Network Manager Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS)

Description

The challenge
Operating a distribution network is increasingly complex. Extreme natural events have become more frequent and intense, creating widespread disruption. A growing number of EVs and distributed energy resources (DERs) are connecting to the grid, creating uncertainty. From managing grid resiliency to maintaining reliability and customer experience, you need an ADMS built for the evolving grid.  

Using Network Manager ADMS, grid operators have visibility that transcends traditional SCADA and provides grid optimization functionality that enables you to comply with current and evolving regulatory directives. It provides the needed functionality to optimize safe and efficient operations of sub-transmission, medium and low voltage distribution networks. 

Network Manager ADMS provides an integrated solution for these major areas of network control:

Distribution SCADA 
Our Network Manager high-performance, scalable, and cybersecure SCADA platform delivers the functionality required for total network monitoring and control of electric power systems.

Outage management 
Network Manager Outage Management System (OMS) is a mission-critical system that integrates information about customers, system status and resources, providing a platform for operational decision support during outages.

Key applications include outage prediction, switch order management, Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration (FLISR), crew and resource management, among others.

Network analysis and optimization
Provides operators with the analytical tools to make informed decisions and manage the network effectively. Automatically maintain grid operating efficiency and enable and improve operator situational awareness.
Key applications include real-time distribution state estimation, Volt Var Optimization (VVO), and Unbalanced Load Flow Analysis, among others.

Grid-aware DERMS
Network Manager DERMS is a grid-aware Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS). It allows maximum DER connectivity, enables DER participation in markets and flexible services, and manages complexity and efficiency as the distribution network evolves from a radial single-source network to a multi-source active network.

Key applications include active DER management, Voltage Optimization Control (VOC), and DER congestion management, among others.

Distribution Operator Training Simulator (DOTS)
The Distribution Operator Training Simulator (DOTS) trains your operators safely, quickly, and effectively on Hitachi Energy’s Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS). DOTS offers realistic simulations that mimic actual field events, including DER integration and storm scenarios. It dynamically responds to trainee actions, helping them determine the best possible actions to manage both routine work and rare, critical scenarios, preparing them for the demands of a grid under pressure.

With today’s increasingly active distribution network, control rooms are facing complex challenges from extreme weather events to the rise in distributed energy resources (DERs) and a frequently transitioning workforce. DOTS prepares your operators to be ready when it counts.

Speed up operator readiness
DOTS mirrors your Network Manager ADMS production environment ensuring seamless real-world readiness without impacting live operations. Operators are onboarded quickly, gain hands-on experience, and build operational confidence. This approach substantially shortens the training period.

Efficiently create and execute training scenarios
Instructors use an automated training set up process, can custom-configure training scenarios, and launch the scenarios easily and flexibly.

BENEFITS:

•       Train for operating scenarios that rarely occur
•       Study and tune application parameters for specific networks and operating conditions
•       Prepare for new network operating conditions

FEATURES

•       Exact copy of production software is used for trainee system
•       Flexible scenario creation with events and event groups
•       Automated set up and clean-up of the training environment
•       Independent field model simulation
•       Includes DER and storage modelling

Modern UI for a modern control room 

Network Manager delivers a unified network model on a common user interface (UI) across all applications (SCADA, ADMS, EMS, GMS) for seamless workflow. The modern UI provides improved situational awareness and intuitive usage for operators.

With our future-ready Network Manager, you can:

Integrate seamlessly
We help you connect to millions of data points and integrate securely and smoothly with Network Manager and third-party applications.

Deploy with speed
Move from upgrades to updates with faster deployments.

Scale with ease
Deploy Network Manager as an on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid solution. Dynamically scale in real time as needed.