| Title |
A Study on the Implementation of Automation Network for Power Utility using UCA and Fieldbus |
| Authors |
최인호(Choe, In-Ho) ; 황인휘(Hwang, In-Hwi) ; 홍승호(Hong, Seung-Ho) |
| Keywords |
Power system ; UCA ; Fieldbus ; Gateway |
| Abstract |
The UCA is a standard-based approach to utility communications which provides for wide scale integration of functional areas including customer interface, distribution, transmission, power plant, control center, and corporate information systems. Field devices in the power facilities require real-time communications, and they must be interconnected into fieldbus. This study introduces a method of implementing gateway that interfaces UCA and fieldbus. In this study, PROFIBUS and FOUNDATION Fieldbus are selected as candidate fieldbus protocols. Protocol interface in the gateway can be accomplished by mapping objects and services of UCA and fieldbus. MOst of the UCAs CASM objects and services are directly mapped into those of the application and user layers of fieldbus. However, some CASM services are not supported in the application and user layers of fieldbus. This study presents the method of implementing those services. In order to show that the implementation of interface is possible, this study presents pseudo-codes of interface program that maps the objects and services of UCA and fieldbus. |