Hydro-Québec EMS Center Modernization Project
Scope
268 SMP Gateways
20 Visual T&D HMI
Client
Hydro-Québec
http://www.hydroquebec.com/
In service: 1995, 1998
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Protocols
IEC-60870-5-101
Hydro-Québec CER-ADCCP (proprietary protocol)
Modicon MODBUS
CAE RTU protocol
BG Automatec Sirius 4000 bus protocol (HQ
proprietary)
Landys & Gyr protocols
Télémécanique TSX17 PLC protocol
The Solution
The Challenge
Created in 1944 by the Québec government, its only
shareholder, Hydro-Québec supplies electricity to nearly
4 million customers across the province of Québec. The
company also does business with dozens of power
companies in northeastern North America, and
participates in energy-related infrastructure projects on
several continents.
With assets of over $66 billion, annual sales of
$12.7 billion and a work force of 19,297 people,
Hydro-Québec ranks among the leaders of the North
American energy industry.
In 1995, Hydro-Québec was setting up a new EMS
center and needed to connect over 200 RTUs via its
HYDROPAC network (X.25 WAN). The company turned
to Cooper Power Systems), with which it had a solid
business relationship. Cooper Power Systems had
proven to be a valuable resource for numerous HydroQuébec projects.
Cooper Power Systems designed and implemented the
hardware and software of a communications gateway,
the Cybectec Substation Modernization PlatformTM
(SMP). Initially, the architecture was based on INMOS
Transputer technology. Then in 1998, Cooper Power
Systems produced its second-generation SMP
Gateway. This generation is based on Motorola MPC
860 processors, includes Ethernet, IPack and PCMCIA
interfaces, and supports TCP/IP protocols. A dualprocessor SMP Gateway provides redundant solutions
and greatly enhances availability.
Hydro-Québec currently has over 400 RTUs connected
to its new EMS center and its regional SCADA centers
using Cybectec's SMP Gateway.
The SMP Gateway communicate with the EMS and
SCADA centers using the IEC 60870-5-101 protocol
and Hydro-Québec's CER-ADCCP custom protocol.
They use various protocols to interface with the
substation equipment, including Modicon MODBUS,
CAE`s RTU protocol, BG Automatec Sirius 4000 bus
protocol (proprietary to Hydro-Québec), Landis & Gyr
protocols, and telemecanique TSX17 PLC protocol.
Cooper Power Systems' solution also includes its
Visual T&DTM software, an HMI (Human Machine
Interface) specially designed to meet the requirements
of the electrical power industry. Visual T&D is a powerful
tool that provides a unified view of all the devices in a
power station and of all significant events.
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