Application of Power Automation Technology in Electric Power Engineering

Hou Jinsong

(Bijiang Power Supply Bureau of Tongren of Guizhou Power Grid Company Limited,Tongren,Guizhou,554300)

Abstract: Power construction is an important industry in China's livelihood economy,which has a vital impact on China's stable economic development.With the continuous development of information and technology,power automation technology has boosted the development of electric power engineering.This paper analyzes the meaning,application forms and common types of power automation technology,and the connection between contemporary electric power engineering technology and construction of the power automation system.The author hopes this paper can provide reference for the development of electric power engineering in China.

Keywords: power automation technology;discussion on application;common types

With the continuous development of electric power engineering construction,the application of automation technology has become the main way to improve the power system.For electric power enterprises, the power automation technology can assist the construction of contemporary electric power engineering to reform and innovate.In terms of the automation,the improvement of the electric power engineering construction can elevate the quality of electric power engineering as a whole and realize the sustainable profits of enterprises[1].

Electric power engineering is mainly to link electric power technology and application system to realize scientific and innovative reform of existing electric power construction.This paper mainly analyzes the automation technology of electric power engineering to promote the reform of the electric power engineering construction mode and the development of the whole electric power industry.By doing this,the modern technology can provide better serve of the industrial construction of our country,and realize the China's goal of scientific development.

I.Introduction

(i)Electric Power Engineering

Electric power engineering is referred to as EPE(electric power engineering)in the industry for short,which means the construction projects related to electric power construction,such as electric power production,transportation,power distribution and so on.It is characterized by energy development with electric energy as the main energy source[2].Common electric power generation projects include thermal power plants,hydraulic power and nuclear power generation projects.

(ii)Power Automation Technology

Electric power automation technology is mainly used in the production and construction of electric power projects to improve the control and monitoring of the engineering production technology of electric power enterprises.This new technology uses modern intelligent monitoring system and remote control technology,so it can help enterprises reduce human resources investment,improve operation safety and reduce the risk of accidents[3].

As a matter of fact,the construction of modern automation system all depends on network technology and information monitoring system.That means this technology is practical and scientific.The application of the power automation technology not only can provide intelligent monitoring,but also assist the monitoring management personnel to carry out innovation reform on the whole work production process.

II.Development of Power Automation Technology

As a comprehensive technology, power automation technology relies on network technology,applies its intelligent characteristics to the power industry,and improves the development of entire power enterprise.

In the construction process,the construction personnel need to combine the power automation control technology with the requirements of the power construction industry to ensure the coordination between the modern information technology and the economic needs of the enterprise.With the development of economy and information construction,China has paid more attention to the construction of power system.Therefore, a large number of enterprises are encouraged to use modern information systems to reform the electric power projects construction.Automation technology has also become an important way to realize the comprehensive construction of a modern society.With the continuous connection of the scientific technology and the practice of industrial production,information automation technology can help promote the fully development of the power engineering construction.

On the whole,power automation technology has the following application characteristics:

(i)In terms of operation efficiency and quality,power automation technology utilizes intelligent information processing technology and computer remote control technology, which can effectively improve the monitoring of the whole process of power construction and operation by enterprises.Then enterprises realize parametric management,scientific construction,and better control efficiency.

(ii) In terms of the management of power engineering construction, the power automation system is more capable of carrying out comprehensive safety parametric analysis on internal equipment.It can also evaluate the operation time,aging degree,equipment function and production efficiency of the internal system.Thus it guarantees the operation safety and the industrial economic production goal at the same time.At the same time, its special monitoring system can also analyze the economic benefits of the whole cable project, formulate economic and efficient safety production,equipment maintenance, operation and other programs for enterprises, and help achieve more economic benefits.The application of power automation equipment, promote the reform of the modern construction management mode of power enterprises[2].

III.Power Automation Technology in the Construction of Electric Power Engineering

(i)Automatic Meter Technology

The construction of automated electricity meter stations can reduce the labor cost of power enterprises and a large amount of power data statistical time due to meter reading management.This technology can also improve the quality and effectiveness of power engineering construction.In the daily technical control processing,the automatic meter station can also help users to reduce the steps of meter reading through data presentation.This technology enables electric power enterprises to apply information technology to people's life and changes the modern life mode[5].

(ii)Carrier Communication Technology

As one of the important construction directions and application modes, carrier communication technology can combine communication technology construction with power distribution engineering construction,which can help enterprises to monitor the whole production process,improve the technical control and enhance warning capabilities of power enterprises.As the core representative of power engineering automation construction,this technology requires technical personnel to carry out key technical analysis in terms of technology development and application.It also needto set up technical prevention and control points in the project.Thus communication technology can be the main construction support and information sharing approach,so as to realize overall monitoring of the entire power engineering construction[6].

