Wind Farm Automation Solution

• Intwel Technologies Limited
• Madurai

Wind Farm Automation Solution

WIND (Wireless Interface & Networking for Data transfer) offers the latest technology solution that integrates seamlessly with the existing Data logger (hardware) and software available in the wind farm. It is independent of both operating system and hardware. Further, any number of wind turbines in a wind farm can easily be wirelessly interfaced and networked to the central site office. WIND solution provides each wind turbine in that wind farm with a wireless interface device along with an antenna. This wireless device will convert the serial data (RS232) acquired from the data logger or various sensors to WiFi (802.11b) protocol and transmitted. The device can be easily configured to accept serial data transfer from 1200bps to 115Kbps. At the central site office, the wireless data transmitted will be acquired using a radio modem along with suitable antenna. The distance between the wind turbines and the central office can be anywhere from a few hundred metres to even 25 KM. Line of sight is main criteria for wireless networking and the height of the antenna masts at the central site office and wind turbine will hence depend on the geography of the surroundings.

There is no recurring cost involved towards wireless data transfer from the turbines to the central office, since WIND operates on licence-free frequency of 2.4GHz. If required, data collected/reports at the central office can be transferred to any desired location by GPRS modems. There is a recurring expenditure involved when data transfer takes place using the GSM/GPRS network.

Benefits:

• Low cost solution enabling wireless networking of wind turbines.
• Easy seamless configuration and integration with the existing legacy data logger and software.
• Wireless data transfer from the wind turbines to a central site office using licence- free 2.4GHz.
• No recurring cost since the data transfer between the wind turbine and the central site office uses the wireless network created.
• Continuous (24 x 7 x 365) data flow between the wind turbines and the central site office.
• Data transfer is within the network, supporting 64/128-bit WEP security along with user ID and password protection.
• Using an optional GPRS modem and by using the GPS network, data from the central site office can be transferred to any location.
• Offers much faster return on investment when compared to others

The company also offers

• Wireless networking
• Hot spot creation
• Indutrial ethernet
• Network security solutions