Power SCADA High Level Architecture

Overview of the Components in a Power SCADA system

Power SCADA

Open, highly performant and flexible

architecture to support the most
demanding power critical sites

MV Equipment/relays LV Equipment/breakers Power & energy metering & Branch Circuit Meters PQ meters
other Modbus devices
Power SCADA + Advanced Reporting Architecture
Optional Software Modules:
Technical details
• Breaker Performance Module
• Energy Billing Module
• Energy Analysis Module
• Generator Performance Module
• EPSS Module
• Power Efficiency Module
• Power Capacity Module
• Power Quality Advisor Module
• IT Billing Module
PowerSCADA Anywhere
• UPS Performance Module
HTML5 Application Single Power SCADA HMI
Advanced Reporting &
Historical Data Dashboards Server
Native Hot-standby
Redundancy (optional)

Modbus TCP, ION, IEC61850, DNP3, SNMP Onboard logs and alarms, waveforms

MV Equipment/relays LV Equipment/breakers Power & energy metering & Branch Circuit Meters PQ meters
other Modbus devices
Energy Usage options for Power SCADA
Reporting options based on the depth of functionality
Basic Reports
Built-in basic reporting solution
accessible to end users via web client
• Basic energy usage reports capable of
generating reports on large amounts of
data
• Included with v7.3 & later
• Uses SCADA trend system as historical
data source (i.e. does not require
Microsoft SQL)
Advanced Reporting
Plugin to Power SCADA leveraging the
Reports and Dashboards via PME web
client
• “Best in class” depth of reporting including
power quality, shadow utility billing, etc.
• Provides Dashboard view of historical data
• Helps achieve ISO50001 & IEC 60364-8-1
compliance
• Allows end user to pre-configure and schedule
report creation are possible via web client
• Uses Microsoft SQL Server for historical data
source
• Integrated with Power SCADA runtime via SSO
Power SCADA History
What is Power SCADA?
• Schneider Electric’s Power Management and Control System software package for real-time
situational awareness

When was Power SCADA introduced and why?

• First introduced in 2009 to address the needs of our largest customers to manage the
increasing numbers of communicating electrical devices in their facilities.

Is Power SCADA a true SCADA?

• Based on Citect SCADA, Power SCADA is a true SCADA (supervisory control and data
acquisition) software offer. Citect SCADA is a proven process automation software package
first introduced to the market in 1991 with now over 1 million copies sold.
Scale your system as your needs evolve
Performant as you scale up

Power SCADA addresses the

increasing size & scale of modern
power systems containing large
numbers of intelligent devices

Q: What is the size of the largest deployment of Power SCADA?

A: 600,000 tags

Q: What is the average size of a Power SCADA installation?

A: 150,000 - 200,000 tags

Q: What is the shortest time Power SCADA could interrogate devices to obtain alarm, real time, and
trend data?
A: Device data acquisition can occur within seconds - it is only limited by the latency of the communications
network and the responsiveness of the devices.
Power SCADA Operation for real-time situational awareness
The power of a SCADA uniquely
designed for
Power Management Applications
Power SCADA Operation enables Facilities teams in Power
Critical Facilities to monitor, control, and troubleshoot issues in
real-time with their electrical distribution systems to maximize
power reliability and operational efficiency.
Power Monitoring & Alarming
• High performant real-time communications
• Native system redundancy and scalable architecture
• Extensive protocol support & open data exchange
• Highly customizable with scripting and an open API
• Cyber resilient networks and servers
Source Control
• Monitor complex auto-transfer schemes
• Remotely and safely control breakers
Avoid Disruption via Events Analysis
• Default, rich data integration for connected devices
(e.g. Masterpact MTZ, ION9000, PM8000, etc.).
• Sequence of Events Recording (SER) (1ms)
• Power Quality Waveform Analysis (COMTRADE)
Native Architectural Redundancy
Providing peace-of-mind that your system is reliable when the worst case scenario happens

Power SCADA
Client No single point of failure

Redundant alarms and

Power SCADA historical data
Power SCADA Secondary Server
Primary Server (Standby)
Full synchronization of data
between servers

+ Support for redundant

communications network

Communicating
device
Scale your system as your needs evolve
Small systems require minimal hardware

Power SCADA has a surprisingly

small ‘hardware’ footprint.

