Synchrophasor Data Transport Using

IEC 61850-90-5 and IEEE C37.118

Performance Standards Task Team
Vahid Madani / Damir Novosel
NASPI Meeting, June 5, 2012, Denver, CO

Lead Contributors:
PG&E

James Barich, Amber Brunck, Dewey Day

ALSTOM

Barbara Motteler

CISCO

Paul Donner

GE

Mark Adamiak / Drew Baigent

GPA

R. Carroll

MSU

Roger King & Tommy Morris

SISCO

Herb Falk

QT

Trevor Hall , Yi Hu, Farnoosh Rahmatian

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Comparison of Data Transmission using C37.118

UDP and IEC 61850-90-5 Unicast and Multicast
Set-up at PG&E Proof of Concept (POC) Test facility:

Two PMUs measure the same voltage and current information

5PMU1 Transmits using C37.118 through a substation PDC to a

SuperPDC (SPDC)

5PMU6 Transmits using 61850-90-5 directly to the SuperPDC

Application Service Data Units One-to-one relationship between frame

and data units

Data unit is same as message size (301 bytes), One frame (<1524 bytes)
Not presented here: Set up to include multiple data units (ASDU) per frame
allowing repeated data to protect against loss of data

PMUs are streaming P Class data at 120 records (frames) per second

Interval of tests is 10 second (1200 records)

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System Normal showing 5PMU6-1.

Test Setup Progression Using IEC 61850-90-5

Test 1 Test Messages Transmitted By PMU to OpenPDC

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System Normal showing 5PMU6-1.

Test Setup Progression Using IEC 61850-90-5

Test 4
Test on Isolated
System at the
PG&E POC Test
Facility
Ethernet Switches
With VLAN

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System Normal showing 5PMU6-1.

Test Setup Progression Using IEC 61850-90-5

Test 5
Test On Single
Subnet With
Router
Connected

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System Normal showing 5PMU6-1.

Test Setup Progression Using IEC 61850-90-5

Test 6 Multicast Transmission Between PMU & Control Center and Test PC

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System Normal showing 5PMU6-1.

Test Setup Progression Using IEC 61850-90-5

Test 12 Unicast Data Routed Through Routers and
Firewall With No Impairments

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Test Setup Progression:

Test 13 - Unicast and Multicast To SPDC Through Firewall
Unicast and Multicast between PMUs and Test PC
IEC 61850-90-5 Destination Data Set To Port 102
5PMU1 transmits using C37.118 through a substation PDC to a SuperPDC
5PMU6 transmits using 61850-90-5 directly to the SPDC

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System Normal showing 5PMU6-1.

Test Results Normal System Conditions

Test 13: System Normal with lines closed, 5PMU6-1 (Multicast)

5PMU6
61850-90-5
Multicast
5PMU6
V1 Magnitude
V1 Phase

309.1 kV
5.0

I1 Magnitude

286.6 A

I1 Phase

-155.4

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Test Results Lines Open

Test 13: Lines open, 5PMU6-1
Three Line Sections Opened

5PMU6
61850-90-5 Multicast

5PMU6

5PMU1

307.2 kV

307.1 kV

48.3

56.97

I1 Magnitude

580.0 A

579.0 A

I1 Phase

-154.1

-145.1

V1 Magnitude
V1 Phase

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5PMU1
C37.118

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Test Results Impact of Multiple Contingencies

Test 13: Line open, 5PMU6-1
Three Line Sections Opened

5PMU1
C37.118
5PMU6
61850-90-5 Multicast

5PMU6

5PMU1

307.2 kV

307.1 kV

93.9

102.7

I1 Magnitude

580.2 A

579.0 A

I1 Phase

-108.5

-99.3

V1 Magnitude
V1 Phase

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Test Results Simultaneous Measurements

Phase angle for phase A voltage for both the C37.118 and 61850-90-5 PMUs
The values track closely

Note that the C 37.118 PMU is filtered through the substation PDC, 61850-90-5
values come directly from PMU

Phase Angle ()

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5PMU6
P Class, 120 phasors / s
61850-90-5

5PMU1
M Class, 60 phasors / s
C37.118

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Test Results Noise Impairment

Frames received and missing frames statistics.
5PMU6 only: P class ,configured for 120 fps - Expecting 1200 per 10s interval

Blue is number of frames received.

Red is the number of missing frames.

1.

First Impairment - 1 in seven frames dropped for ~ 2 minutes

2.

Second Impairment - 7 duplicated packets are inserted after every 14th packet, for ~ 2 min (the
duplicated packets are out of sequence)

Number of Packets (in 10 seconds)

Unicast (Test 12)

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Frames
Received

Dropping
1 in 7
Packets

Multicast (Test 13)

Frames
Received

Duplicating
7 of every
14 Packets
Frames Missing

Dropping
1 in 7
Packets

Duplicating
7 of every
14 Packets
Frames Missing

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Conclusions
IGMP Version 3
Successful Multi-Vendor Demo

IEC 61850-90-5 Unicast and Multicast synchrophasor data transport

using production-grade PMUs and PDCs

Data transport through firewall and routers

Consistent Unicast and Multicast performance

Multicast can reduce network traffic significantly

Consistent performance using IEC 61850-90-5 and C37.118

UDP
Have verified configuration update file change tracking

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Next Steps

Measuring various latencies throughout the Network, incl.

Switches
Routers
PDCs

PMU to PDCs -Testing and Measurements

Additional Network impairment cases

Measurement of latencies under these conditions

Improving statistics

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Continuing with Implementation Agreements TC 57 (as

needed and per test findings at PG&E POC Test facility)

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Additional Note:
PMU Connection Tester available

http://pmuconnectiontester.codeplex.com/releases/view/87611
Allows selection of a specific network interface when using a TCP
or UDP socket

Allows for specifying a multicast source IP for multicast

subscriptions for devices or systems that require this

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