AEP Process Bus Replaces Copper Innovations in stations translate to more savings in material , time and manpower

A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR MATERIAL, TIME AND MANPOWER SAVINGS EXISTS in the reduction or elimination of substation copper control cables. This has inspired American Electric Power’s (Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) interest in the process bus technology. AEP decided to evaluate a next-generation distributed protection and control system with all process interfaces located in the switchyard, thus taking control cabling, with its associated material and labor costs, out of the design and replacing it with fi ber-optic communication.