SCADA Requirement
SCADA Requirement
processor shall be totally bump less and shall not cause any plant disturbance
whatsoever. In the event of both processors failing, the system shall revert to fail
safe mode. It shall be possible to keep any of the processors as master and other
as standby. The standby processor shall be updated in line with the changes made
in working processor.
Communication protocol for MCR and switchyard shall be based on IEC. And
Inverter room shall be based on Modbus protocol.
The memory shall be field expandable. The memory capacity shall be sufficient for
the complete system operation and have a capability for at least 20% expansion
in future. Programmed operating sequences and criteria shall be stored in non-
volatile semiconductor memories like EPROM. Minimum 50% free space available
in the memory after installing all programmes and software’s.
Minimum 20% spare I/O’s shall be considered in Main control room and Inverter
room. These shall be suitably isolated to remain protected from switching and
lightning surges.
Protection commands shall have priority over manual commands and manual
commands shall prevail over auto commands.
Source of power for SCADA system and all related hardware shall be from auxiliary
power supply. An additional UPS having a minimum 4hours backup shall be
provided dedicatedly for this system.
All Ethernet switch shall be of industrial grade, managed, fast acting and certification
for the same shall be provided by the manufacturer or vendor. Operating range shall
be -20˚ C to 65 ˚ C.
Inverters
Solar PV plant shall incorporate a communication system to monitor the DC inputs of the
solar inverters so that system faults can be detected and rectified before they have an
appreciable effect on production.
Inverters come with a Modbus RTU protocol over RS-485 communication interface or
TCP-IP on Ethernet. The system shall monitor real time inverter parameters and represent
the information on the computer screen using customised SCADA software. In addition to
the monitoring SCADA shall also be capable of control of inverters for various operations
required. Following minimum Key parameters that shall be monitored in inverters are:
DC Input Current monitoring.
DC Bus Voltage.
DC Cumulative power.
Insulation resistance.
GFDI Operation.
AC Voltage, current, frequency.
Daily Energy Exported.
Cumulative Energy Exported.
Active and Reactive power.
Multifunction Meters
Energy meter shall be installed in the plant for measuring all the parameters from radial
feeders. The communication with this device is made through Modbus or RS-485 serial
bus or similar. All the Protocols shall be verified prior to finalization of scheme.
Below is the non-exhaustive list of monitoring and recording parameters.
AC currents and power at various levels, cumulative Energy.
AC active power kW (both for import & export).
AC reactive (kVAr) and (kVA) (both for import & export).
Power factor (both for import & export).
Frequency.
Voltage THD for all phases.
Line to neutral voltage.
Phase to Phase to voltage.
Circuit breaker lockout and protection relay interface shall be implemented for
protection of substation from any abnormal condition during operation. This shall
include logging and monitoring of all the events and fault conditions.
Act in accordance with state load dispatch centre (SLDC) for maintaining Grid power,
voltage and frequency thereby ensuring synchronisation with grid and maximum
availability of substation and transmission network. SLDC communication shall be
done with OPGW cable or OPTE system and same shall be integrated with SCADA.
All hardware and software required at PGCB and PV plant switchyard end shall be in
scope of SCADA vendor.
Respond to the load shading requirements from SLDC and control the reactive power
flow by taking necessary action.
Voltage regulation including on load tap changing control of power transformer, voltage
regulation under OV and UV situations.
Automatic switching of loads, auto transfer schemes, transfer loads during bay and
bus maintenance, load sectionalising, feeder automation and auto reclosing can be
performed.
Communicate between individual solar plants for reactive power compensation and
load shading through remote setting and configuration.
Remote data transmission through PLCC for monitoring, control and protection of grid,
Station HMIs- Graphical user interface through real time single line displays, online
operation and maintenance logs shall be made available in SCADA.
Other
In addition to conventional parameters (V, I, KW, KVA, KVAr etc.) below is the non-
exhaustive list of monitoring and recording parameters which shall be displayed through
various SCADA screens.
Power generation at interconnection.
Daily power generation in kWh.
Monthly power generation in kWh.
Annual power generation power in kWh.
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Event and alarms are generated either by the switchgear, by the control IEDs or
by the station level shall be recorded in an event list in the station HMI. Alarms
shall be recorded in a separate alarm list and appear on the screen. All or a freely
selectable group of events and alarms shall also be printed out on an event printer
(dot matrix type). The alarms and events shall be time tagged with a time resolution
of 1ms.
UPS System
A D.C. power source and an A.C. power source is available to each UPS system. The
system is so designed that its load shall be served without interruption as long as one of
the above power sources is available within specified limit of voltage and/or frequency. In
normal mode UPS will get power through CVT and load will be connected to UPS. In case
of failure of UPS, the Static By-pass Switch will feed the load through Constant Voltage
Transformer with audio visual alarm at Back Up Panel.
The uninterrupted power supply (UPS) system for SCADA shall be selected based
on design criteria for the back-up operation of minimum 120min. The UPS system
shall be designed for 50 Deg. ambient.