It can be installed and run on an embedded PC like the Schneider Electric Magelis pictured above or even a
tablet such as a Microsoft Surface.
 61850 Ed.2 and OPC UA
Open Standard Protocols and Data Exchange available August 2018
Large variety of protocols allows for vendor agnostic equipment communication

Wide Range of Protocol Support Open Data Exchange

IEC61850 Edition 2
DNP3

OPC support
> OPC UA client
> OPC DA v2 client & server
> OPC AE v1 server
SNMPv2 Database connectivity
> ODBC, OLE-DB, SQL
Other Schneider Electric software
> Web Services to integrate alarms with
EcoStruxure Building Operation
Take your power system anywhere in the facility
Power SCADA HMI available on any HTML5 web browser or smart device
PowerSCADA Anywhere
Manually Control Loads
Open/close breakers remotely

Control breakers in real time using

interactive Power graphics.

Operate breakers remotely from a safe

distance from energized equipment to
minimize potential arc-flash risk.
Real-time Situational Awareness
Animated one-line to visualize electrical system status

Quickly understand the state of

your power system

Determine which parts of your

electric network are energized and
from what sources.

See in real time when loads are

shifted as part of control schemes
using PLC’s, relays, etc.
Intelligent one-line animation engine
Technical details: All the logic and development tools you need to digitize your electrical network
Intelligent One-Line Graphics!
• The one-line animation engine
included with Power SCADA has
bus condition logic built-in!
• Not only is the Power SCADA one-
line diagrams faster to setup than
a traditional SCADA, but it
introduces repeatability in
commissioning thereby eliminating
manual engineer error.
Electrical Distribution Automated Fault Detection
System Control using and Re-energization
Power SCADA
1. Automatic and fast fault isolation and power restoration in
case of fault on the MV loop.
2. In the event of a fault on the MV loop, the main MV feeder
breaker will trip.
3. Power System locates the fault using the signals coming
from the protection relays.
4. Power System isolates the fault by opening the respective
breaker or protection relay.
5. Power System closes the previous open point in the
electrical network.
6. Power System closes the MV Feeder Breaker that tripped
earlier.
High-Speed Alarming
Technical details

Alarm capabilities
• Filter, sort and categorize alarms based
on time, severity, equipment, state,
priority, etc. in the software HMI

• Acknowledge from the software HMI

• 8 different alarm severity levels w/

customized colouring possible
* Alarm performance (ie: time between alarm occurring on
device and reflected in software) depends on equipment
communication’s architecture. We recommend Ethernet • Ability to print as alarm occurs
communications for high speed alarm performance.
• PC based alarms w/ millisecond time
stamps based on server time
Power Events Analysis
Help determine root cause and get back to normal quickly

Identify exact sequence of

power events across system

View electrical waveforms

associated with specific events
for deeper analysis

Re-establish normal
operations quickly and safely
once root cause is determined
Sequence of Events Functionality
Fully-featured waveform viewer to analyze electrical events

Perform deeper Sequences of Events

analysis by displaying and analyzing
waveforms generated as a result of
associated alarms

Analyze the harmonics that are

impacting your Power Quality and
affecting large equipment

Display Phasor or circular diagram to

view individual V, I and Harmonics
channels

Supports ION waveforms along with

IEEE Std. C37.111 (1991, 1999, and
2013 COMTRADE formats)
Maximize Energy Efficiency
Much more than your typical SCADA Historian

Via Advanced Reporting and Dashboards module:

• Provide energy transparency on where and how
much energy and other utilities (WAGES) are
generated, distributed and consumed.
• Set energy reduction targets and adjust
operations for continuous efficiency
improvements.
• Showcase energy performance to a broad group
of stakeholders via Energy Kiosk displays.
• Create accountability by allocating costs to
departments or processes
• Avoid Utility penalties and billing discrepancies
due to peak demand, power factor and errors in
utility bills