Performance validation of a functionally distributed energy management architecture

• Published in: IEEE transactions on power systems 1992-05, Vol.7 (2), p.828-834
• Main Authors: Kunugi, M., Yohda, M., Tamura, S., Watanabe, H., Hasegawa, T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 240100 - Power Systems- (1990-); 320603 - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- Public Utilities- (1980-); 990200 - Mathematics & Computers; Applied sciences; Computer architecture; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST; Costs; Delay; Dispatching; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electrical power engineering; ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; Energy management; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; Exact sciences and technology; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; Maintenance; Medical services; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; Operation. Load control. Reliability; PARALLEL PROCESSING; Power networks and lines; Power system reliability; POWER SYSTEMS; POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; PROGRAMMING; RELIABILITY; SCADA systems; Supervisory control
• ISSN: 0885-8950; 1558-0679
• DOI: 10.1109/59.141792

The authors propose a functionally distributed computer (FDS) system for an energy management system (EMS) and a large-scale supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. The FDS consists of small-scale functional units executing simple functions and is characterized by both parallel processing and independence of subsystems. These units are mostly composed of microcomputers. The feasibility of such a system was investigated and results are reported. Such a system would improve performance, increase the flexibility of expansion, improve reliability, and reduce costs.< >