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  • Eaton’s Digital Grid Edge

    Enabling power systems edge intelligence. The answer to modern grid challenges.

Challenges faced by ​distribution utilities

As electricity demand grows and grid infrastructure ages, the impact of distributed energy resources (DERs), electric vehicles (EVs), and extreme weather events intensifies. These factors put immense pressure on grid resiliency, reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction. The complexity of this new dynamic necessitates a faster response to an increasing number of events, fluctuations, changes in power-flow direction, and protection coordination adjustments.​
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This is where grid modernization meets digital transformation. Grid edge intelligence allows for enhanced edge observability, control and automation. This not only optimizes grid operations and speeds up response times but also generates additional revenue and savings for utilities.

What is the Grid Edge?​

The electrical grid edge refers to the decentralized part of the energy system where electricity is generated, stored, and consumed. It encompasses Distributed Energy Resources (DER’s) , feeder equipment, and infrastructure that support active participation by consumers in energy production and management. Intelligent energy management at the grid edge enhances grid resilience, efficiency and sustainability.​

Eaton’s Digital Grid Edge Platform​

Eaton’s Edge platform is a grid modernization solution designed to unlock distributed grid intelligence. Engineered for speed and efficiency, the platform leverages modern architecture, advanced technologies, and agile development processes to ensure rapid deployment and seamless management of large fleets of nodes. It provides the infrastructure for an ecosystem of applications addressing both current and future challenges. Its hardware-agnostic nature makes it scalable and adaptable across diverse markets and geographies.​
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Eaton's Digital Grid Edge platform is:

Multi-function/Multi-purpose
Hardware agnostic design
Easily scalable architecture
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At its heart, the Virtual RTU App

Never underestimate the complexity of integrating heterogeneous Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs).

Each device may use different protocols, data formats, and data types, or support specific functions differently, creating challenges in data management and interoperability. Ensuring that data is captured and processed as close to its source as possible is crucial for maintaining data integrity and reliability. The RTU App leverages over 40 yeas of substation data integration expertise from Eaton's Substation Modernization Platform (SMP). It provides a robust solution for seamless interoperability with all of your IEDs while normalizing data from heterogeneous sources, resulting in high-quality, reliable, and timely data delivery. Additionally, the RTU App offers real-time monitoring and control capabilities, empowering utilities to make informed decisions quicklu and effectively manage grid operations. 

Key Benefits of the RTU App

  • Flexibility, Scalability, and Interoperability

  • Comprehensive Protocol Library

  • Advanced automation scripting capabilities

  • Cybersecurity Measures

  • Integration with Utility Systems

  • Sophisticated Commisioning and Troubleshooting

The real value of Edge Intelligence - Power Systems Apps and expertise

Eaton’s Edge Platform brings advanced functions from central systems to the edge, and creating a cost-efficient, decentralized network of smart devices. It enhances IT/OT convergence and grid coordination. Drawing on Eaton's vast expertise in Power Systems and Software development, it supports a new paradigm for interoperability introducing distributed intelligence that unlocks a whole suite of application capabilities sharing a single platform: ​
  • Situational Awareness: Delivering real-time insights for improved decision-making.
  • Asset and Asset Health Monitoring: Providing continuous, loclaized monitoring to optimize asset management.
  • DER Integration and Management: Enabling seamless integration and control of Distributed Energy Resources.
  • System Optimization and Automation: Enhacing operational efficiency through intelligent automation.
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Problems we help solve

  • Asset Health Monitoring: Continuously monitor and assess the health of existing assets – based on their local context - to ensure optimal operation and longevity, maximizing capacity. ​

  • DER Integration Management: Seamlessly integrate legacy generation alongside renewable sources and battery energy storage systems (BESS) for effective resource management. ​

  • Power Quality Management: Enhance voltage and frequency stability by utilizing edge analytics and integrated Volt-VAR control. ​

  • Protection Coordination: Address challenges posed by bi-directional power flow and the constant fluctuations in renewable generation, ensuring reliable protective measures. ​

  • Demand Response and Customer Empowerment: Leverage analytics to reduce peak consumption by optimizing load profiles and increasing customer engagement. ​

  • Load Profiling and Forecasting: Utilize real-time data to gain deeper insights into load profiles, improving the accuracy of local demand forecasting.

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  • Predictive Monitoring: Use real-time data to anticipate asset failures and assess grid conditions.​

  • Optimal Maintenance Timing: Implement analytics for informed maintenance scheduling.​

  • Capacity Optimization: Identify and optimize usage of underutilized or fragile assets for enhanced efficiency and extended asset life.

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  • Microgrid and Islanding: Enable localized operation when centralized systems fail.​

  • Enhanced Data for ADMS Models: Leverage edge nodes to enrich data sent to ADMS and DERMS to improve model accuracy.​

  • Localized Weather Monitoring: Use environmental sensors for better weather-related response and forecasting.​

  • Post-Fault Analysis: Analyze sequence of events and grid performance after events to strengthen infrastructure.

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  • Fast FLISR System: Implement edge-based Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration to drastically reduce response times (from several minutes to a few seconds)​

  • Dynamic Load Balancing: Utilize edge applications for responsive load adjustments.​

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Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.
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