Diseño y simulación de un sistema SCADA para el proyecto hidroeléctrico " RÍO NEGRO"

Abstract

Currently, electric power is essential in every home, for this reason it is necessary to generate a greater amount of energy to satisfy the necessities of all cities and towns in our country. The solution to this problem would be mainly create new sources of electricity generation that are environmentally friendly. One possible solution is the creation of new hydroelectric plants that supply a large amount of electricity to homes. The main objective of this thesis is to design an automatic control system using the SCADA software concept that allows us to control and monitor variables within the plant from a single point (machine’s house) in order to have an easy and fast access to the acquired data. It will also develop a software that simulates a human machine interface in order to have a realistic simulation of all the variables that intervene in all the areas that will be controlled, as well as a system for monitoring alarms and generating reports that is necessary for the plant works in the most optimal way. Finally some sensors and actuators were chosen according to the location in which they should be installed such as: level sensors, flow, etc. and using these elements, a user interface was created that simulates the data collection and the manual and automatic orders that the operator can experience during the normal use of Rio Negro hydroelectric plant.