Title :
A substation automation system for the ECOPETROL power plants at Cantagallo and Yariguí
Author :
Vidarte, Jose David Tascón ; Londoño, Héctor Fabio Flórez ; Vidarte, Juan Diego Tascón
Abstract :
The following paper shows the birth and development of a distributed automation system at the Cantagallo and Yariguí electrical generation centers. An architecture based on MODBUS at the I/O devices layer and an Ethernet network as core for the communications is proposed. It is important to highlight that the Cantagallo center is operated remotely. System integration is implemented by a Vijeo Citect SCADA, there, the use of the several Modbus protocol versions is predominant at the generation centers hardware. It also shows the software involving the Quantum PLC programming, the HMI application and the SCADA which will be the main automation component. Currently the application is successfully working at the two ECOPETROL generation centers.
Keywords :
SCADA systems; field buses; local area networks; power plants; programmable controllers; protocols; quantum computing; substation automation; Cantagallo center; Cantagallo electrical generation centers; ECOPETROL generation centers; ECOPETROL power plants; Ethernet network; HMI application; I/O devices layer; MODBUS architecture; Modbus protocol versions; Vijeo Citect SCADA; Yariguí electrical generation centers; automation component; distributed automation system; generation centers hardware; quantum PLC programming; substation automation system; system integration; Automation; Computer architecture; Generators; Hardware; Monitoring; Relays; Software; Substation automation system; distributed control systems; industrial communication networks; power plant;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics Symposium, 2011 IEEE IX Latin American and IEEE Colombian Conference on Automatic Control and Industry Applications (LARC)
Conference_Location :
Bogota
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1689-8
DOI :
10.1109/LARC.2011.6086856
