BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTION

AUTOMATION

BY:
G.PAVANI (06-09-2061L)
D.UDAYA (06-09-2063L)
G.DEEPAK (06-09-2066L)

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE AND DESIGN

Beginning of the project.

Project costs and installation.

LESSONS FROM DEVELOPMENT,SETUP & INSTALLATION

project development.
system setup.

BENEFITS AND PITFALLS BY DEVICE CLASS

Recloses.
Metering.
Scada and outage management.

THE FUTURE.
CONCLUSION.

INTRODUCTION:

DISTRUBUTION AUTOMATION is the implementation of technology to

improve the reliability ,availability and Operation of the electric distribution
system.

The SCADA system was used to collect substation data and control
reclosers andtransmission switches within the substation

UNITED COOPERATIVE SERVICES (United) Began implementing several levels of

distribution automation (DA) approximately ten years ago.

Automating a distribution system outside of the substation can bring substantial benefits to
the end-consumers by improving system reliability, planning, design and response to
System reliability
outage and power quality issues.

Planning &design
BENFITS

Response to outage
power quality

United began looking at automating its distribution in system in the late 1990s

United has seen many success in utilization of technology in automating its

distribution system.

PURPOSE AND DESIGN:

Several challenges led to the birth of DA at United.

United viewed technology as solution to challenges like System growth ,

availability, reliability, engineering and planning expectations drove toward
implementing DA.
SYSTEM GROWTH

RELIABILITY
ENGINEERING &PLANNING
EXPECTATIONS

Importance was given to setting clear objectives for evaluating the available
technologies on the market.

BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT

United had already deployed a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system
and 1-way automated meter-reading technology.

The SCADA system was used to collect substation data and control recloses and
transmission switches within the substation.
SUBSTATION
DATA

SCADA

CONTROL
RECLOSES

TRANSMISSION
SWITCHES

Uniteds service territory is such that it borders a major metropolitan area.

The key driver was Uniteds growing use of three-phase electronic recloses outside of the
substation that were not SCADA controlled.

PROJECT COST &INSTALALTION

Costs include design, equipment , installation labor, and maintenance.

United chose to implement a spread-spectrum radio network on the unlicensed

900-MHz frequency band that would integrate with the existing SCADA master
station.

Transmission cooperative (Brazos) and United worked together to install and

configure the master radios and repeaters across the network.

Master radio installation costs including labor and equipment ranged from
US$7,000 to US$15,000 and depended on the height of antenna installation on
the towers.

The addition of a spread-spectrum radio and antenna (and associated hardware)

was all that was needed at the pole where the device was installed.

Using a single radio and creating a fiber-optic connection to all nearby devices.

The cost of the fiber-optic cable and its installation was high enough to keep us
from deploying this strategy except at a few locations.

After combining the new controls with a multifaceted, system-wide spreadspectrum radio network and an upgraded SCADA system using distributed
network protocol (DNP)

CAPACITORS and REGULATORS were added to the DA system to

provide diagnostics and remote control large industrial customers.

DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION is the implementation of technology to

improve the Reliability,availability,and Operation of the electric
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

Each remote operation of a down line device represents a direct reduction in

outage time and operating costs for the cooperative.

The need for an outage management system(OMS) and two-way automated

meter infrastructure (AMI).

SYSTEM
EXPANSION

Outage Management
System(OMS)
Two-way Automated Meter
Infrastructure (AMI).

INSTALLATION

TYPICAL MULTIPLE ADDRESS SYSTEM (MAS)

MASTER RADIOS +
OMNI DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS towers across the territory with the help of Uniteds
generation and transmission cooperative (Brazos).

Brazos and United

The network basically allows each automated device to send and receive data and controls

the MASTER RADIOS & REPEATERS to network.

from the corporate headquarters.

The next step was to install TERMINAL RADIO EQUIPMENT (SLAVE RADIOS) at the
field devices to communicate with the master radios and repeaters.

United had considered a cost-savings opportunity when several devices.

It consisted of using a single radio and creating a fiber-optic connection to all nearby
devices.