Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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LOCAL LOW COST

TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR

THE MUNICIPALITY

Developed By: Dr. Tom Walingo and Dr. Yarish Brijmohan

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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BENEFITS

Strengthens the cooperation between the

Municipality and tertiary institutions.

Personnel development.

Vocational training.

Professional experience.

Identify the possible areas of local technological

solutions to be implemented.

Low cost solutions.

Ease of maintenance.

Use of local SMME’s for production.

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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AREAS OF TECHNOLOGICAL

COOPERATION Smart grid.

Smart city.

Small scale telemetry devices.

Integrated planning.

Research

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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COMMUNICATION NETWORK

Tier1 – Fibre optics connecting 100 132/275 kV

major substations.

Tier 2 – Fibre optics connecting 33kV and 11kV

distributor substations - Wireless mesh supplement.

Tier 3 – Connect to the home meters, not yet.

Substations services - SCADA, Telemetry.

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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LOW COST RTME

Tool for assessing the capacity of existing

communication networks - Load testing traffic.

Provide CCTV coverage to substations – assists in

security, theft control, damage monitoring.

Monitor environmental conditions of substations,

buildings or assets – live temperature and humidity

readings.

Capture alarms and report to control centre for

appropriate actions – General alarm, door open,

panel open, ac fail, fire alarm.

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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RTME HARDWARE

Market related cost – R20, 000

RTME Cost – R 5000.

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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AFRICA ENGINEERING

WEEK 2015

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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SUBSTATION

INSTALLATION

Substation Monitoring Using The Raspberry Pi

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