• To setup a demonstration module of the distribution system automation and control unit.
• To teach the student the operation of the distribution system automation and control.
• To help the students to conduct the energy audit in terms of total energy sent from the main receiving station to the energy received at different buildings. The energy audit in different building can be done to account for the energy consumption at each building.
• To help the students to conduct project work by developing programs for load research, demand side management, energy audit, fault location and feeder restoration schemes.
• To help the students to understand different means of communication, viz., optic fiber, dial up – telephone line, dedicated wire, GSM – mobile, etc.
• To help the college to develop technology in the distribution system automation and control so that consulting services can be extended by the college to utilities.

Figure shows the setup envisaged to demonstrate the distribution system automation and control. The Feeder Control Unit (FCU) is placed at the transformer secondary, at each LT outgoing feeder from the main distribution station and at all incoming feeders at each building. FCU consists of 3 phase MCCB with built in protection, 3 phase contactor for remote operation, control circuit, energy monitoring unit to measure the three phase power, voltage, current and energy.

FCU has the communication unit and is connected to the central SCADA system for the remote monitoring and control. SCADA system computer consists of Man Machine Interface (MMI) software for user interaction, demand side and feeder management software tools for decision making and communication unit to talk to FCUs.