. All the required data were saved to disk which was then passedto whoever did the data recording.

For remote monitoring of the wind farms and so for remote control through a dedicated VSATnetwork, Iberdrola Renovables has chosen to install in the CORE an OPC based architecturewith PcVue SCADA and several FrontVue light clients.

Iberdrola Ingeniería

SUCCESS KEYS•Reliability of the SCADA software

•Scalability

•High performance in managing the

data within a Client - Server

architecture

•Openness of the SCADA software so

as to interface with third-party

automation technology

CASE

HISTORY

BUSINESS CHALLENGE•To make the information from the

wind farms available remotely

•To ensure an ever efficient service

PcVue and FrontVue are both Windows-based software packages capable of managing millionsof I/O points online from thousands of devices. The PcVue-FrontVue SCADA system in the COREhas been implemented to provide the operators with all the required information regarding alarmsfrom the turbines. Up to 2.4 million data items are monitored by the FrontVue client stations, whichcommunicate via OPC with the front end over a 1,000 Mbps redundant TCP/IP Ethernet network.Each front end can receive up to 70,000 I/O points. Currently they are 30 redundant PcVue serversthat manage a million real-time variables and the network can be extended without limits orstructural changes.

AN EASY, EFFICIENT PROCESS

Using the PcVue-FrontVue architecture, the operators can analyze thedata from the remote wind farms in detail. Given the huge volume of data (around 350 points per turbine) and so asto ease maintenance operations, the supervision takes place at two levels:

•The upper level gives apanoramic view of themost significant alarms,data values and counters,as required for monitoringthe turbines and to detectfaults that requireintervention;•The next level is moredetailed to enable better analysis of all the data from the turbines so that the operators canimmediately and accurately diagnose problems and take appropriate action.

All of the data received are processed by way of setpoints, historical data, alarms and trends.The solution implemented with the PcVue SCADA software has allowed a remarkable reduction in maintenance costs, while centralizing all theinformation from the remotely controlled plants.

RESULTS

•Wind farms remotely controlled via a

dedicated VSAT network

•Reduction of maintenance costs

•Centralized information

•The operators always have the

situation under control and can

perform corrective actions at the right

moment in case of breakdowns

MAIN TECHNICAL FEATURES

•2.4 million points

•270 wind farms

•3500 Megawatts

•6000 turbines

•30 redundant PcVue servers

Iberdrola architecture

GAZPROM - SIBERIAProject: Management of the electrical installation for a Gazprom

compressor station in Siberia. Gazprom is the largest gas company in the

world today. It supplies 30% of France’s needs

and 50% of Germany’s; plus 100% of those of all

countries close to Russia.

Description• SCADA station

• Sepam 2000 devices from Schneider Electric.

OURHOUD OIL FIELD - ALGERIAProject: Supply the Ourhoud site with all the electrical equipment and

control systems required for operation. The site is one of the largest oil

fields discovered in Algeria over the past few years. This reserve, 20km

long and 4km wide, should produce

230,000 barrels per day for 25 years.

DescriptionControl and supervision of MV and LV

electrical distribution of the Ourhoud site.

Installation:- 5 SCADA stations

- Ethernet network

- Quantum PLCs from Schneider Electric.

SGS THOMSON - ITALYProject: MV Transformer and Distribution

substation at a semiconductor plant.

Description- 1 PcVue supervisory station

- 1 JBus communication network

- Sepam 2000 devices from Schneider

Electric.

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UNIÓN ELÉCTRICA - CUBAProject: Ensure continuity of service plus availability of electricity in the

main tourist zones in Cuba.

DescriptionRemote control system for the whole of the

country, for tracking real-time variations in the

loading of the electrical supply network.

- A national system control center situated in

Havana.

- 8 regional system control centers in the other main cities.

- 125 RTUs installed in the HV/MV and MV/MV stations.

- Automation of 140 sub-stations of 138 kV.

Technical aspects- Dedicated network control using an adapted HMI (electrical objects,

network topology, zooming, panning etc.).

- Advanced PcVue functions (detection of a faulty section, automatic

assistance with reconfiguration, etc.).

- Acquiring basic data from each sub-station (running, tension, circuit

breaker position etc.), generating advanced information (power active or

restarted etc.), dating of it from an internal clock mechanism (with ms.

accuracy).

