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<p>The protection of power system is an essential trait in a huge network to efficiently detect and isolate the sections undergoing faults or abnormal behaviour. The key components of a protection scheme include circuit breakers, relays, switchgears and fuses which employ communication from one station to another to achieve high-speed tripping. The automation of these components at the laboratory level using programmable logic controller (PLC) along with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system owns paramount importance for intelligent decision making, sensing, actuating, monitoring and maintaining the record in the host server. This paper discusses such a technique for conventional power system protection laboratory at a new level of development to promote a control system through PLC and SCADA. The control system has indication of over and under values of voltage, load and frequency, which can trigger malfunctioning of equipment and must be rectified. Furthermore, ground fault and inverse current indication are added to the system for monitoring and controlling purposes. The proposed system enhances the efficiency and safety of the expensive equipment and the personnel to the next level and also introduces new standards of automated protection schemes for modern technical institutes.</p>
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The protection of power system is an essential trait in a huge network to efficiently detect and isolate the sections undergoing faults or abnormal behaviour. The key components of a protection scheme include circuit breakers, relays, switchgears and fuses which employ communication from one station to another to achieve high-speed tripping. The automation of these components at the laboratory level using programmable logic controller (PLC) along with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system owns paramount importance for intelligent decision making, sensing, actuating, monitoring and maintaining the record in the host server. This paper discusses such a technique for conventional power system protection laboratory at a new level of development to promote a control system through PLC and SCADA. The control system has indication of over and under values of voltage, load and frequency, which can trigger malfunctioning of equipment and must be rectified. Furthermore, ground fault and inverse current indication are added to the system for monitoring and controlling purposes. The proposed system enhances the efficiency and safety of the expensive equipment and the personnel to the next level and also introduces new standards of automated protection schemes for modern technical institutes.

Modelling and Simulation of SCADA and PLC System for Power System Protection Laboratory

M. Sc. Student, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Assistant Professor, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Professor, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering

Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering

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The protection of power system is an essential trait in a huge network to efficiently detect and isolate the sections undergoing faults or abnormal behaviour....

Modelling and Simulation of SCADA and PLC System for Power System Protection Laboratory

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Sept. 2021

Seitenbereich: 19 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2021-0003

Schlüsselwörter
Automatic control, Electrical safety, Frequency control, Power system protection, Programmable logic devices, SCADA systems, Supervisory control, Voltage control

© 2021 Ayesha Faryal et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Modelling and Simulation of SCADA and PLC System for Power System Protection Laboratory

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Sept. 2021

Seitenbereich: 19 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2021-0003

SchlüsselwörterAutomatic control, Electrical safety, Frequency control, Power system protection, Programmable logic devices, SCADA systems, Supervisory control, Voltage control

© 2021 Ayesha Faryal et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Automatic control, Electrical safety, Frequency control, Power system protection, Programmable logic devices, SCADA systems, Supervisory control, Voltage control