SCADA and monitoring for solar energy plant

SCADA and Monitoring for Solar Energy Plant Segment: Industry Country: Thailand Author: Ranon Satitpanyapan Products: NI LabVIEW with LabVIEW Real-Time Module cRIO Real-Time controller slot with 16 current ch., 32 DI,8DO Ethernet RIO slots with 32 current ch., 32 DI Challenges: A centralized system is needed to monitor the Solar Energy Plant The system should be able to take in different sensor readings, generate remote site alarms as well as transfer data to a centralized location for storage or report generation Solution: With NI cRIO platform,we are able to set up a SCADA system that monitors and collects data from remote sites and transferred the data to an industrial PC for data logging Abstract The SCADA and Monitoring system by Scada Automation is developed to support the Solar Energy Plant Technology It offers an integrated system which completely embraces from the design and planning through the installation and the end-client software report The system is designed to suit and match to the plant environment and system stability System Overview The system transmits the data collected from the remote plant to the data center via a GPRS modem (and can also support transmission via ADSL) All inverters are interfaced to the Device server via RS485/232/422 The system can comply with other inverter manufacturers whereby the protocol in software communication part will be modified accordingly All instruments and digital meters can interface to the Device server via the standard serial interfaces e.g RS232, RS422 or RS485 depending on the equipment’s physical characteristics Others instrument can communicate to the Remote I/O units via the 4-20 mA standard and Digital signaling Singapore 1800 226 5886 | Malaysia 1800 88 7710 | Thailand 1800 345 555 | Philippines 1800 1888 3834 Vietnam 1800 585 837 | Indonesia (62) 21 2924 1911 | Other ASEAN Countries (65) 6226 5886 Page of System Diagram Web server report real time The real time controller will connect to remote I/O to collect the data from Inverter and current PV from the combiner box and also included is the alarm of surge detection in the box The real time controller will interface to Remote I/O equipments system which support 32 Analog inputs and 32 Digital inputs The core network boasts Fiber Optic cabling with star topology for highly efficient capability and for protection from the power surge from lightning to Communication line (Wireless network options) The Controller performs as a Data logging and control system to collect all data from Inverter, Meter, temperature Sensor, WIND sensor and pyrano meter and the current of Solar combiner box An industrial PC (Ind.PC) functions as a status management and also handles remote monitoring tasks from remote areas to manage all equipments at site Also, the Ind PC stores the backup data from the real time controller whenever the transmission is lost and sends the backup data to data center when the transmission resumes back Singapore 1800 226 5886 | Malaysia 1800 88 7710 | Thailand 1800 345 555 | Philippines 1800 1888 3834 Vietnam 1800 585 837 | Indonesia (62) 21 2924 1911 | Other ASEAN Countries (65) 6226 5886 Page of The controller will send all data to server via GPRS modem and store all of the data into memory In case the network GPRS is down, the controller will store the backup data and will send the backup data to the server whenever the network is recovered The user can use an internet browser to monitor all the meters and status of the equipments which include Historical, Real time data, Graph and alarm logging The client software can connect to web browser to login to the system and to see the SCADA real time status, Alarm, Event, Power consumption, Communication efficiency, Inverter status, Electricity production, DC and AC voltage and current logging and Trend graph etc System Block Diagram Block Description Singapore 1800 226 5886 | Malaysia 1800 88 7710 | Thailand 1800 345 555 | Philippines 1800 1888 3834 Vietnam 1800 585 837 | Indonesia (62) 21 2924 1911 | Other ASEAN Countries (65) 6226 5886 Page of Software Description There are three software parts Real time controller software (Developed with NI LabVIEW Real-Time) is software that runs on the real time controller