This document presents a web based interactive embedded power plant management system. It discusses: 1. Functional modeling for internet based control systems that allow remote monitoring and access independent of location through a web browser. 2. An interactive data acquisition system with three components: an embedded system, server, and clients that relay data from the embedded system to clients. 3. Methods for establishing direct communication between clients and embedded devices including broadcasting the device IP address using an FTP server to allow remote access and updating of device information. 4. Security concerns around connecting power plants to the internet and approaches like PKI to secure the web based client server system and protect devices from attacks.

1. Yarmouk University
Computer Engineering Department
WEB BASED INTERACTIVE EMBEDDED POWER PLANT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Authors:
P.AngelDeepa M.JeyaPrabha A.BrindhaSherly
Presented By:
Waed shaqareen
Embedded systems design
SPRING 2016
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2. Introduction
• Power plant system (Generation station) defined as industrial station that
utilized for generation and distribution of electric power in mass scale.
• Web based interactive embedded power plant system use internet for
controlling and monitoring control plants using internet browser.
• The core of the system is embedded hardware device that has built in
web server for data that served to clients via internet.
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3. Presentation Outline
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• The basics of power plant control.
• Functional modeling for internet based control systems.
• Interactive data-acquisition system.
• Establishing a direct communication link between the
client and the embedded device .
• Broadcast IP address using FTP server.
• Data management in the system.
• Data management in the system ( joint management)
• Data management security.

4. The basics of power plant control
• To achieve remote monitoring in power plant control system
we need to ensure that power generation basics are achieved:
1-protectionLife insurance for the plant and associated
asserts.
2-Control. must be accurate.
3-Supervision provide both comfort and flexibility.
• To achieve these basics we construct functional modeling for
internet based control systems
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5. FUNCTIONAL MODELING FOR INTERNET
BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS.
• Functional modeling defined as constructing model to achieve control
system specification.
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Advantages:
1- Access to the monitoring functionality independent from location.
2-Use of zero cost software on client side to across the information.

6. INTERACTIVE DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEM
• In this system we monitor and adjust using web browsers keep in mind
that PC independent from location and platform.
Data acquisition system has three component:
• Embedded system
• Server.
• Clients.
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7. INTERACTIVE DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEM
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• Data acquisition system relay acquired data to clients
and the clients send requests through server.
• The drawback for this system is that "Enormous
amount of data transfer time would be consumed”.
• Indirect communication between client and embedded
devices

8. Establishing a direct communication link between
the client and the embedded device
This system eliminate the need for a central server and
reduces the amount of data sent from the remote unit ,just
queried data only transferred.
Direct access for embedded system need IP address of
embedded devices must be available at the client side.
IP address choices:
*Static
*Dynamic.
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Static IP versus Dynamic IP
Static IP“remote
devices initiate
connection by
reporting it’s IP
Dynamic IP address
“Using DHCP server of
GSM provider for every
connection established”
IP address must be Known to any clients requesting an access to
the embedded server

10. BROADCAST IP ADDRESS USING FTP SERVER
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11. Broadcast IP address using FTP
server
• Mozart ----------> DAS(Data acquisition system).
• A script on embedded device is configured.
• HTML file (index.html)placed on FTP server by ES under
folder it’s name has hostname and acquired by client.
• ES updates it’s information on FTP server after every reboot
,so IP address refreshed.
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12. Data management in the system
• Server sending all pictures to client through server on internet.
• Text data like: coordinates, altitudes..etc are served from ES.
• If data to be transmitted ,embedded module set to send image via GPRS
and placed on FTP.
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13. Data management in the system
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ES used here work in X86 based standalone unit with four serial port and one
parallel port and 16MB removable flash memory.
Serial ports---->debugging purposes and test system functionality.

14. Data management in the system
(joint management)
 Multiple services available between server and client simultaneously .
 Joint management is the only joint that directly communicate with web
clients in control systems.
 All control elements behind joint management.
 If malicious hackers want to attack control systems ,they attack joint
management rather than control systems.
 This method will reduce the number of links with the internet into one .
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15. Data management system security
• The most serious problems results from connecting power control system to
internet:
1- Hackers.
2-Unauthorized access.
3-System failure caused by viruses .
4-Server overload.
WBCS(Web based client server) developed to allow authorized users via
information network excluding unauthorized operation.
• Targets of malicious WBCS:
1-Directly attack of controllers and devices.
2-monitor information network.
3-Obtain information for suggested attack method.
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16. Secure WBSC
• PKI(public key Infrastructure) suggested as one of the best methods to
secure WBSC.
• Protecting operation equipment achieved by single firewall for whole
network.
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17. Conclusions
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• TCP/IP model used to improve the power plant
control system.
• Low operational cost and flexible for web
based power plant control systems.
• Productivity increased by using internet.

18. Questions
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