A prototype for an integrated energy automation system

The development of a prototype system of an integrated energy automation center for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and energy management of an entire area integrating power distribution network buildings and individual plants is summarized. The development of a distributed controller for a field interface, local system, central system, and communication protocol is discussed. The feasibility of using a personal computer with minimum interface to implement this central system at any convenient location is demonstrated. User-written procedures enable application programs to run under an equivalent multitasking environment from a single-tasking operating system (MS/DOS). Loss of load management enables the fast restoration of supply automatically and transformer loss optimization reduces distribution energy loss significantly.<>