Power Systems Control

and
Energy Management

Contents Page
Energy Management Solutions
Introduction ....................................... 7/2
SINAUT Spectrum ........................... 7/2
EMS from Siemens –
a key to success .............................. 7/3
Available Services ........................... 7/3

Integrated IT Solutions
for Utilities ........................................ 7/4

Power Network Telecommunication

Introduction ....................................... 7/5
Power Line Carrier .......................... 7/6
Fibre Optic Communication ......... 7/13

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 Energy Management Solutions

Introduction SINAUT Spectrum Expandability

SINAUT Spectrum consists of self-con-
1 tained subsystems that intercommunicate
Energy market liberalization is changing the General via defined interfaces. This modularity
world of energy companies. Deregulation
SINAUT Spectrum® is the open, modular makes it possible to combine subsystems
of the energy sector is going ahead through-
and distributed control system for electrical for a specific application. Via a flexible sys-
out many countries. The focal point of
networks as well as for gas, water and re- tem configuration control center functions
energy company business used to be on
2 the technical side with emphasis on supply mote heating networks. It reflects the ex- can be adapted to customer-specific re-
perience of more than 600 electricity net- quirements.
reliability and cost minimization, but the
business side with competition and optimi- work control systems installed worldwide The demands on network control systems
zation of earnings will be the most impor- since the early sixties. keep on growing as secure and economic
tant aspect in future. More intensive and Its extensive and modular functionality pro- energy management is becoming ever
efficient use of information systems is the vides scalable solutions tailored to the more important.
3 means to the company’s success. needs and budgets of: To expand or modify the system it is easy
Deregulation of the energy market places ■ Municipalities to replace modules or add further modules
new demands on the network control cen- ■ Large industries with their own networks without a time-consuming and high cost
ters of energy companies. New tasks have redesign. Due to its modular and distribut-
■ Regional distribution companies
to be handled in addition to adapting such ed system architecture SINAUT Spectrum
4 traditional activities as network supervision
■ National and regional generation and offers unlimited horizontal and vertical
transmission companies growth opportunities, e.g. from a small en-
and control, network analysis and optimiza-
tion, generation control and scheduling and ■ Traction power supply networks try-level SCADA system up to a large EMS
distribution management. or combined SCADA/EMS/DMS.
Siemens is in a position to deliver optimum, Open architecture
5 state-of-the-art solutions in close coopera- SINAUT Spectrum is solidly based on in-
tion with the customers. dustry standards. Therefore the system
As technological pacemaker Siemens in- can be upgraded to take advantage of the
vests considerable funds annually in the rapidly moving technology in the IT market,
further development of its products. without losing any of the software invest-
Planned for the long term, the user-oriented ment built up over the years.
6 product lines have release compatibility to
guarantee that the benefits of tomorrow’s
Modular and distributed architecture
R&D investments can still be adopted by
systems delivered today. Each SINAUT Spectrum system consists
Siemens furthers this strategy by partici- of individual functional subsystems which
7 pating in a variety of IEC, IEEE, EPRI, are distributed among an optimum number
CIGRE and CIRED committees and by en- of servers. Shortest reaction times are
listing support from active user groups. achieved by assigning time-critical applica-
tions and applications requiring a lot of
The quality management certified by DQS computational power to dedicated servers.
according ISO 9001 ensures quality prod-
8 ucts and a smooth and reliable project im-
plementation within contractual schedule
and budget.
Siemens has a large support staff of dedi-
cated experts with power industry experi-
ence.
9
With its broad range of products Siemens
is able to supply the control systems, all
necessary components (communication
equipment, control room equipment, unin-
terruptible power supplies, products for
10 deregulated energy markets, etc.) from one
supplier on a turnkey basis.

The following is a short overview of our

systems and services.

Please find detailed information in the

internet under:
www.ev.siemens.de/en/powersystems-
control Fig. 1: Network Control System SINAUT Spectrum at VEW Energie AG, Bochum, Germany

