Load Shedding: - A SICAM Application
Load Shedding: - A SICAM Application
Load Shedding: - A SICAM Application
– a SICAM application
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Load shedding for industry grids is Human Machine Interface (HMI) of be shed, the balance of the active
an integrated solution the automation system. power is calculated periodically for
Load shedding maintains the stability each contingency. The calculation
of electrical grids, especially in critical Main functions determines which feeders will be shed
situations such as a sudden loss of in case of a critical event based on
Fast power-based load shedding
generated power. the available power, spinning reserve,
(FPLS)
and actual topology. If a critical event
The load shedding function establishes During critical events, low-priority
happens, fast load shedding will react
and monitors the balance of generated consumer power must be shed very
within 30 ms*. FPLS automatically
and consumed loads by shedding fast to restore the balance of gene-
recognizes multiple islands of the
consumer feeders with low priority. rated and consumed power.
grid and operates separately for each
Automatic load shedding is the only
To determine how much power must island.
way to prevent deep drops of system
frequency or frequency collapse
following a large disturbance.
Load shedding uses a distributed
system architecture based on the
IEC 61850 standard. The central load
shedding controller at the plant level
is based on a single or redundant
SICAM RTU. At the bay level, the
intelligent electronic devices (IEDs)
are based on SIPROTEC devices for
protection and control.
Operator access is provided by the
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