China's first local control unit (LCU) for large hydropower generating unit based on DLT860 (equivalent to IEC61850) developed by Beijing IWHR Technology Co. Ltd., has been applied to the No. 17 power generating unit of Gezhouba Hydropower Station.
With many rounds of technical discussions, model parameter setting, plan optimization and on-site joint testing, data interaction, real-time data acquisition and redundancy mechanism have been tested to guarantee the stability, reliability and safety of communication.