Proposal of a Cloud-Based System for Monitoring the Health of Gensets

Author(s)

Pires, Felipe Marques ; Quinonez, Lorena Leon ; Mendes, Leonardo de Souza ; IEEE

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PROCEEDINGS OF 2019 IEEE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER ENGINEERING (REPE 2019); v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2019-01-01.

Abstract

This paper presents a cloud-based system architecture for monitoring the health of diesel generator sets (gensets), whose purpose is to achieve better management of electricity generation in microgrids by predicting possible failures in the system. In our approach, we collect about thirty-eight different electrical and mechanical parameters (e.g., current, active and reactive power, oil pressure, coolant temperature) from the genset controllers for deeper analysis in a big data ecosystem. Moreover, we introduce the genset gateway, a component of the system architecture to provide local processing, especially in cases of absence of Internet connection, and also to simplify the communication between genset controllers with heterogeneous network interfaces and the core of the system. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/08645-9 - Interdisciplinary research activities in electric smart grids
• Grantee: João Bosco Ribeiro do Val
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants