The move from using traditional coal-fired power plants to renewable energy sources is well underway and is expected to accelerate considerably over the next decade. Wind power is a great renewable resource. The fuel is free, never runs out, and maintenance costs are relatively low compared to other energy sources. In addition, the environmental impact is low, projects can be completed quickly, and wind farms do not interfere with agricultural land-use. From an economics viewpoint, a wind farm should have at least 33 wind generators that generate 50,000 MW of power. However, wind farms often include up to 66 wind generators that generate 100,000 MW of power. In addition to generating electric power, wind energy also generates local jobs and tax revenue. In fact, the Feed-in Tariff program, or FiT for short, allows wind farms to sell their power to power utilities through the grid.
One of the drawbacks of wind power is that the wind generally does not blow continuously, making it more difficult for utilities to maintain a reliable power source. This is where the smart grid comes in, since a smart grid& allows for more efficient use of wind power.
Moxa supports a wide array of industrial networking solutions that can be used as part of wind power applications, including industrial Ethernet switches, industrial network management software (iNMS), serial-to-Ethernet solutions, IP video surveillance solutions, and front-end embedded computers to build a reliable wind power system that optimizes the performance of wind turbines.
Remote Monitoring of Wind Turbines Must be able to connect to many serial devices, and completely integrate the devices with an Ethernet network
The system must exhibit high reliability and performance, and be easy to maintain
Rugged IP surveillance solutions for unmanned windmill monitoring
High MTBF with high reliability and effective system maintenance
Space-efficiency products for easy installation
High performance serial-to-Ethernet solution with advanced network management features (such as SNMP) and easy-to-use Windows utility for quick configuration.
The EDS-408A supports a fiber uplink service and Turbo Chain redundancy technology (recovery time < 20 ms) for building a non-stop, cost-effective wind farm system.
The VPort 461 high-performance IP video encoder supports full D1 H.264 and MJPEG video streams, with a latency less than 200 ms over transmission, ensuring fast and superb quality video monitoring for wind turbine operation.
Data Acquisition and Computing for Wind TowersEach wind tower requires one embedded computer for collecting and computing a wind turbine's rotation rate data and sending it back to the field site station.
Wide operating temperature range and small form factor ideal for field site cabinet installation in outdoor harsh environments
Reliable video surveillance system for delivering real-time video monitoring for safe operation
Remote Ethernet I/O for remote monitoring and data acquisition
Wind power generation systems are located in harsh environments subject to both dust and wind. Under these circumstances, the rigorous quality control and fanless design of Moxa's embedded computers helps prevent system crashes, and the innovative thermal design resolves fan problems.
Palm size design suitable for field site cabinets with limited space
Preinstalled operating system for simple migration of existing monitoring software
Moxa's V2101 Atom embedded computer features a -40 to 85°C wide operating temperature
Industrial video encoders with Modbus/TCP support, and OPC-enabled IP surveillance software that give you an easy way to integrate video surveillance applications with SCADA systems for quick event and alarm handling.
Moxa's remote Ethernet I/O products integrate AI and DI, which is ideal for remote monitoring of gear lubricant temperature (AI), gas protection (DI), and stress release (DI). Supports C# DLLs.
The Most Reliable Wind Farm Infrastructure A communication gateway installed at a field site station for data acquisition
Non-stop and reliable Ethernet infrastructure with secure data communication and fast fault recovery
Network devices supporting fiber connections for long-haul and noise-immune transmissions across large wind farms
A highly scalable network that supports easy and hassle-free network expansions so that future turbines can be conveniently added
The DA-681 can be used as both a communication processor and telecontrol communication computer that helps engineers and operators from a remote dispatch control center retrieve data and monitor their systems.
Moxa's Turbo Chain redundant technology features a link-failure recovery time that is under 20 ms for building reliable Ethernet infrastructures for wind power systems.
Moxa's managed Ethernet switches support fiber optic connections (multi-mode/single-mode) for long-distance and noiseless transmission.
Turbo Chain outperforms traditional ring topologies by providing the best flexibility, unrestricted expansion, and cost-effective configurations.
MXview industrial network management software to enable live network topology visualization for easy troubleshooting of critical wind power networks formed by Moxa's managed switches and other SNMP devices.
NPort S8000
RISC-based embedded computer with 2 serial ports, 4 DIOs, 2 AIs, and 2 thermocouples
V2101 Series
RISC-based GSM/GPRS/EDGE wireless embedded computer
VPort 461
1-ch H.264/MJPEG industrial video encode
ioLogik E1242
Daisy-chain remote Ethernet I/O with 4 AIs, 4 DIs, and 4 DIOs
