Wireless Sensor Network in SCADA System for Wind Power Plant

Abstract: This paper gives communication network architecture for wind turbines to communicate directly and share sensing data in order to maximize power generation. We also designed a sensor data frame structure to carry sensing data from different wind turbine. A Web-based SCADA connected to the wind power plant simulated using Matlab- Simulink. The proposed Web SCADA controls the wind power plant. The communication between SCADA server and Simulink model is performed. The experimental results show that the proposed system achieved the goal, i.e. allowing the Web SCADA system to access the simulated WPFs modelled by Simulink in real time.

Keywords: Matlab, Simulink, web host, SCADA.