Title :
SCADA Systems - Support for the Maintenance Management of Hydro Power Plants
Author :
Ordean, M. ; Chiorean, D. ; Rogoz, I. ; Lehene, C. ; Stoian, I. ; Stancel, E.
Author_Institution :
Cluj Subsidiary, S.C. Hidroelectrica SA, Cluj
Abstract :
The energy market requires the global generating process control in order to reduce to the minimum the production costs. An important part of the generation company costs is represented by maintenance costs. Using the real time capabilities offered by the SCADA systems implemented in the hydro power plants it is possible to improve the maintenance strategy, integrate and synchronize the information from disparate systems in a global interface to support the operators in different conditions. The systems assist the operator for the dispatching and power scheduling, keep the generating units within the required operational limits, create power plant equipment´s status database and the technological parameters database. All these data are used for diagnosis and analysis of the equipment availability correlated with the required reliability as a specific parameter for maintenance
Keywords :
SCADA systems; hydroelectric power stations; power generation dispatch; power generation economics; power generation scheduling; power system control; power system management; SCADA systems; equipment availability; generation company costs; hydro power plants; maintenance costs; maintenance management; operational limits; power scheduling; process control; production costs; Costs; Databases; Dispatching; Energy management; Power generation; Power system management; Process control; Production; Real time systems; SCADA systems;
Conference_Titel :
Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cluj-Napoca
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0360-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0361-8
DOI :
10.1109/AQTR.2006.254533
