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Distribution Automation Lowdown: New Siemens System Features Low Level Control and Logic By SGN Staff Apr 20, 2010 - 2:56:30 PM
Key to the new SDFA™ distribution feeder-automation system that Siemens Energy just launched in the U.S. is its open architecture, flexibility and logic that controls fault detection, isolation and restoration. The company says utilities benefit because the control and logic are brought to the lowest possible level allowing for quick, precise and reliable reactions to changes in the distribution grid.
Quick Take: Jesse just wrote about S&C Electric’s approach to distributed intelligence. With another global leader jumping into the fray it shows distribution automation is growing and intelligence is migrating toward the edges.
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