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What is RTU? Why is it used in power plant? Where is it necessary to use it? What protocol is used in this?

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Question ajoutée par Nagendra Singh
Date de publication: 2016/05/04
Lukman Akintunde
par Lukman Akintunde , Project and Line maintenance Technician , NBC Coca-Cola Limited

RTU is a microprocessor-controlled electronic device that interfaces objects in the physical world to a distributed control system or SCADA(supervisory control and data acquisition) system by transmitting telemetry data to a master system, and by using messages from the master supervisory system to control connected objects. Another term that may be used for RTU is remote telecontrol unit.

Roberto Campomanes Abejo
par Roberto Campomanes Abejo , Senior Maintenance Manager , PT. Makassar Power

Modern RTUs are usually capable of executing simple programs autonomously without involving the host computers of the DCS or SCADA system to simplify deployment and to provide redundancy for safety reasons. An RTU in a modern water management system will typically have code to modify its behavior when physical override switches on the RTU are toggled during maintenance by maintenance personnel. This is done for safety reasons; a miscommunication between the system operators and the maintenance personnel could cause system operators to mistakenly enable power to a water pump when it is being replaced, for example.

Maintenance personnel should have any equipment they are working on disconnected from power and locked to prevent damage and/or injury.

Hassan Zaman
par Hassan Zaman , Assistant Manager , K-Electric LTD.

RTU Stands for Remote terminal Unit. Through this RTUs you can remotely control your electrical equipments like (CBs, Gen, Trafos etc.). There are a lot of benefits of using it. Like you can increase the reliability of the system and decrese the human intervention/human error.  

Adnan Ahmad
par Adnan Ahmad , Senior Electrical Engineer , Engro Polymer and Chemicals ( Petrochemical Plant)

   A detail answer is already added by Mr Lukman.

basheer buy
par basheer buy , تقني سامي في الصيانة الصناعية , الشركة الوطنية الكبرى في الخدمات البترولية

I apologize and leave the answer for the professionals

Mushreq Abdulmajeed
par Mushreq Abdulmajeed , Senior Project Supervisor , Lagoon Spring Company

I apologize I leave it to experts

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