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SMART GRID

Smart Grid Solutions:• Smart Metering

• Remote Data Collection

• Communication Network

• Power Grid Automation

Inovcity Aparecida Project Overview

Inovcity Aparecida

The approval of this meter marks the onset of installation of Smart Grid in Brazil. Miguel Setas, EDP Group. “

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The Ecil Energia’s family of electronic meters was developed in partnership with EDP Bandeirante for residential and commer-cial measurements.

Adherent to the Smart Grid concept, the smart meters line comprises direct and indirect meters for low voltage (Single Phase, Two-Phase, Three-Phase and Balance Meter), they are: MD1400, MD2400, MD2400-1E, MD3400, MD3500 and MD5500. Fruit of an R&D (Research and Development) partnership, the line of meters was part of the first project of smart grid of large size deployed in the historical city of Aparecida at São Paulo State.

Regarded as the biggest Smart Grid project in Brazil, it trans-formed Aparecida into a more sustainable city, through energy efficiency actions, use of efficient public lighting, and adoption of distributed generation of power through renewable sources, allowing the use of electric vehicles among other actions, con-

tributing significantly toward reducing CO2 emissions.

Inovcity project will allow an online control of power consump-tion in consumer units, as well as remote disconnection and reconnection.

The system installed is already prepared for new forms of billing and customer relations, including prepayment functions and hour-seasonal billing, having as consequence better distribution of energy demand during the day, allowing postponement of new investments in the power infrastructure.

The MD family of smart meters already supports four-quadrant metering, which allows measuring the power flow. Thinking of systems in which power microgeneration by the consumer will be present, the Concessionaire will, with this new meter, have the power balance between what the customer consumed from the Concessionaire and what was generated in his property, whether by wind microturbines or by photovoltaic cells.

In the Inovcity project, in the city of Aparecida in SP, Ecil Energia installed over 15,4 thousand smart meters already approved by INMETRO.

SMART METERS

Smart meters are able toperform remote discon-nection and reconnection and alert the Power Company in case of power theft.

REMOTE DATA COLLECTION

Remote data collection ofsmart meters will allow theUtilities Company to havethe information online for all devices on the network in real time.

PUBLIC LIGHTING

Implementation of con-trolling power to reducethe power consumptionaccording to the natural light and fault identifica-tion.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Better control over the flow of energy in the network, minimizing losses.

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION

Installation of the systemgeneration (photovoltaic orwind panel) for energyproduction.

The line comprises of smart meters, single-phase, biphase and triphase model (direct and indirect) used for residential and commercial measurements.

They have as main features the use of communication technology, radio frequency, the open standard IEEE 802.15 (ZigBee), supporting MESH functionality, each meter can operate as a router for packets from other meters in the communication network.Such routing is performed dynamically, making the system increasingly more robust communication, the greater the number ofdevices connected to the network, by allowing the establishment of multiple paths for traffic information.

Used in AMR and AMI applications, the complete solution consists of the meter, a coordinating network element, and a remotemanagement system, which uses the concepts of Home Area Network (HAN) and NAN (Neighborhood Area Network). All elements of the system were also part of the research project.

The HAN networks will be responsible for managing residential energy consumption, allowing the consumer and eventually the Utilities Company, acting directly in the main responsible for the energy consumption, is another tool in the quest for a better distribution of demand throughout the day.

The deployed solution provides for the future adoption of prepaid charging energy, enabling consumers to manage their expendi-ture on this input, essential for modern life. The NAN and WAN networks will be the basis for utilities companies to perform theirmanagement at the point of delivery, allowing the disconnection and reconnection, collecting energy data, the identification of fraud events, lack of energy and primary and secondary circuits, and other features remotely and instantly.

Additionally, the system already provides for the measurement and monitoring of temperature in 485 aerial distribution transformers (TAD) in each secondary extension, providing information management as technical and commercial losses by extension, circuit overload, phase unbalance and power quality dynamically. Such information will be used for the areas of loss, maintenance and planning.

Smart Metering

MD1400, MD2400, MD2400-1E, MD3400, MD3500 e MD5500

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The Inovcity design considers the deployment of a communications infrastructure that is already prepared for the integration of various equipment and systems that will make smart grids. The WAN (Wide Area Network), a mixed use technology in public networks using standard GPRS and private networks in IEEE 802.16e (WiMAX).

