Design of Automation Unit and Communication Network for Modern Power Stations

2019 ELE Engineering Design Project (RC01)


Faculty Lab Coordinator

Richard Cheung

Topic Category

Power

Preamble

Within the area for the design of the integrated automation unit and communication network for modern electricity power stations, this project permits the students to propose their engineering design interest and apply their innovative approach to design. The topic of this project covers, but not limited to, automatic substation operation, continuous monitoring for early problem detection, rapid fault isolation, speedy service restoration, communication network (compliant with global standards particularly IEC61850), redundant and fault-tolerant network architecture, etc.

Objective

The objective of this project is to carry out students’ defined design in the area of electricity power station automation, subjected to FLC approval. The design approach is to be innovative desirably and the design needs to be practical and implementable with commercially-available hardware and software.

Partial Specifications

The scope of the design covers, but not limited to, automatic substation operation, continuous monitoring for early problem detection, rapid fault isolation, speedy service restoration, communication network (compliant with global standards particularly IEC61850), redundant and fault-tolerant network architecture, etc. Students can define their design specifications, but not diverging from the design scope and subjected to FLC approval. The design needs to be practical and desirably innovative. All design findings need to be implementable with commercially-available hardware and software.

Suggested Approach

Students can define their design approaches, but not diverging from the design scope and subjected to FLC approval. Students are jointly to carry out research in the area of their intended design, define the design approach, and identify the design specifications as detailed as possible, in ELE700. Each student is to carry out the detailed individual design as well as participate the group design, in ELE800.

Group Responsibilities

Students can define their group design responsibility, but not diverging from the design scope and subjected to FLC approval. In addition to carry out individual design responsibility, each student is required to participate the group design work in order to accomplish the design objective as a group project. The success of this group project counts on the fulfillment of all individual members’ design responsibilities and the completion of all individual design work, as well as the accomplishment of the group responsibility.

Student A Responsibilities

Student A can define individual design responsibility, but not diverging from the design scope and subjected to FLC approval. Student A may be responsible for automation methods for power substation modernization.

Student B Responsibilities

Student B can define individual design responsibility, but not diverging from the design scope and subjected to FLC approval. Student B may be responsible for practical aspects of the automation unit for power substation modernization.

Student C Responsibilities

Student C can define individual design responsibility, but not diverging from the design scope and subjected to FLC approval. Student C may be responsible for communication methods for power substation modernization.

Student D Responsibilities

Student D can define individual design responsibility, but not diverging from the design scope and subjected to FLC approval. Student D may be responsible for the practical aspects of communication network for power substation modernization.

Course Co-requisites

ELE746

 


RC01: Design of Automation Unit and Communication Network for Modern Power Stations | Richard Cheung | Wednesday August 28th 2019 at 09:59 PM