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RTU540 PRODUCT LINE

ABB smart automation harmonizes

multiple energy sources.
Integrating renewable energy with ease.

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01

With the mainstream emergence of

multiple renewable energy resources,
electrical grids in Europe face
demanding challenges. The ever
increasing number of photovoltaic
installations, wind turbines and other
distributed energy resources place
an enormous strain on electrical
infrastructure.

— ABB offers a number of products and solutions for

01 ABB designed an
economically sound easy integration of distributed generation. One of
voltage stabilization them are smart automation devices to help stabilize
solution for BKW Group.
voltage control for grids with integrated distributed
— energy resources.
02 The monitoring
function of RTU540
allows for a controlled BKW Group is one of Switzerland’s largest energy
adjustment of the
line voltage. companies and with its partners supplies around
one million people in both rural and urban areas
with electricity.

BKW is future oriented and invests in smart grid

technologies to stabilize fluctuating voltage due to
the increase of distributed generation.

In a rural area near Bern, Switzerland, in the distribution

grid of BKW, a new solar plant with 134 kW was installed.
This resulted in a violation of voltage limits within the
low voltage network, where a maximum fluctuation of —
+/- 10% is allowed to ensure power quality. The existing 02
distribution transformer did not have regulation
function or wired communication.
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112%
Without regulation
Spannungsgrenze gemass EN 50160
100%

108%
Spannung [%]

106%

104%

102%

100%

89%
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Uhrzeit

112%
Spannungsgrenze gemass EN 50160
100%
With regulation

108%
Spannung [%]

106%

104%

102%

100%

89%
08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00

Uhrzeit

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03 Voltage profiles ABB‘s Remote Terminal Unit was chosen as control
without and with
unit to solve the problem in the low voltage network.
regulation
RTU540 with a monitoring function allowed for a
controlled adjustment of the line voltage. Regulated
within +/- 6% in five steps, the RTU540 offers manual,
automatic and remote control modes.
distributed energy resources on its network. By using
a line voltage regulator BKW avoided to spend high costs
for a new transformer and rewiring the low voltage
network with higher rated cables. The installation also
provides BKW a secure VPN over the public
communications network.

For this case, ABB and BKW developed a pilot solution
with remote access and controls running over a virtual
private network (VPN) tunnel via public network
starting inside the RTU540.
Above and beyond the value of a stabilized voltage for
the grid, BKW improved the power quality with
Starting directly inside the RTU540, data is transferred
with the highest cyber security standards and enables
BKW to remotely monitor and control the voltage and
load situation, as well as the temperature of the line
voltage regulator. In addition to an economically sound
voltage stabilization solution, BKW also benefits from
operational savings due to its convenient remote
access and controls.
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