Title :
Smart industrial substations
Author :
Cossé, Roy E. ; Bowen, James E. ; Combs, Harrison T. ; Dunn, Donald G. ; Hildreth, Martyn A. ; Pilcher, Alan
Author_Institution :
Powell Electr. Manuf. Co., Houson, TX, USA
Abstract :
The smart industrial substations enhances plant electrical personnel safety by physically removing the operator from the arc flash zone. The smart industrial substations shifts electrical technician functions from time-consuming tasks in front of substations equipments to time-saving tasks away from the substations. The smart industrial substation is a "best fit" integration of traditional and modern substation devices with local/remote human-machine interfaces (HMIs), pagers, and cell phones.
Keywords :
SCADA systems; programmable controllers; reliability; safety; substation automation; PLC; SCADA; arc flash zone; cell phones; local-remote human-machine interfaces; pagers; plant electrical personnel safety; programmable logic controllers; smart industrial substations; supervisory control and data acquisition; Communication system control; Delay; Distributed control; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Microprocessors; Process control; SCADA systems; Safety; Substations;
Journal_Title :
Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIA.2005.1405822
