Energy Management 7.

2 Energy Management Products and Solutions

7.2.1 Spectrum Power Control Systems
Siemens has supplied more than 1,600 computer-based control systems for power systems worldwide. The result of these many years of experience is the development of the product family Spectrum Power control systems for electric power systems as well as for gas, water and district heating networks (g. 7.2-1). A Spectrum Power control system is divided into various Subsystems. On the basis of a minimum conguration for operation, it is possible to add subsystems to meet the other requirements in terms of additional functions, structure and size of the system. With its modular structure, the system can be expanded with little effort, even subsequently. Modules can be replaced or new modules can be added to implement the required modications. On the basis of the standard system, open programming interfaces permit individual adaptations and subsequent expansions for new or existing customer-specic components. In a basic conguration, a Spectrum Power control system encompasses the following components, which are described in greater detail in the remainder of this section: Basic services To ensure that the basic functions are provided, such as realtime database services, data exchange and coordination of computers (e.g. redundancy) involved in the control center User interface For providing user-friendly, powerful and graphically oriented interfaces to the operator Information Model Management For data entry and data maintenance of network data, singleline diagrams and data exchange with other IT systems Communication front end For interfacing the eld remote terminal units (RTU) to the process ICCP and ELCOM For Inter-communication between Control Centers based on Standard-protocols (ICCP) and defacto standard protocols (ELCOM). SCADA applications For implementing the functions required for system operation, i.e. system monitoring and controlling. In addition to these components, the following Subsystems, which are described in greater detail in the remainder of this section, are available for expanding the functionality. They are used and congured to match the tasks and size of the control systems: Multi-site operation of control centers For the exible and dynamic system management (modeling and operation) in multi-site conguration Historical Information System For the archiving and subsequent reconstruction of the process data

Fig. 7.2-1: Spectrum Power control system

Forecasting applications For the long-, medium- and short-term forecasting of system loads Power scheduling applications For optimal resource planning, including commitment and planned dispatch, of the power generating units Power control applications For the monitoring and control, i.e. real-time dispatching, of the power generating units participating to frequency regulation Transmission network applications For fast and comprehensive analysis and optimization of the transmission network operation Outage management applications For efcient management of planned and unplanned outages in the distribution networks Distribution network applications For fast and comprehensive analysis and optimization of the distribution network operation

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