This document introduces the Smart ADMS Testing framework which enables comprehensive testing of Advanced Distribution Management Systems. The framework utilizes tools like grid simulators, test automation frameworks, and smart meter simulators to test functionality, integration, performance, security and more. It helps utilities reduce testing timelines and costs while improving success rates for ADMS implementations and ensuring systems can handle high stress and loads.
This document introduces the Smart ADMS Testing framework which enables comprehensive testing of Advanced Distribution Management Systems. The framework utilizes tools like grid simulators, test automation frameworks, and smart meter simulators to test functionality, integration, performance, security and more. It helps utilities reduce testing timelines and costs while improving success rates for ADMS implementations and ensuring systems can handle high stress and loads.
This document introduces the Smart ADMS Testing framework which enables comprehensive testing of Advanced Distribution Management Systems. The framework utilizes tools like grid simulators, test automation frameworks, and smart meter simulators to test functionality, integration, performance, security and more. It helps utilities reduce testing timelines and costs while improving success rates for ADMS implementations and ensuring systems can handle high stress and loads.
This document introduces the Smart ADMS Testing framework which enables comprehensive testing of Advanced Distribution Management Systems. The framework utilizes tools like grid simulators, test automation frameworks, and smart meter simulators to test functionality, integration, performance, security and more. It helps utilities reduce testing timelines and costs while improving success rates for ADMS implementations and ensuring systems can handle high stress and loads.
Testing framework Build resilient grids by smartly implementing ADMS Introduction: As residential and commercial power usage and requirements continue to evolve, so do the complexities and reliability needs of the modern distribution networks – which are expected to deliver resilience in the face of natural disasters, reliability and improved power quality – including rising complexity from prosumers who continue to disrupt traditional energy capacity through generation from alternative resources like solar, battery and wind. Gaining real-time visibility into the distribution networks becomes crucial to quicken FLISR (Fault Location, Isolation and Restoration) Service Restoration) and optimize grid performance. This forms the groundwork for Advanced Distribution Management Systems implementation – an integrated software platform that can enable rapid FLISR, demand management, VAR (volt-ampere reactive) optimization – transitioning paperwork, manual processes and siloed software systems to systems driven by real-time data resulting in automated data-led processes. As Utilities drive grid modernization programs, including deploying ADMS solutions, testing assumes prime importance whether it is a full implementation, an upgrade, adding or updating an integration, or installing a maintenance patch to a distribution management system that must build confidence by delivering improved performance under stress or heavy loads and accurate outage predictions. The information must be timely and reliable, otherwise faulty switching, grounding, and tagging information could jeopardize repair crew safety – and a utility simply cannot afford sluggish perfor- mance, system failures in the face of a diverse set of environmental conditions.
Drivers for ADMS Testing:
Global utility OMS spending is Approximately 400 Utilities in US
expected to total nearly $11.8 market will go through grid mod- billion across 2014 to 2023 while ernization and will need to estab- global ADMS revenue is expected lish ADMS test labs in a phased to grow to $3.3 billion in 2024 manner in next 3-4 years
Appropriate warning and viola- ADMS must fully support
tion notifications must be end-to-end business processes. produced. Outages must All integration flows must prop- predict to reasonable devices erly function and should be at the proper speeds responsive
*Electricenergyonline.com article *US Dept. of Energy, Insights into ADMS report
About the offering:
The Smart ADMS Testing (SAT) framework by IoT WoRKSTM successfully enables end-to-end planning, management and execution of full-lifecycle ADMS Testing Cycle for utilities customers using Agile methodology. This covers in its scope Functional testing, Integration testing, System Integration testing, Security, Performance testing and User acceptance testing. This framework allows IoT WoRKSTM to leverage a Testing Competency team from ERS, Power Engineering domain experts, and testing automa- tion tools such as eDAT, CoSiNe, TAF (Test Automation Framework), Intelligent Test Automation (iTF) as needed by utilities customers. The well planned SAT framework enables effective implementa- tion of ADMSs’ for utilities, that respond to high stress and heavy use, ensuring that high availability/failover work as expected – creating robust, responsive systems that can stand up to stresses from heavy loads and diverse, challenging environments – deliv- ering high grid performance, reliability and resilience that match up to end customer expectations and requirements.
Tools and Capabilities
Grid Simulator: A tool-agnostic model-based software simulator that can simulate grid behavior in different scenarios and provide digital and analog telemetry input to ADMS Triangle-DTM: A COTS tool for building grid simulation models including substations in the Distribution Grid and other field devices such as Voltage Regulators, Circuit Breakers, Reclosers, Sectionalizers, Static VAR Compensators Optimus: A Test Automation Framework that is an analytics-based automation suite to test the product lifecycle of field devices in the grid. Possesses the ability to automate and accelerate testing cycles at scale. Features include Test-case Management, Defect Man- agement, Script Generation, Automated Execution and customized test execution engines for web, mobile and desktop environments CoSiNe: Smart Meter Simulator to simulate smart meters in the Grid Load Runner: Enables performance testing HP-ALM or X-Ray Plug-in for Jira: Test lifecycle management HCL (IBM) Rational or HP-UFT or Selenium (OS): For Test Automation using test auto- mation scripts
Offering Highlights:
Ability to predict outages to Ensures that application is responsive
reasonable devices at the proper under high stress and heavy use by speeds multiple simultaneous users
Automation brings in 30% saving Validated data-field-mappings,
in effort and cost of ownership connecting the data in the source system (e.g., GIS) to where it is used in OMS/EMS/ADMS
Features: Functional Testing: Validation of ADMS product configuration, busi- ness rules, UI Navigation. Interface testing with external systems and System & Integration Testing Field Device Testing: Validation using Smart Meters, RTUs/IED – Sub- station & Feeder Lines Integrated Systems: Enables rapid FLISR, Volt/Var Control (VVC), Unbalanced Power Flow (UBPF), Outage Management Benefits: Ensure Best Practices: Enable industry best practices in ADMS testing – carried out by planning, managing and executing full-lifecycle ADMS Testing Cycle for clients using an Agile method
Quicken Time to Market: Tools and frameworks helps in reducing testing effort and timelines
Improve Success Rates: Well defined methodologies help reduce risks and improves success rate of ADMS implementation
Enhance Productivity: Improves overall ADMS testing efficiency and resource
productivity
Build Resilience: Power reliability and resilience in the modern distribution network capable of catering to changing end-customer needs
Enhance Customer Satisfaction: Eliminate power outages, reduce restoration times,
build reliability and drive higher end-customer satisfaction
Recognitions, IPs + Accelerators
LEADER LEADER LEADER
IDC MarketScape, IoT Zinnov Zones for Connected ISG Provider LensTM for IoT Consulting and Systems Assets & Connected managed services, USA 2019 Integration Services, 2020 Logistics, 2019 IDC Zinnov ISG
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ISG Provider LensTM for IoT ISG Provider LensTM for IoT in ISG Provider Lenstm, ISG Research consulting and services, USA 2019 Manufacturing, USA 2019 Quadrant for Overall Iot Services, Usa Market 2018 ISG ISG ISG
BI-106245322804262-EN00GL
LEADER Winner Circle LEADER
The Forrester WaveTM, Global IoT HfS Blueprint Guide: Industry IoT Services Peak MatrixTM Services For Connected Business 4.0 Services, 2017 assessment, 2017 Operations, Q4 2018 HfS Everest Group Forrester
PLATFORM DDX PANGEA IDEA GATEWAY ACCELERATION SUITE Accelerator for device Data Analytics platform Reference Design for an Build next generation IoT-ization intelligent device cloud services
