MESYUARAT

ROUNDTABLE TNB
RESEARCH – TNB
DISTRIBUTION
NETWORK FY2019
Group 3 SCADA
1. Mohd Hamidi Othman
2. Ramlah Binti Awang
3. Ridwan bin Mohamad
4. Zarina Binti Mohd Said
5. Azlan b. Abdul Rahim
6. Muhammad Hanif bin Abdul Aziz
7. Lim Khim Yan
 LIST OF PROJECT & PRIORITY
High 1. Research on the root cause of RTU Failure (Operation
Excellence)
Urgency
2. Communication System for induce Pilot Cable (Operation
(Now – 6 Excellence)
months)
1. Research and development on 11kV Substation Automation
Medium System (SAS) (DN Modernization)
Urgency
2. Feasibility study on LoRa technology to complement SCADA/IoT
(6 months – 1 in GoTF communication (Smart grid (GOTF))
year)

Less Urgency 1. Asset enhancement in using 5G to support SCADA System

(Future Proofing)
(1 year – 2
year) 2. RTU Area Network (RAN) (DN Modernization)

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 1. Research on the root cause of RTU
Failure (Operation Excellence)
There are some cases of un-commanded breaker operations. The
Situati events occurred during RTU failure in several substations.
on

From observation, the failure occurred from the same batch and brand
Complicati of RTU and there are more than 200 units in the system.
on

Implicatio There are possibility the same event would occur in more substations.
More force tripping, system outages, which would impact SAIDI and
n customer.

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 1. Research on the root cause of RTU
Failure (Operation Excellence)

Positio A research project to investigate the root cause of the problem and to
propose possible solutions. To review RTU installation guideline, design,
n
modem specification and surge protection device

Actio To conduct a research project with TNBR on RTU failure investigation.

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Would able to solve the RTU failure issues.

Benefit
Would able to avoid unnecessary maintenance work.
To avoid outages due to RTU failure

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 2. Communication System for
induce Pilot Cable (Operation
Excellence)
Current Pilot cable modem fail due to induce pilot cable that cause by
Situati fault, overload and etc.
on

No information from SCADA to the control center due to communication

Complicati offline
on

Unable to manage fast electrical network restoration due to the down

Implicatio system communication
n

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 2. Communication System for
induce Pilot Cable (Operation
Excellence)

Positio To assess different technologies of communication

n

Actio To approve the new technologies

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Avoid communication failure during induce current condition/situation. To

Benefit operate normally under induce condition

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 3. Research and development of 11kv
Substation Automation System (SAS)
(DN Modernization)

Situati The current implementation require complexed wiring and time consuming
on for SCADA system implementation in 11kV substation.

Complicati Costly and time consuming.

on

Implicatio Not able to minimize OPEX. Less efficient. Require more time to implement
SCADA system in 11kV substation.
n

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 3. Research and development of 11kv
Substation Automation System (SAS)
(DN Modernization)
A research project to develop an integrated monitoring, automation and
Positio control system for 11kV substation automation system. To develop
n technical specification for the integrated system. To conduct laboratory
test system. To conduct POC.

Actio To conduct a research project with TNBR on development of 11kV

Substation Automation System (SAS)
n

Would be able to maximize OPEX.

Benefit
Would be able to be more efficient and require less time to implement
SCADA system in 11kV substation.

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 4. Feasibility study on LoRa technology to
complement SCADA/IoT in GoTF
communication (Smart grid (GOTF))
Current communication is using cellular communication.
Situati
on

The monthly subscription of private SIM card is expensive and the signal is
Complicati unstable in rural area.
on

Number of equipment installed is getting higher and the cost of operation

Implicatio is increase.
n

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 4. Feasibility study on LoRa technology to
complement SCADA/IoT in GoTF
communication (Smart grid (GOTF))
To access the different technology of communication.
Positio
n

Study on the functionality of LoRa technology for SCADA/IoT

Actio communication.
n

Cost efficiency, OPEX savings.

Benefit

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 5. Asset enhancement in using 5G
to support SCADA system (Future
Proofing)
Current cellular communication using 3G for SCADA. 3G communications
Situati will obsolete soon. No more support from technology provider.
on

3G technology will obsolete soon

Complicati
on

Communication migration will impact SCADA/DA communications.

Implicatio
RTU would be no communication available.
n

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 5. Asset enhancement in using 5G
to support SCADA system (Future
Proofing)
A research project to assess 5G communication compatibility to SCADA/IoT
Positio and to support GoTF applications.
n

To conduct research project with TNBR on asset enhancement in using 5G

Actio to support SCADA system.
n

To enhance reliability, efficient, and more application can be deployed with

Benefit 5G communications.

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 6. RTU Area Network (RAN) (DN
Modernization)

Situati Individual RTUs are centralized through the control center.

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Complicati High data traffic back to control center and longer processing time.
on

Implicatio Data flooding and slow down of the master system process.
n

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 6. RTU Area Network (RAN) (DN
Modernization)

Positio Decentralized data processing at distributed RTUs.

n

Actio Build up the RTU process architecture framework.

n

Benefit DN modernization and OPEX savings.

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 Extra 1. Research on Implementation of
Programmable Controller in RTUs for Automatic
Voltage Regulation (AVR)

Current substation is using automatic voltage regulator (AVR) to control

Situati the online voltage by controlling the Online Tap Changer.
on

Automatic voltage regulator is expensive and it is “unknown” for the

Complicati logic behind in regulating the voltage.
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When the AVR is down (spoilt) or voltage is not regulating properly,

Implicatio customer equipment is affected for high voltage.
n

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 Extra 1. Research on Implementation of
Programmable Controller in RTUs for Automatic
Voltage Regulation (AVR)

Since RTU is available in substation and it is programmable to execute

Positio certain action, RTU can be programmed as a controller/regulator to
n regulate the voltage.

Design the logic similar to automatic voltage regulator for RTU and
Actio make RTU performs the same as a voltage regulator.
n

Cost of voltage regulator can be saved when voltage regulation can be

Benefit done by RTU. Logic is open and transparent for troubleshooting work.

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