The WiMAX network has been deployed at certain points, allowing the integration of engineers measuring, automated switches and reclosers, also allowed its use by maintenance crews in the eld for internal communication. However, most of the coordinators of measurement still communi-cate at that stage by public GPRS network, enabling a performance comparison between different technologies.

Such scope is only possible according to this mixed technology will allow communication on a large endpoints for each band to be integrated into the system. The WiMAX network is based on the same concept of communication cells employed in mobile networks, in which Radio Base stations, “illuminate” a given region, allowing the connection of multiple endpoints.

At certain points of the WAN network, where the signal is weak, the reclosers or coordinators measurement, already installed on poles, may act as signal repeaters, “illuminating” farthest points without the need for new repeater towers.

The objective in the medium term for the Inovcity project is to make WiMAX the basis on which allother systems related to smart energy networks (Smart Grids) services are supported by the sameinfrastructure, optimizing investment and enabling many services that will be the future of the operation of power grids.

WiMAX networks have features essential to the achievement of a large Smart Grid project. They are IP (Internet Protocol), fully managed networks that support and control services such as QoS (Quality of Service), segregation of physical networks by creating VLAN (Virtual LAN), to stratify thedifferent applications of automation, measurement and control and data priority according to the type of information being transmitted.

Also, they allow the use of the authentication process by using RADIUS server (Remote Access Dial In User Service - RFC Authentication 2865) and management (Simple Network Management Protocol) SNMP versions 1, 2 and 3. These features enable the management of remote reconfigu-ration functions, necessary if there are changes in the network topology.

Communication Networks

- 35.000 habitantes; - 15.400 pontos de consumo; - 121 km²; - Clima tropical; - IDH elevado (0,804); - R$9.988 PIB per capita.

Aparecida/SP

Steps of the Inovcity Aparecida Project


First installation of the MD1400 meter inthe Inovcity Project.

Site Meter Reading.

Technical Specifications

AMI Solution Architecture

• General topology of the solution architecture of AMI and its elements.

• Zigbee between meters using the “Smart Energy” protocol”;• Zigbee between the meter of ADT (Aerial Distribution Transformer) and the Coordinator using the “Smart Energy” protocol:- Zigbee protocol applying the “Smart Energy” protocol to collect meter data;- GPRS protocol to send data and receive commands from the center of measurement;- WiMAX radio technology for communication with the central measurement.

Supported Protocols and Standard for Communication Networks

• Zigbee 2,4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4;• WiMAX 5,4 GHz IEEE 802.16e.

• Meter: Optical output, Serial 485, Zigbee Radio and Control output relay;• Meter ADT (Aerial Distribution Transformer): Optical output, Serial 485 and Zigbee Radio;• Coordinator: Ethernet, RS-232, Bluetooth, Zigbee and WiMAX.

• Zigbee, 16 channels Mesh;• WiMAX broadband multichannel.

F R E Q U E N C Y B A N D S A V A I L A B L E F O R T H E C O M M U N I C A T I O N M O D U L E S O F T H E S O L U T I O N E L E M E N T S

Quantities and Types of Available Communication Interface in the Solution Elements

F E A T U R E S S U P P O R T E D B Y C O M M U N I C A T I O N T E C H N O L O G I E S



Description of the Elements of AMI Solution

T Y P E S O F M E T E R S O F F E R E D A N D M E A S U R E M E N T F E A T U R E S

• Single-phase, Two-phase and Three-phase;• Meter for secondary transformer;• Meter for Group A (free consumers, captive and border).

Protocols and Standards Measurement (National and International) Supported by the Meter• Meters for Group A: Standard CODI/ABNT

• Meters for Group B: Modbus for command and reading, Zigbee “Smart Energy” for command and reading;

• Recloser: DNP3 for command and reading points and proprietary port for settings and commands.

Security Protocols Supported by Meters• 128-bit encryption for Zigbee communication between meters for collection; • Accelerometer Alarm with security protocol PAT REQ to identify fraud or violation of the cabinet.

