ABB
Annual Users’ Group Meeting
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August 27 – 31, 2006
Network Manager DMS
Product Development and
Vision
Martin Bass, Director DMS
Products
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Overview
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Network Management Products
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Network Management - Distribution Product
Development
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R&D in 2006
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Network Manager DMS Product Vision
Network Management Products
Asset Manager
Network Manager
SCADA/EMS
Network Manager
SCADA/GMS
Transmission
& Distribution
Network Manager
SCADA/DMS
Network Planner
Network Manager
DMS
Generation
Network
Manager SCADA
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Central
Markets
Physical flow
Contractual flow
Operation & Constraints
Network Manager BMS
Industry &
Household
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Product Development - Requirements
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Market analysis – surveys, competitor analysis,
prospective customers, request for proposals
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Individual customer’s requirements
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Input from User’s Group meetings
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Input from ABB engineering and customer support
Network Management R&D For DIS
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Current major R&D projects:
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Mobile Crew Map Presentation
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Crew Scheduling
Mobile Crew Map Presentation Project
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Goal:
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Approach:
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Use partners wherever possible to provide functionality
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Expand upon initial work done for PG&E, CPS and APS projects
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Use APIs and middleware to allow different vendor functions to be
plugged in
Benefits:
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Provide fully integrated OMS and Mobile Workforce Management
System, with tabular and geographical mobile data user interface
Provide more information to field crews to improve their productivity
Mobile Crew Data Presentation R&D
DMS/OMS
Application
Server
Mobile
Data
Server
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Wireless
Communications
Infrastructure
Wireless
Clients
Wireless
Clients
Mobile Data Integration Approach
Outage Management
API
Mobile Dispatch
Store and Forward
Wireless WAN
Store and Forward
Mobile Adapter
Tabular User Interface
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API
Mobile Map User Interface
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Overview of Integration at PG&E and CPS
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Send outage assignments directly to Mobile Data
Terminal (MDT) from NM DMS
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Receive assignment status updates from MDT (enroute,
arrived)
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Update assignments automatically to MDT as outage
engine rolls outages up
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Verify and complete outages from MDT
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Display crew login status in NM DMS, as entered from
MDT
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Mobile Data R&D Project Scope
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Provide capability to view assignment information on geographic
display on mobile laptop
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Force outage upstream/downstream from MDT
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Show location of other crews on mobile laptop
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Show current switch status and tags on mobile laptop
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Allow entry of damage assessment on mobile laptop
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Allow different geographical viewers to be plugged in:
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MDSI Viewer
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ESRI Viewer
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Mapframe Viewer
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Other GIS viewers
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ABB Viewer (possible future)
Crew Scheduling R&D
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Goal:
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Approach:
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Provide scheduling and supporting data structures to manage
outages and service work
Develop key components that can be used either standalone or
integrated with third party scheduling tools
Benefits:
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More efficient utilization of crews
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Faster assignment of crews to outages and service work
Crew Scheduling R&D
Orders
Appointments
Resources
Scheduler
Schedule
Auto
Dispatch
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Manual
Dispatch
Crew Assignments
Constraints
Network Manager DMS Product Vision
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Underlying software architecture will not change
significantly
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OMS functionality maturing, but still room for large storm
restoration tools, for example
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DMS functionality being added to OMS
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Modular architecture allows components to be upgraded,
however
Power system applications continue to evolve
Integration with other IT systems is key
Network Manager DMS Product Vision
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OMS:
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AMR Integration:
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System-wide residential AMR coverage
Distribution Automation Integration:
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Standalone telemetry in OMS
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SCADA control from OMS
SCADA Integration: (ABB and third party)
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Integrated EMS/DMS/OMS
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Integration of SCADA one-line diagrams into OMS
Applications:
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Further integration of OMS and mobile data systems
Further migration of distribution planning applications into control room
Combined OMS and Mobile Data Systems
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Benefits:
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Faster, more accurate passing of assignment to crew
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Real-time updates to crew as outages roll up
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More accurate outage status provided to customers
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More timely outage verification/restoration information passed to OMS
– provides more accurate picture of outage situation to management
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More accurate knowledge of crew locations allows outages to be
dispatched more efficiently
Result:
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Less time spent on the radio frees up dispatcher to focus on restoration
and switching
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Crews spend less time being sent to imprecise locations
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Shorter restoration times
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Full Residential AMR Coverage
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Two-way communication between meter and AMR server
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Communication between AMR server and NM-DMS
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Benefits:
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Faster outage notification
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Prevent unnecessary trips to investigate problems at customer side of
meter
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Faster outage confirmation and identification of faulted area
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Look-ahead prediction logic can call upstream meters to determine
extent of fault
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Restoration confirmation allows nested outages to be detected and
crew sent to fix problem while they are in the area
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Distribution Automation Integration with OMS
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Utilities are adding more remote controlled switches and reclosers
downstream of substation
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Telemetered reclosers can provide fault current information to locate
fault
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Telemetered fault indicators can help localize the fault further
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Remote controlled switches can support sectionalization to remotely
isolate fault and improve customer minutes
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Linked with RSA, can have a significant effect on customer minutes
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Capacitor control applications also require sending commands to
turn capacitors on/off
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Current and voltage measurements can also be used to get more
accurate load flow results
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Tighter SCADA Integration
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Tighter integration between SCADA/EMS and
DMS/OMS (ABB and third party)
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Increased benefits by integration:
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Improved communication via common tags and switch orders
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Navigation between geographic displays and one-line diagrams
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Single login to all systems
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Integrated fail-over and server status
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Integrated training simulator
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State estimator and load flow can be connected
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SCADA alarms system can be used by DMS