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Power to heat buildings is via 215 substations, of which 191 are connected to the Central Heating Plant, and 24 to the boiler room Podczele. In connection with the need for rapid response by the central location for all types of heating systems failures and malfunctions substations located in many parts of the city, MEC Kolobrzeg decided to execute a remote system monitoring and control of heating systems.The monitoring system is based on Citect SCADA visualization software v. 6.0. This software is a standard for the entire heating system to monitor the MEC Kolobrzeg.Delivered new server running under operating system Windows Server 2003. Visualization of the nodes attached to an existing application that supports the entire heating plant. As a communication protocol Modbus TCP is selected as the Ethernet due to its versatility, the continuing growth and various protocol converters, has now become the standard in industrial solutions.Built a separate communication network, based on radio Ethernet (WLAN) 802.11a, which uses a frequency of 5 GHz.

The basic rate is 54 Mb / s, but in practice works best in the range of 20 Mb / sRadio network in the case of district heating has proven to be an excellent alternative to other types of communication systems and in this application is an innovative solution. Got rid of the problem lay long lengths of cable between receiver points and the heating plant, and obtained an easy and convenient access to the substation.The control system was designed and built node in cooperation with the company TechBase Sp. Ltd., which supplied the necessary equipment to communicate with the visualization application controls and heat meters, mounted on each node.

The communication is based on Modbus TCP converters to Satchwell ™ MN300, MN440, MN500, MN620 (485 NCP protocol) type I-7188E2-S-NCP. These devices allow you to view and modify the parameters of heat controllers, connected to the RS485 port via the communication protocol and the NCP to monitor the parameters of heat meters (Mbus), connected to RS232 port via a converter RS232/Mbus (M-bus master).

Capabilities are used in the converter system made according to the following statement: monitoring parameters NCP series controllers, Modbus TCP network, handling controls: MN300, MN440, MN500, MN620, and heat meters - Mbus, the possibility of a software change controls, administration of the converter through a local or external PC terminal (TELNET), downloading and saving configuration files and files with FTP-client data (data downloaded, read and written by the application visualization once a day - which ensures the continuity of their records in the form of graphs), data storage (512 kB RAM with battery backup - data are recorded every 10 min, for 72 hrs.).Control and monitoring heat in Kolobrzeg installed by a company PUP SPIN SA in cooperation with the company TechBase Sp. of o.o. provides savings in thermal energy management, reduction of water losses in the network, obtain information on actual energy consumption of heat through the audience and immediate information modbus rtu about emergency situations in the work of district heating systems.

Also enables the analysis of long-term work nodes based on charts and collected the data collected. It contributes to the reduction of transmission losses, thus increasing network reliability and comfort of heat consumers.