(iii)Power Grid Dispatching Technology

Power grid dispatching technology is an important technological breakthrough in the intelligent construction of modern power.The construction principle is to manage and control the entire power grid system through power grid dispatching.While realizing the quality control of power engineering,this technology can also simplify manual operation monitoring and provide a large number of operation parameter references for power system construction.At the same time,the power grid dispatching technology is also a technical difficulty.In order to ensure that the dispatching and construction system can give full play to its innovation strength,construction personnel need to have sufficient knowledge of power construction and safety management as well as technology information[7].Therefore,in order to ensure the economic benefits of the construction of power enterprises,power units need to strengthen the training of talents to ensure that power dispatching technology can fully serve the entire power engineering construction.

(iv)Construction and Use of Power Plants

Power plant is the core of electric power construction.Power plant mainly presents the following characteristics under the background of modern automation construction: By using the automatic monitoring system,the power plant can help monitor and manage the data of electric power engineering.Through the power automation network communication technology, technical management personnel can monitor the existing data of the power system equipment,and can also realize technical early warning and data analysis on containing dangerous risks.In terms of equipment control and monitoring, the technology has two modes: unit control room and backup control room.It can provide relevant management of power technology by mode switching and date analysis for enterprises.

(v)Power Equipment Diagnosis

Automation technology can carry out fine management of power system equipment to avoid problems in the operation process,which will result in the paralysis of the later system operation.Therefore, the confirmation of power equipment failure is the key point of enterprise internal management.By perfecting the construction of automatic detection system,the omission of manual inspection can be avoided, and the parametric management of internal equipment operation can also be carried out with the aid of automatic technical data.At the same time,this technology can also help the system to avoid risks and provide relevant solutions.With the application of this technology,the cost of manual inspection has been greatly reduced,and the quality of operation and management in power enterprises has also been improved.

(vi) Construction and Application of the Substation

As the core part of modern power engineering construction,substation can reduce labor costs with the help of automation technology.By installing various automation devices in the substation,the traditional manual monitoring management will no longer needed.The goal of the overall total amount and management of substation operation are realized.In this technology, the introduction of hazardous equipment has reformed the traditional battery device and realized the conversion from manual operation to automation.At the same time, with the help of computer network,power signals can also be changed in time, which can improve the transmission efficiency of the whole substation.

IV.ComprehensiveUse of Power Automation System

(i)Power Intelligent Technology

In the development of power automation,intelligent construction is the most widely used technology,which can improve the quality of power engineering construction from the construction management level.Therefore,it is suggested that enterprises should combine the power engineering construction technology with intelligent application in construction in the future.

(ii)Intelligent Simulation Technology

Intelligent simulation technology is mainly used to help power enterprises to build and simulate power construction projects.In order to improve the technical management ability of electric power engineering, it is necessary for electric power enterprises to strengthen the construction of automatic simulation technology model during construction.With the help of computer technology,the transportation status of the entire power system is monitored and analyzed remotely,and the problems existing in the production and construction during the period are warned in time.The technology facilitates enterprise technical management personnel to understand the problems and dangerous points existing in the power system construction,which is helpful for deepening the reform of the entire power system construction.

(iii)Application of PCL Technology

PCL technology is the main core technology of modern power system construction.This technology is introduced by the power engineering construction,and it can realize the overall detection of the entire power system.The key point of PCL technology lies in the insertion of intelligent chips that combined with intelligent systems,which can enable remote computers to program power systems.The power system can be comprehensively monitored through special instruction input.The advantage of this technology is that when the power system fails during operation,the PCL intelligent chip can send out instructions to cut off the corresponding fault lines so as not to cause large-area power supply paralysis.This technology can improve power supply prevention and send out early warning,so it can ensure safe power supply and intelligent power supply.Considering the current situation of China's power construction, this technology can meet many requirements of power enterprise construction,so it is also widely used in many power enterprises.With the help of the computer and intelligent chip technology,power engineering gradually presents the features of intelligent and operable power supply.

V.Conclusion

To sum up,with the influence of the modern intelligent power construction, power engineering gradually presents the characteristics of scientization,operability, intelligence and economy.With the continuous introduction of automation technology,the construction of electric power engineering is maturing day by day, providing an important way for the standardized development of electric power enterprises in China.The author hopes that more enterprises will apply power automation technology to their own construction management and realize the technology-oriented,safety-oriented and management-oriented development.