Distributed energy solutions of tomorrow

RTI Connext DDS aims to deliver high reliability and performance to demanding power applications. The databus technology enables standards-based interoperability with industrial IoT applications outside the power industry as well as real-time performance for intelligent control at the edge of the grid. It is scalable and suitable for large-scale and complex systems. The connectivity solution is equipped with low latency with real-time Quality of Service (QoS), and it is secure. It is able to connect local and wide area networks, allowing integration of resources across a broad region. And it allows a proven integration of a fast local control loop with secure connectivity over long distances and with cloud infrastructure.

Applications in the Energy sector

1. Developing new Smart Grid architecture: Traditional central-station power grid operators have to compensate for variation in power generation or demand. To efficiently integrate distributed energy resources, the grid needs fast-reacting intelligence at the edge. RTI is collaborating with other members of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) to introduce the flexibility of real-time analytics and control into power grids so that power is generated more accurately and reliably to match demand.
2. Ensure critical infrastructure availability: Power plants, like the largest power plant in North America, can replace their SCADA control systems with RTI Connext DDS to further meet today’s requirements – like extreme availability, fault tolerance, performance, security, and ability to implement wide-area communications. It is based on modern networking protocols, and the DDS design can leverage new technology as it becomes available.
3.  Accelerate grid modernisation: RTI is a member of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). The Priority Action Plan will develop a smart-grid framework to enable combining solar, wind, and storage into an efficient, secure, flexible architecture for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs).
4. Find and delivering the right data: Turbine control in wind turbine farms requires fast local loops and maintenance data collection. Gust control across the array necessitates fast communications with dynamic, selective filtering. RTI Connext DDS aims to provide fast, reliable connectivity across many turbines. With Connext DDS, a Siemens Wind Power farm optimises power, monitors its own health, and reacts to its environment.