The static inverters shall be solid state type employing IGBT (Insulated Gate
Bipolar Transistor) based PWM with Instantaneous Sine wave Microprocessor
Control/Silicon Controlled Rectifier to convert Direct Current / Power to essentially
Sinusoidal Alternating Current / Power. The inverter equipment shall include all
necessary circuitry and devices to conform requirements like voltage regulation,
soft start, transient recovery, protection automatic synchronization, wave shaping
etc. as specified herein. Upon transfer of full load, the inverter output voltage shall
not drop below 80% of nominal voltage during the first half cycle after transfer and
90% of nominal voltage in the next half cycle. The recovery to within ± 2% of
voltage shall be in less than 50 milli-seconds. On occurrence of a fault in branch
circuit, the inverter shall be capable of cleaning the highest rated branch circuit
fuse in 4 milli-seconds or less. The inverter shall be protected against overload,
short circuit, 100% loss of load, as well as excursions, loss or restoration of D.C.
Input voltage and synchronizing voltage. The D.C. input current shall never exceed
twice the full load current except for a short circuit within the inverter. For any value
of the load and load power factor drawn by the equipment served, the inverter shall
not impose on D.C. source any voltage oscillations in excess of 5 volts (RMS total
all frequencies) or any current oscillations in excess of 3 percent (RMS total all
frequencies) of the D.C. current at full load.
Inverter equipment shall include stable solid-state oscillator devices designed to
automatically maintain the inverter output in phase and in synchronism with the
stand-by A.C. source. Facility shall be provided for automatic transfer to internal
oscillator operation when the stand-by source frequency is beyond specified limits
and the frequency shall be automatically controlled within 50 Hz plus or minus 0.5
Hz when the inverter operates in this mode. Retransfer to stand-by A.C. source for
synchronization shall be automatic after the stand-by source frequency is restored
to permissible limits and remains within this limit for an adjustable time delay period
(up to 5 seconds). Provision shall be made for step less adjustments of synch-
disconnect frequency range from 50 Hz ± 0.5 Hz to 50 Hz ± 2 Hz. Automatic
adjustment of phase relationship between inverter output and stand-by A.C. source
shall be gradual at a controlled slow rate, which shall not exceed one hertz per
second.
The static transfer switch shall be solid state type using SCR for automatic/manual
transfer of load from “inverter” to stand-by” source and vice-versa. Stand-by source
can be either of the inverter or A.C. source depending on whether both the
inverters are supplying 50% load each or one of the inverters is carrying 100%
load within 3 Mili Second. The transfer time including sensing shall not be more
than one-fourth cycle. Further the transition shall be make-before-break in both
directions. The capacity of static transfer switch shall be equal to the continuous
full-load capacity of the inverter. The switch shall be provided with protective
devices in both normal and alternate power source. Static transfer switch shall be
furnished with contact to alarm failure of the alternate source or opening of any
fuse protecting the static switch. Static transfer switch shall include all necessary
circuitry and devices to meet the functional requirements of transfer initiation,
transfer inhibit and re-transfer back to normal. The UPS bus shall be monitored by
two voltage detectors. One fast acting circuit shall be used for detecting a complete
and instantaneous Voltage loss while the other slower acting averaging circuit with
adjustable trip level shall be employed to detect voltage deviation beyond selected
limits. Both voltage detector circuits shall automatically initiate operation of transfer
switch. The static switch shall automatic transfer the load from inverter to stand-by
source when the inverter output drops below 90%. Automatic or manual transfer
from inverter to stand-by A.C. Source vice versa shall be inhibited when the
inverter frequency is not synchronized to the alternate source.
Manual by-pass switch is used to isolate any static transfer switch for maintenance
or repair without interruption to the UPS load. The switch has also the facility of by-
passing both the static transfer switches during start-up at the option of the
operator. Switch contact shall be make-before-break type. The contact
development shall be as per enclosed drawing. The switch shall have current
rating equal to the full load inverter current and necessary short time load carrying
and interrupting capacity to meet the requirement of UPS system. Breakers may
be used instead of By-pass switch maintaining the same philosophy of operation.
The charger shall be solid-state type with full wave fully controlled, bridge
configurations. The charger shall be provided with automatic voltage regulation,
current limiting, smoothing filter circuit and soft-start feature. The charger shall
have the provision of float, equalizing and boost charging. Further the charger shall
be suitable for single and parallel operation. Suitable circuitry shall be provided to
ensure that the charging current is voltage regulated and current limited. Each
charger shall be rated to meet 100% UPS load plus recharge the fully discharged
UPS battery within 8 hours. Voltage control shall be step less smooth and
continuous. Float & equalizing control shall have an adjustable range of ± 5%.
A three phase to single phase transformer along with associated voltage stabilizer
shall be furnished with the UPS system. The transformer and stabilizer shall be
sized for 150 percent UPS load and shall coordinate with the largest circuit
protection device for feeder short circuit current without sacrificing voltage
regulation. The voltage stabilizer shall employ silicon solid state circuitry and shall
maintain the specified output voltage for 0 to 100% load with maximum input
voltage variation as indicated in the annexure. The make and rating shall be
subject to Purchaser’s approval.
The UPS system components shall be housed in a sheet steel freestanding IP-41
enclosure while that of Battery Charger shall be IP 52 enclosure with all access
from the front. Sheet steel thickness shall be 2 mm minimum. The enclosure shall
consist of vertical cabinets housing modules in rack type sub-assemblies,
connected mechanically and electrically to from a rigid, self-supporting, metal
enclosed structure.
The battery shall be Sealed Maintenance Free having a capacity of 120 Minutes
back Up in case of failure of Main Power. Type of Battery shall be Lead-Acid and
refer section of battery and battery charger for detail.
The testing and acceptance of the system shall be carried out on the mutually agreed
procedures and criteria based on these guidelines and manufacturer standard procedures.