 The Master Controller enables the power station to operate automatically without human intervention, except for monitoring, maintenance of plant and fuel supplies. |
Depending on system load conditions, the Master Controller starts and stops diesel generators to optimise station and fuel efficiency. The Master Controller maintains optimum loading and spinning reserve on all in-service diesel sets. |
| The Master Controller is based on an open controller hardware architecture. Embedded industrial PC hardware is used with distributed I/O to achieve mission critical and highly reliable power station control. |
The Master Controller is specifically designed for power station applications and can withstand temperatures of between -40șC and +70șC. The Master Controller can be located directly in the engine room if necessary. |
| Communications between the Master Controller, the generator sets and the consumer feeder circuit breakers takes place via field bus. It is possible to implement CAN, DeviceNet and ModBus. Ethernet interface is also possible.
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The Master Controller is capable of many tasks, including remote control, feeder control and data logging. The Master Controller enables fuel savings due to better loading of generator sets and fewer operation and maintenance costs due to much improved management of plant assets. |
