The technology of OPC and its application in supervisory information system of hydropower plant

Author

Wei, Dehua ; Chen, Qi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Hydropower, Hebei Univ. of Eng., Handan, China

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

8-9 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

237

Lastpage

240

Abstract

In view of the coexistence of multiple control systems in hydropower plant at present, the restrictions of the rate and reliability between the communications of simple bus such as MODBUS, and the limitations of the substantial data communications, this paper proposes a new program using OPC to realize the data transmission between the monitoring software of hydropower plant real-time monitoring system and the PLC or DCS.OPC is a specification interface protocol for connecting the data sources such as devices, databases, etc. with the client applications of the process control. The application of OPC in the supervisor information system (SIS), has provided a highly efficient and reliable new way for the data transmission.

Keywords

computerised monitoring; data communication; field buses; hydroelectric power stations; power engineering computing; real-time systems; supervisory programs; MODBUS reliability; OPC technology; data communication; data transmission; hydropower plant; hydropower plant real-time monitoring system; monitoring software; multiple control system; process control client application; specification interface protocol; supervisory information system; Application software; Communication system control; Communication system software; Control systems; Data communication; Hydroelectric power generation; Information systems; Monitoring; Programmable control; Real time systems; Data transmission; Hydropower plant; OPC technology; SIS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Communication, Control, and Management, 2009. CCCM 2009. ISECS International Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Sanya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4247-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCCM.2009.5270403

Filename

5270403