- Managing interactions with a Regional Control Center, using two

redundant transport routes.

BRUNEI DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES -

BRUNEIProject: Supply a digital monitoring and control system for each of the four

66/11 kV GPS1 substations.

DescriptionAllow simple and safe - local or remote -

operation by centralizing the information.

Integrate the display and archiving

functions to facilitate operation and

locating electrical faults.

Be upgradeable to cater for future

extensions to the system.

Installation:- 4 SCADA stations.

- Modbus + network.

- Quantum PLCs from Schneider Electric.

PDVSA - VENEZUELAProject: The Sistema Eléctrico de Oriente (SEO) project of the company

Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is engaged in automating substations in

Eastern Venezuela.

DescriptionThe project is to automate 140 substations

working at 138kV.

Its first phase is to automate 36

substations. SEO is a turnkey project that

was awarded to the company PLC de

Venezuela by PDVSA.

The supervisory system relies on PcVue stations.

It employs an Ethernet network of almost 1,800 km, with optic fiber links to

safety IEDs (intelligent electronic devices) from General Electric.

SHARJAH ELECTRICITY & WATER AUTHORITY - UNITED

ARAB EMIRATESProject: The 220/132/33/11 kV station at Sajja is one of the two main

transport stations in the Arab Emirate of Sharjah. It has to distribute the

energy produced on the 220 kV network by the Al Wasit power station

situated less than 10km away.

DescriptionControl and protection system for optimized management of energy

transport. The objective is to optimize energy transfer through the station

while coping with ongoing increases to the electricity supply network.

Technical aspects- 2 redundant PcVue operating stations.

-17 span meters (Sepam Bay Controller) and

6 data acquisition devices (Sepam

Acquisition) are required to manage the HV

portions of the station.

- 3 Sepam Acquisition devices plus a link with

tertiary protection for 33 kV and 14 digital

protection devices (Sepam 2000) for 11 kV.

- A dedicated communication bridge (using IEC-870-5-101 protocol),

independent of the operating stations.

CHINESE CHANNEL TELEVISION - CHINAProject: Electrical Distribution for this unique building: 234m high and about

550,000m2 of floor area.

DescriptionPublic network at 10 kV, a 1 MV board with 32 cells,

16 transformers for 10kV/380V and 11 sub-stations

with LV boards.

Data acquisition for 3,200 points and variables.

Remote user controls.

Data logging and archiving of time-stamped alarm messages within 100ms,

in Chinese.

Sound alarm messages for main faults, also in Chinese.

Periodic reports, from daily to annual.

Technical aspects- 2 PcVue supervisory stations with MODBUS link.

- Modbus network connected to 27 SEPAM protection relays & Dialpact

modules in LV board.

- Schneider April 5000 main PLC.

COMISION FEDERAL DE ELECTRICIDAD - MEXICO

Project: Railway stations supervision system

Description- Two levels of control andsupervision.- Remote monitoring.

Technical aspects

- 11 SCADA stations, four with dual-

screen

- AC-132 PLC’s.

- Ethernet redundant industrial network.

RÉGIE ELECTRIQUE (ELECTRIC CONTROL) - FRANCE

Project: Remote control and

supervision of the electrical energy

network and the drinking water

network in an Alpine skiing station.

DescriptionDistributing HV electricity (20 kV) to

the entire district of Tignes from four

delivery points supplied by EDF (Electricité de France).

Managing distribution of drinking water and a waste water removal

network.

Providing a remotely controlled system for the HV electrical supply network

to improve the management of energy quality, energy consumption and

hydraulic networks.

Technical aspects-4 Sepam 2000 digital protection units

-15 Talus 200 remote control devices for the stations

-7 Momentum PLCs for remote control of 4 tanks and 3 stations for water removal.

-1 remotely controlled system of Milenium networks and management of Alert system

(pager).

ELECTRABEL - BELGIUM

Project: Monitoring and control of the Bressoux power plant cogeneration.

DescriptionThe electricity production handled by 3

gas/alternator and heat recovery for the urban

heating system.

Technical aspectsOne dual-screen SCADA station.

Cegelec AC-132 PLC.

Ethernet industrial network.

Around 1,000 tags coming from the PLC’s

The Awirs remote operation station (18 km) can handle the control of the

system via modems and hertz link.

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