Bangladesh Power Development Board
Chittagong 33/11kV Distribution SCADA System

Turnkey Power Distribution Network SCADA System
Control Room, Video wall, 34 Substations

In 2009 Abbey Systems won a $5M contract, for the supply of a turnkey SCADA System for power distribution in the Greater Chittagong area of Bangladesh.  The system comprised the supply, shipping & installation of:
  • A Control Centre at Kulshi substation, complete with a 5mx2m LCD video wall, FEP Media & I/O Servers, four dual screen Operator & Engineering terminals, all database configuration, substation Aspex HMI screen creation including dynamic feeder display.
  • 34 substation RTUs, complete with enclosures, dual redundant power supplies, surge protection lightning protection,
    Ethernet and radio communications interfaces, 600 Feeder power meters, marshalling terminals and all substation cabling.
  • Provision of onsite training, spare parts and maintenance services for 2 years.
  • Transfer of SCADA engineering capability and technology to Bangladeshi companies.  
The system was installed by local Bangladeshi Engineers with the guidance of Abbey Systems, Facility Management Services, Totaltel Pty. Ltd & BPDB over a 2 year period.  Its success has lead to another SCADA & Metering contract being awarded to Abbey Systems in mid-2014.