The Remote Management system is built around S50 RTUs. As expected, it reports data from the other works (reach levels, history of level variations, alarms) to the Mervent main control room and allows modifying the state of remote controls. For optimum reliability, data is transmitted over a radio link, backed up by the dial-up phone network, thus securing the population living downstream, e.g. at Fontenay-Le-Comte. S50 computing power is used to regulate Pierre Brune and Albert dams (i.e. two of the four dams upstream).
For operators, the SOFREL Remote Management system provides high-quality support:
The real-time monitoring of the status of each dam and the remote control commands substantially reduce the number of inspection visits (which were very frequent in flood seasons),
Alarms generate an immediate call, which means shorter response times with additional remote diagnosis capability. The field personnel can therefore quickly react with exact knowledge of current operating conditions.