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Energy Management Solutions

Functionality Energy Management Solutions Available services

The state-of-the-art functions of SINAUT from Siemens –
Spectrum cover the entire performance
1
range of dispatch centers, district control a key to success Siemens offers services for all important
centers, distribution network control cent- areas:
ers and combined control centers for ■ Consulting
municipalities (for more than one type of Network control centers have to operate
■ Studies
power) and for suppliers on the deregulated economically and efficiently over long peri- 2
ods. Therefore Siemens is committed to: ■ Planning, engineering
energy market (GenCos, TransCos, DisCos).
■ Project implementation
The functional packages in ■ Designing systems that can incorporate
new standards and technologies over ■ Installation, supervision of installation
SINAUT Spectrum:
time to keep the system current ■ Commissioning
■ Flexible, fast and uncomplicated ■ Avoiding dependence on proprietary ■ Training
Source Data Management tools and methods ■ Hardware/software maintenance
3
■ Clear and easy to use User Inter- ■ Using accepted and de facto standards ■ System upgrading
face ■ Meeting the growing need for informa- ■ System migration
■ Data acquisition and preprocessing tion management throughout an energy ■ IT system integration
by Telecontrol Interfaces with dis- company ■ Control center design
tributed system architecture for flex- The long-term commitments also include: 4
ible and redundant configurations
■ A full product spectrum
■ Full range of SCADA and enhanced
■ Complete turnkey projects
SCADA functions
■ Complete spectrum of services
■ Storing, archiving and subsequent
■ Active user groups
reconstruction of the process data
■ Strong R&D
5
with the Historical Information
System
■ Communication applications for
data exchange with other systems
via various interfaces
■ Multisite operation of control cent- 6
ers for configuring flexible and dy-
namic system management in multi-
site systems
■ Optimum distribution of generator
power and cost optimized control of 7
the power plants on the network
with Power applications
■ Optimization of operation with
Scheduling applications for fore-
casting the system load and plan-
ning 8
■ Fast and comprehensive analysis
and optimization of the current net-
work status with Network applica-
tions
■ Training Simulator for practical 9
exercises with a realistic network
behavior using set scenarios
■ Distribution Management applica-
tions for efficient and economical
operation of the distribution networks
■ Demand Side Management, e.g.
10
energy demand control for optimal
utilization of the energy supply con-
tracts
■ Deregulation applications for opti-
mizing productivity and profitability
for energy companies in deregulated
markets

Fig. 2: Control Center of Stadtwerke Frankenthal, Germany

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 Integrated IT Solutions for Energy Companies

Integrated IT Solutions for Energy companies in deregulated markets

1 Energy Companies
Segmen- Generation Transmission Distribution Retail
Competition due to the deregulation of the tation
energy markets and the privatization of the
energy sector in a number of countries
2 force the energy companies worldwide to
increase productivity and profitability. To
become faster, flexible and more produc-
tive, energy companies have to reengineer
and improve their business processes. Generation Network Customer
Manage- Wholesale Manage- Retail Manage-
Support of the business processes by inte- Trading Trading
3 grated IT solutions improves the competi-
ment ment ment
tive position of the energy companies.
Siemens is in a unique position in the
energy company IT market by covering Reengi-
Strategy Processes Technology Employee
solutions for all IT needs of our customers neering
4 within one company: network manage-
ment, generation management, energy
trading and the meter related part of cus-
tomer management, business operation Process Analysis and optimization of business processes
systems (e.g. SAP, Baan), customer infor- orientation
mation & billing solutions and call center as
5 well as general IT solutions.
Combination, parameterization and inter- Information Integrated and process oriented information flow
facing of newly implemented and existing flow IT integration, workflow management, data management
products and systems is our goal.
Within the whole area of energy and infor-
6 mation management, Siemens provides a Fig. 3: Utilities in deregulated markets
unique framework of services and IT solu-
tions for energy companies.
Seminars and workshops in all areas, from
generation scheduling, energy planning Mainten- Geographical In-
7 over GIS integration up to risk manage- Business Operations
ance formation System
ment for energy trading help our custom- Facilities Ma-
ers to empower their employees and to Crew Ma-
Business Finance & nagement nagement
streamline their business. In the area of Control Sales &
Planning Marketing Outage Ma-
consulting we help to engineer and justify nagement Network
the business processes as well as design Purchasing Human Archive Planning
8 and implement customer-specific energy & Supply Resources (EDM) SCADA/
Data Ware- Remote EMS/DMS
trading solutions. Our implementation of
products and systems fills the gap between Workflow house Terminal Network
Manage- Unit Management
financial enterprise resource planning ment
(ERP) systems, customer relation manage- Billing Customer
9 ment systems and technical control or in- Information Energy Scheduling Plant
formation systems. Meter Ma- Communi- Trading Applications Control
nagement cation
We offer a whole suit of consulting and Call
IT services together with products and sys- Center Contract Power Plant
& Risk Ma- Sales Applications Operations
tems as complete IT solutions to enable the Meter Forecast
energy companies to serve their customers Customer nagement
10 best. Management Generation Management
Energy Trading
For further information please contact:
Fax: ++49-911-433-8122 Fig. 4: IT systems in a utility
and visit our homepage under:
www.ev.siemens.de

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