EWEA 2011: Advantech Presents the Power Substation Automation Systems for Wind Energy

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 8, 2011 -- March 2011 – The EWEA, short for European Wind Energy Event is Europe’s annual premier event. This year the event takes place from 14-17 March in Brussels, Belgium, the capital of European Union where key decisions are being made. It represents a unique opportunity to promote wind energy and networking; Advantech will be showcasing the power substation automation systems that fulfill the needs of wind energy solutions at stand number 7630.

Most wind power generation systems are installed in harsh environments with dust, vibration, heat and electrical noise. These sites require reliable data servers with fanless, cableless and diskless design and industrial-grade Ethernet products for connection with the central room for system management. In addition, HMI/SCADA software is needed to provide energy analysis, cost profiles and demand control to allow users to take action for energy management.

Advantech offers the following that fulfill the needs of wind energy management under a wide range of environmental conditions:

• HMI/SCADA: Advantech WebAccess is browser-based software package for human-machine interfaces (HMI), and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) applications. All the features found in conventional HMI and SCADA software packages are available including Animated Graphics Displays, Real-time Data Control, Trends, Alarms and Logs.

• Industrial-grade Switches: Advantech EKI series offer robust industrial-grade switches with redundant DC power inputs and wide operating temperatures (-40 to 85'C) to secure stable Ethernet connections.
• Data Server and Communication Gateways: Advantech’s UNO-Series are fanless, reliable and compact embedded computing platforms with multiple isolated serial ports as embedded data servers for a variety of applications. They offer powerful computing (up to Core 2 Duo) with dual LANs and multiple serial ports. Through INGESYS® GATEWAY software Advantech will be able to provide data concentrator and protocol conversion solutions for power generation, transmission and distribution and other remoter monitoring applications.

• Programmable Automation Controllers: APAX-5000 series, the new PAC solution from Advantech, integrates control, information processing and networking in a single platform. By leveraging the latest automation technology, APAX-5000 series offers a unique system architecture, providing dual controllers for different tasks, same I/O with changeable controllers, and flexible I/O expansion with deterministic performance. All these features make Advantech’s PAC system more reliable, scalable and flexible, satisfying various complicated control and automation applications.



About Advantech

Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted, innovative products, services, and solutions. With years of industrial automation experience, we have grown into a respected global business organization. We are a pioneer in automation technology, combining connectivity, flexibility and ruggedness with today’s most reliable PC-based automation technologies. We believe PC-based open architecture is the trend in automation. Our product line includes a very wide range of: Open HMI, Fan less Industrial Computers, Industrial Ethernet Switches and Media Converters, Programmable Automation Controllers, Plug-in & Remote I/O’s, all integrated by HMI & Control Software. Together with our R&D and manufacturing service we offer Design To Order Services (DTOS) to serve customized products, support fit for purpose solutions, reduce customer engineering efforts and we are capable of meeting your manufacturing needs.

(More information: http://www.advantech.eu/sector/green-energy/default.aspx ).

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