unit to collect all data from expansion nodes, all sensors and all inverters This software will make a decision to generate alarms when the data is lost or exceeds the limit bands and makes a data period to transmit via the GPRS modem to data center Also the unit will communicate to the Ind PC to store the data in the Ind PC for local database backup Industrial PC software (Developed with NI LabVIEW) is a software run on the Windows OS to store a data back up and generates a report when the operator function Also it retransmits the backup data to data center once halted when the transmission is lost Data center software (Developed with NET and NI LabVIEW) is a software on Windows server 2008 OS and the SQL server This unit will receive data from the remote site and stores the data into the SQL database in time stamp sequence There are a web service module and a web server module to serve the client connecting via the internet to establish the connection and to check the SCADA information which includes real time chart, Historical, alarm and event logging and report generator HMI Plant Real time Software Feature  Log in page for security  Configuration  SCADA STATUS and Geographical map  Real time trend  HISTORICAL GRAPH  ALARM and EVENT LOGGING  INVERTER STATUS and alarm  AC,DC voltage and current data logging  Electricity production logging  Temperature, WIND, Pyrano meter logging  REPORT for Electricity Production in Hourly, daily, monthly  Analysis tools SPC Singapore 1800 226 5886 | Malaysia 1800 88 7710 | Thailand 1800 345 555 | Philippines 1800 1888 3834 Vietnam 1800 585 837 | Indonesia (62) 21 2924 1911 | Other ASEAN Countries (65) 6226 5886 Page of HMI Plant Real time Graph Specification Hardware Remote site Real time controller Media convertor sets Switch ports sets Switch ports sets Device server sets Industrial PC GPRS modem UPS 1000 VA Pyrano meter WIND meter Temperature sensor cRIO Real time controller slot with 16 current ch., 32 DI,8DO by National Instrument Ethernet RIO slots with 32 current ch., 32 DI by National Instrument Multimode F/O industrial type by LINK Industrial switch ports Industrial switch ports Ethernet to serial server RS232/485/422 ports Industrial PC by Advantech EDGE/GPS modem by Signet 1000 VA UPS with stabilizer by APC KIPP&ZONEN GLOBAL WATER 4-20 mA output PT100 DATA CENTER HARDWARE SERVER OS Data base server Server by HP Windows server 2008 SQL server Remote I/O sets Software Remote site DATA center Real time controller software for data collection and transmission to DATA center by NI LabVIEW realtime Industrial PC software for local data base back up and retransmit by LabVIEW Web service to collect data from remote Web server to client login and SCADA Database management Singapore 1800 226 5886 | Malaysia 1800 88 7710 | Thailand 1800 345 555 | Philippines 1800 1888 3834 Vietnam 1800 585 837 | Indonesia (62) 21 2924 1911 | Other ASEAN Countries (65) 6226 5886 Page of Reference Projects: NGV SCADA PROJECT OF PTT PLC SCADA status real time and real time trend Geographical map and alarm report CONTROL FOOD PROJECT CP SCADA status page and event logging Singapore 1800 226 5886 | Malaysia 1800 88 7710 | Thailand 1800 345 555 | Philippines 1800 1888 3834 Vietnam 1800 585 837 | Indonesia (62) 21 2924 1911 | Other ASEAN Countries (65) 6226 5886 Page of Author Information: Ranon Satitpanyapan Scada Automation Co., Ltd 18/170 Soi Khuborn27, Ramintra rd Tharang, Bangkhen, Bangkok 10220 Email: ranonsa@gmail.com Singapore 1800 226 5886 | Malaysia 1800 88 7710 | Thailand 1800 345 555 | Philippines 1800 1888 3834 Vietnam 1800 585 837 | Indonesia (62) 21 2924 1911 | Other ASEAN Countries (65) 6226 5886 Page of ... logging and report generator HMI Plant Real time Software Feature  Log in page for security  Configuration  SCADA STATUS and Geographical map  Real time trend  HISTORICAL GRAPH  ALARM and EVENT... Reference Projects: NGV SCADA PROJECT OF PTT PLC SCADA status real time and real time trend Geographical map and alarm report CONTROL FOOD PROJECT CP SCADA status page and event logging Singapore... options) The Controller performs as a Data logging and control system to collect all data from Inverter, Meter, temperature Sensor, WIND sensor and pyrano meter and the current of Solar combiner box