DC Power Plant Monitor Configuration and Acceptance Testing

Author

Bailey, T. Bramwell

Author_Institution

Emerson Network Power, Lorain, OH

fYear

2006

fDate

10-14 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The issue to be discussed in this paper is how to configure the monitoring system in a DC power plant to deliver what is most beneficial to the user. As monitoring systems get more complex and offer more functionality, there is often confusion within the user community about what is necessary and useful. All too often these sophisticated systems are not used to a fraction of their capabilities. The thrust of this paper is to explore the various features of modern monitoring systems and the benefits they offer to the user. Today, DC power plants are often installed by third party installation vendors. When there are no specifics given in the scope of work, the installation vendor does precisely what he was contracted to do, install the monitor, not configure it. This paper will conclude with suggestions on how to define specific configuration parameters to be included in the scope of work

Keywords

computerised monitoring; configuration management; conformance testing; power engineering computing; power plants; power system measurement; DC power plant; acceptance testing; configuration parameters; installation vendor; monitoring system; Batteries; Board of Directors; Condition monitoring; Fuses; Network-on-a-chip; Power generation; Remote monitoring; Temperature; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2006. INTELEC '06. 28th Annual International

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0430-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0431-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.2006.251594

Filename

4018096