Reclosers link to a scada system through a communications network

Abstract

The following paper details the link methodology from a communications network for the SCADA system at Azogues Power Company (EEA), starting from the need to implement electric reconnectors in the short and medium term; using automatic reconnectors OSM for their versatility and endurance when used outdoors, IEC 870 DNP3 communications protocols and ModBus for SCADA systems and remote terminal units. This way there is an improvement in the quality of the power supply service that is distributed in Azogues and its parishes. For this task, an implementation design of a communications network was done, in order to link the new reconnectors that were acquired by the company; setting a priority of the infrastructure and resources that it already had, achieving the placement of eight of these devices that were distributed in different areas of the city, using optic fiber in some cases and radio links in other situations when the network infrastructure didn’t allow the physical access to the facility; everything backed up with the correspondent technical and financial studies