B A S E A N D T E R M I N A L B L O C K / C O V E R M E T E R A N D T E R M I N A L B L O C K

MD2400 (Two-Phase, Bidirectional of Active or Active / Reactive Power)

MD1400 (Single-Phase, Unidirectional Active Energy)

Network SettingsNumber of Elements 1Number of Wires 2Number of PhasesStar Wiring (Y)

1

Network SettingsNumber of Elements 2Number of Wires 3Núumber of PhasesStar Wiring (Y)

2

MD2400-1E (Single-Phase, Bidirectional Active or Active / Reactive Power)

Network SettingsNumber of Elements 1Number of Wires 2Number PhasesStar Wiring (Y)

1

B A S E A N D T E R M I N A L B L O C K / C O V E R M E T E R A N D T E R M I N A L B L O C K

Made of transparent polycarbonate with anti-flame protection and UV protection.

Operating Ranges Voltages and CurrentsRated Current 15 AMaximum Current 120 AOperating Voltage 120V/240VFrequency 60 HzClass B (1%)Constant 1,0 Wh/Pulse






MD3500 (Three-Phase and Indirect - Power Balance Meter Energy)

Operating Ranges Voltages and CurrentsRated Current 60 AMaximum Current 600 AOperating Voltage 120V/240VFrequency 60 HzClass B (1%)Constant 1,0 Wh/Pulse and 1,0 Varh/

Pulse


3

MD3400 (Three-Phase, Active or Active / Reactive Power


3

• Single-Phase Meter has mass memory for 37 days, with the option of supply without memory;• Two-Phase and Three-Phase meters possess mass memory for 37 days.

MD5500 (TOU - Time of Use Meter)

Operating Ranges Voltages and CurrentsNominal Values / TC In 2.5A, 10A max (active power)

In 5A, 20A max (reactive power)Operating Voltage 3x57.7/100V up to 3x277/480V

auto rangingFrequency 50/60 HzAccuracy Active power: Class 0.2%

Reactive power: Class 0.5%Temperature -25ºC ~ 70ºC/°F

Network SettingsTC and TPConnections

3 and 4 wires(configurable)

Communica-tion

Optical port in accordance with ABNT 14522 DLMS, RS485 DLMS - Cosem

AcessoriesCommunication External Modules: GPRS/3G (QuadriBand Module)

Ethernet (10/100Mb Ethernet MAC)Wi-Fi, ZigBee (ZigBee Pro 2.4GHz)PLC - Power Line CommunicationOptical Interface ABNT StandardInsulated Optical Port RS232/ RS485

Configuration IHM (Display + Keyboard)

Operating Ranges Voltages and CurrentsRated Current 15 AMaximum Current 120 AOperating Voltage 120V/240VFrequency 60 HzClass B (1%)Constant 1,0 Wh/Pulse and 1,0 Varh/

Pulse



FunctionalitiesMeters Models

MD1400

MD2400

MD2400-1E

MD3400

MD3500

MD5500

Online control of energy consumption in homes P P P P NI NI

AMR and AMI applications P P P P P PSupport to future prepaid measurement P P P P NI NI

Remote disconnection / reconnection P P P P NI NI

Fraud Alerts (Inversion of quadrant, number ofdisconnections, Meter without charge)

P P P P P P

Accelerometer with PAT REQ security protocol foridentification of fraud or violation of the cabinet

P P P P P NI

6 - digit LCD Display P P P P P NI

DIC and FIC P P P P P PCommunication optical port P P P P P PDemand control and PF (Power Factor) P P P P P PInternal temperature metering P P P P P P4-quadrant metering P P P P P PNeutral current metering P P P P P PActive power metering P P P P P PActive and reactive power metering NI P P P P PInternal battery and supercap for RTC NI P P P P PCurrent metering by Rogowski sensor NI NI NI NI P NI

Monitoring of TDA by Pt 100 temperature sensor NI NI NI NI P NI

DMCR Protocol (Standard ABNT 14522) NI NI NI NI NI PModbus/ DLMS Protocols P P P P P PMass memory for 37 days OPC P P P P PRS485 communication electrical port NI NI NI OPC OPC OPC6LoWPAN communication (CISCO) OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPCCommunication through Mesh, 2.4GHZ OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPCDisconnection relay OPC OPC OPC OPC NI NISAG/ SWELL – Analyses and measurement of the electric power quality

OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC

A P P R O V A L O F M E T E R S A L O N G T H E S T A N D A R D I Z I N G B O D I E S

• MD1400: Single Phase Meter, Inmetro / Dime Ordinance No. 0163, of May 13, 2011• MD2400-1E: Single Phase Meter, Inmetro / Dime Ordinance No. 0375, of Tuesday, December 20, 2011;• MD2400: Two-phase meter, Inmetro / Dimel Ordinance No. 0375, of December 20, 2011;• MD3400: Three-Phase Meter, Inmetro / Dimel No. 0067 of 02 May 2012.

