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Start, stop, embattled, and leaves out of service a single turbine generator
Emerson Announces the Ovation Scada solution for management of wind energy
06/02/2008
February 6, 2008
Relying on control technologies for power generation and the experience in large plants for water and wastewater Scada, the Emerson process management Scada solution offers better management of the assets of wind farms. The Ovation system for management of wind energy is part of the portfolio of Emerson Scada solutions for renewable energies, which also include hydropower and solar energy among others.
The Ovation Scada system allows more important wind all OEM turbine generators, as well as various types of networks of communication such as the dialing, wireless and leased lines. It offers the possibility of start, stop, rearm, and leave out a single turbine generator, thus minimizing visits to facilities and reducing the workforce. It automatically a monitoring of a protective nature stop when you reach certain conditions at the facility. For example, it is possible to monitor conditions of vibration through meteorological data obtained from a meteorological Tower interface and sent to the system. When the vibrations exceed a limit of safe operation, Ovation Scada activates a stop of the turbine to prevent any damage to your computer or in the area. Diagnostic information generated from the turbine, meteorological Tower and substation system through network interfaces are available.
The diagnostic information that is stored in the Historian Ovation, allows the creation of customized graphical trends to oversee various equipment and conditions in the wind farm. The Scada system allows users to monitor programs and stories of maintenance of wind generators of turbine and access custom reports. This system of Emerson also provides a tool that allows to predict the potential of production over a period of time default based on known factors such as speed and wind direction and State of the turbine generator.
"In addition to optimize operations in individual wind farms, the Ovation Scada system can also be used to manage an entire fleet of wind farms." "The possibility to connect a number of active wind farms to its central facilities or operations centers offers additional opportunities to increase performance, reduce costs and make a better management of global assets," said Bob Yeager, President of the Division Power & Water Solutions of Emerson.
The presentation of the Ovation Scada solution for management of wind power comes at a very opportune time. The World Wind Energy Association expects that the total installed capacity of wind power increased from 74,000 MW in 2006 up to 160,000 MW in 2010, representing a next to 54 per cent increase. As electrical power-generating companies increase their production increase in the number of generators by Park and exploiting multiple wind farms, your need to efficiently and effectively manage these assets becomes increasingly important, Yeager said.
The Ovation Scada system allows more important wind all OEM turbine generators.
