An Integrated Power Distribution Approach to Operational Efficiency & Reliability provides prescriptive measures for better data collection, integration, and change management practices throughout the entire facility lifecycle.
- Lists and defines required operational documents for turnover to Facility Operations team
- Recommends employing a commissioning consultant from schematic design phase through ‘Go Live’ turnover
- Presents a formulated approach for producing a holistic facility sequence of operations manual that is delivered to the Facility Operations team at turnover
- Defines and outlines Sequence of Operations format
Controls Philosophy
- Automation control philosophy is TIER based in data centres. Resiliency, Reliability, and Redundancy differentiates.
- TIER 4 data centres employ full redundancy including Electrical, Mechanical, and HVAC.
- These control systems are designed to be fully maintained while the data centre is fully functional.
- Most important point is to be able to achieve the best PUE number. Employing SCADA systems provides visual Dash Boards for DC Managers to run data centres in the most cost-effective way.
- IEC 61850 defines communication protocols to provide communication between different equipment located in a substation, such as protection, control, and measurement equipment, as well as (IEDs) intelligent electronic devices.
Goose Technology
IEC61850 is a very large standard with many functions & services within it. One of the unique functionalities supported by IEC 61850 is peer-to-peer communication commonly known as GOOSE (Generic Object-Oriented Substation Event). Generic Object-Oriented Substation Event is the main way to specific communication services mapping. GOOSE is a method of exchanging messages between IEDs over a local Ethernet network and it is suitable for time-critical applications such as protection functions in substation.
SCADA
SCADA protocols are designed to be very compact. Many are designed to send information only when the master station polls the RTU. Typical legacy SCADA protocols include Modbus RTU, RP-570, Profibus and Comital.
Standard protocols are IEC 60870-5-101 or 104, IEC 61850. These communication protocols are standardized and recognized by all major SCADA vendors.