F U N C T I O N A L I T I E S T A B L E O F T H E M E T E R S


KEYS: P- Implemented | NI - Not Implemented | OPC - Optional

Measurement Coordinator AP-5000 has the function of taking readings of data from electronic meters via Zigbee communication interface.

It has 8 Mesh networks that communicate with the meters via the Smart Energy protocol, each radio has the ability to read up to40 meters. For communication with the coordinator server is used a WiMAX network for sending data and receiving commandsthrough the SMM system, or GPRS interface.

Bluetooth interface for local technical assistance, maintenance and reading.

Specification: • 8 Mesh Networks;• 8 Directional Antennas;• GPRS/ GSM/ 3G Compatible;• Ethernet, Bluetooth V2.0; Wi-Fi and WiMAX;• LinuxStamp Processor;• Suport up to 320 meters;• IP66 – Installing external use;• Power Supply 120~240V;• Backup Battery.

Coordinator for NAN Network





Internal Consumer Devices


Individual Consumption Query Terminal (TCCI)

Home Display is designed to be integrated with smart energy meters via Zigbee network, routers meters will be the information collected by the devices to act as “end - devices” network, allowing utilities to create new services for consumers.

It consists of a multifunctional display with the consumer interface with the Utilities Company. Through this display, consumers can track and manage their consumption of electricity and information of Dealers.

Technical Features and Functionalities: • Text field for Concessionaire’s information as energy promotion, shutdown scheduling or other;• Spending on monetary values of the current month;• Credit totaled in size or in monetary values;• Estimated duration of the credit due to the current consumption;• Range of power tariff for the current period indicated by colored LEDs (blue,green, yellow and red);• Consumption alarms;• Monitoring and consumption display on accumulated greatness of the monthand totaled: General summation, Smart TUG individualized, overall smart meter; • Wireless Communication, by Zigbee, 2.4 GHz, Energy Profile; • Portable box; • Quick Reference Interface to the client; • Multifunction LCD;• Battery Powered (2 or 4 AAA batteries) or external eliminator (rechargeable by USB port;• Buzzer alarm.

Home Display

Remote disconnection and reconnection module (MCRC)

Smart TUG

This module disconnection and reconnection works integrated into the Single Phase, Two Phase and Three Phase Meter of Ecil Energia. It has bistable relay with capacity to withstand current of up to 30A.

Smart Tug consists of a “male-female” socket already in the new ABNT standard, which is used to control residential equipment. This device connects to the residence for Home Display Zigbbe communication - RF, allowing the utility or the consumerremotely commanding various appliances in an easy and intuitive way.

It can also act as a shunt type meter of low cost, for measuring active energy, no display and can be connected to several residential equipment, providing monitoring for the consumer to ascertain the individual consumption of their various household appliances.


Internal Consumer Devices


Technical Features and Functionalities: • Connects to home display via Zigbee - RF communication;• Allows the Concessionaire or consumer to remotely turn on / off various appliances;• Can act as a shunt type meter of low cost, which enables the consumer to monitor theconsumption of individual appliances; • Housing with “male-female” plug incorporated• Disconnection relay with different powers (10A, 20A and 30A);• Power supply 110/220 Vac, auto range;• Function of “end-device” in the Zigbee network.

Measurement:• Single phase;• RMS voltage and current;• Cumulative energy: active and reactive;• Instant power;• Instantaneous power factor;• Range of current metering 0-20A;• ABNT standard socket;• Operating voltage: 85-245Vac @60Hz (Autorange);• Wireless communication: Zigbee 2,4Ghz, Energy Profile;• Protection against overvoltage, overcurrent.

