Remote Terminal Unit

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
RTU
Pronunciation
/rɪˈmoʊt ˈtərmənəl ˈjunɪt/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA

Examples in Context

  1. According to the characteristics of rural distribution network, a decision table of fault location is built based on the information from fault complain call and remote terminal unit.
  2. For large system with more devices and operation patterns, part of the functions is implemented in RTU ( Remote Terminal Unit(RTU) ) and FTU ( Feeder Terminal Unit ) to mitigate the load of main station.
  3. This paper introduces a design of low power consumption of remote terminal unit based on solar battery, so as to realize the data supervision and control in no power supply.
  4. Substation electric energy remote terminal unit ( ERTU ) is an important plant-level device for substation data acquisition, and it is obviously a part of digital substation system.
  5. Solar-powered remote terminal unit Design of Universal Maintenance Device for Remote Terminal Equipments

Other meanings of RTU