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National Grid's
Deeside Project
aka OSEAIT (Offgrid Substation Environment for
the Acceleration of Innovative Technologies)
Winner
Electricity Transmission
Network Innovation Competition 2015
....modify an existing 400kV substation into an easily reconfigurable, field trial facility.
....turn a decommissioned substation into a data and information mecca.
The Brief
The Deeside facility will be the first in Europe where assets associated with electricity networks can be tested off-grid, 24 hours, seven days a week.
- Smart Grid
-
Analytics
- Big Data
- Signal Processing
- Computer Vision
- Machine Learning
- Industrial IoT
- XaaS
What the Hell is Smart Grid?
- Safety
- Reliability
- Resilience
- Efficiency
- Cost Effectiveness
- Flexibility
Volume
- Terabytes
- Records/Arch
- Transactions
- Tables, Files
Veracity
- Trustworthiness
- Availability
- Accessibility
Variety
- Structured
- Unstructured
- Multi-factor
- Probabilistic
Value
- Correlations
- Predictions
Velocity
- Batch
- Real/near-time
- Processes
- Streams
Reference: IoT World Forum
The Power of IoT
Collaboration & Processes
(Involving People & Business Processes)
Application
(Reporting, Analytics, Control)
Data Abstraction
(Aggregation & Access)
Data Accumulation
(Storage)
Edge Computing
(Data Element Analysis & Transformation)
Connectivity
(Communication & Processing Units)
Physical Devices & Controllers
(The "things")
The Position
Highlights June to December 2016
- www.nationalgrid.com/deeside launched
- Detailed plan for 1st construction stage completed.
- Phase one innovation programme scoped.
- 15.5 Acres
- Substation
- Overhead Line
- Underground Cable Sections
- Workshops
- Storage Space
- Office Block
Phase 1
Unavailable
Phase 2
Phase 3
Analytics Roadmap
- New Technology from LNO or Manufacturer.
- Legacy assets with unknown condition and capability.
- Develop & test new operating regimes.
Business Scenarios
The IoT & Big Data solution should be able to support these scenarios and some more.
- Multiple projects and suppliers or GB network owner’s onsite at the same time
- A single very large project requiring capability from most of the facility
| Project | Sponsor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Weather Station | Neil Williams | Alpha |
| Overhead Lines | David Scott | Beta |
| Cable Sealing Ends | Andy Ross | Pilot |
| RFI Sensitivity | " " | Pilot |
| Line Scout | " " | Someday Maybe |
| Conductor coating systems | " " | Someday Maybe |
| Texture composite insulators | " " | Someday Maybe |
Analytics Pipeline
HV Line Monitoring
Source: Lindsey
Know the true facility capacity rating of lines by monitoring:
- the operating temperature of conductors.
- the distance to the nearest object below.
HV Line Monitoring
- Increase transmission capacity
- Defer investments
- Improve grid resiliency
Weather Station
Environmental monitoring will be a key consideration for most Deeside projects.
- Temperature
- Atmospheric pressure
- Humidity
- Wind Speed
- Solar Radiation
- Aggregate Precipitation
- Falling Precipitation
- Drop size distribution
- Visibility
- Cloud ceiling
Buy
Borrow
Build
Prediction
Source: Wikipedia
Detection
Focus on electrostatic field (the energy field of which thunderstorms are composed).
Focus on electromagnetic field (the field that is affected by a lightning discharge)
National Grid's Deeside Project
By TILIX
National Grid's Deeside Project
In November 2015 NG won the Electricity Network Innovation Competition for its submission of a plan to “modify an existing 400kV electricity substation into a field trial facility to host electricity related innovation projects in a live substation environment".