Smart TUG

Consumer Unit

Internal Topology

CoordinatorAP - 5000

Single-Phase,Two-Phase and

Three-Phase

Technical Features and Functionalities: • Intel XScale 650 Mhz Processor; • Windows Operating System;• Alphanumeric keyboard• Liquid crystal display touch screen with colorful VGA resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, backlight;• Memory of 256MB RAM x 1 Gigabyte Flash;• Degree Protection (IP) 64;• Drop resistance to 1.5 meters;• Wi-Fi Wireless Communication;• GPRS;• GPS;• Zigbee “Smart Energy”;• Camera Resolution: 1.3 megapixel;• Compatibility with the TAD-E of Uplevel;• Bluetooth;• Capacity and autonomy of the batteries 18.5 watts;• Barcode reader.



Smart Metering Management

SMM

These collectors allow the capture of field readings for billing, plotting the geographical location of collection points via GPS. Theyhave extended battery autonomy for large scripts, sending data via GPRS. Also, they still have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Wireless communication for centralized collections via hub.

• Metering;• Mass Memory;• Measurement of Home Automation Equipment;• Meter Status;• Meter Alerts;• Gateway Status;• Coordinators Status (Connected Meters Chart);• ZigBee Network Topology (Mesh Networks Routing Charts).

MANAGEMENT OF RECORDS SENT BY AMI FOR THE REPOSITORY DATA THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES USED BY ENGINEERS

• Radios;• Coordinators;• Meters (Single, Two and Three-Phase);• Displays;• Home Automation Devices;• Transformation Stations (Transformers).

RECORDS OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS COMPRISING THE AMI (ADVANCED METER INFRASTRUCTURE)

Collectors for Reading Meters

RF Collectors


SMM - Smart Metering Management


• Coordinator Commissioning Command;• Configuration Command of Sending SMS from Coordinator;• Radios On and Off Command;• Reset Radios Command;• Replace SimCard Coordinator Command;• Coordinator Reset Command;• Display Message Command;• Join Lock Command;• Meter Credit recharge Command;• Meter Disconnection and Reconnection Command;• Display Command;• Meter Parameters Command;• Smart Plug Setup Command.

• Remote disconnection and reconnection;• Prepaid energy;• Hourly-seasonal rate;• Bidirectional Energy for distributed generation.

A V A I L A B L E F E A T U R E S

Management Core Modules

M A N A G E M E N T C O N T R O L S T H A T W E R E S E N T T O A M I T H R O U G H C O M M U N I C A T I O N S E R V I C E S U S E D B Y C O O R D I N A T O R S

• Configuration of the network connections between the measuring devices (meters) and Coordinators (Zigbee Radio) to form the topology of the AMI network;• Alarms management sent by the meters through a TreeView interface or GIS (Geographic Information System, E.g.: Google Maps);• Status management (operation) sent by the elements that compose the AMI;• Metering management sent by the meters;• Network topoly management of the elements that make up the AMI;• Load balance management of AMI (by Transformation Station).

1 How much, in practice, can itgenerate in power savings(kilowatts or megawatts)?

The system allows an online control of power consumption in homes, as well as disconnection and reconnec-tion, however, the savings is linked tocampaigns on energy efficient use. For example, the system will allow prepaid and hour-seasonal billing.

The meters have antifraud fea-tures that guarantee management of non-technical losses.

The consumer will also be able to control the consumption of various equipment in the home via WEB, through the HAN network.

2 How much, in practice, can itgenerate in green savings (CO2)?

One of the functionalities of the meters is metering in the four quadrants, which in practice will allow metering in both power flows.

Thinking of systems in which micro-generation of power by the consumer will be present, the Concessionaire will, with this new meter, have the power balance between what the customer consumed from the Concessionaire and what was generated in his property, whether by wind microturbines or by photovoltaic cells.

3 What is the cost of installing this system per 100 thousandinhabitants (or per 10 thou-sand, in short, any measure-ment for comparison)?

Several studies have been conductedfor the final solution to bem com-mercially feasible.

Adoption of Mesh networks in the Zigbee standard, with low power consumption, at free frequency, and without need for retrofits in the power network, will allow economi-cally feasible projects.

5 What was the total invest-ment of this project?

EDP Bandeirante invested, in the city of Aparecida, about R$ 10 mil-lion (US$5 million)

4 How many meters were installed? Approximately 15,400 smart meters were installed.


First installation of the MD1400 meter inthe Inovcity Project.

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