IEC 61850

INTEROPERABILITY Tests

Interoperability with IEC 61850

IEC 61850 INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN ABB, ALSTOM and SIEMENS STATUS REVIEW November 2002

IEC 61850 the global standard for communication in substations

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Support for IEC 61850

ABB, Alstom and Siemens (A-A-S) are deeply engaged in the elaboration of the IEC 61850 standard. Each of these companies will implement IEC61850 in its power automation products and systems. A roadmap for the staged implementation of IEC 61850 has been defined in line with the progress of the standard. To verify the implementation of IEC61850 of all three suppliers, joint interoperability tests have been specified. The first test step has now been completed successfully.

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IEC 61850 Interoperability in two phases

Specification level Phase1 Phase 2 Typical functions of a substation automation system

Best practice used for the implementation with respect to the standard. Phase 1 (P1): Basic functions GOOSE* Phase 2 (P2): Advanced functions
*GOOSE: Generic Object Oriented Substation Event
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Schedule of activities
IEC
Committee draft Committee draft for vote Final draft International Standard International Standard

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

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2000

2001

2002

2003

Further interoperability tests

A-A-S

First interoperability tests of bay devices

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Test P2b

Test P2a

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What is GOOSE?
GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation Event)

It is a mechanism for the fast transmission of substation events, such as commands, alarms, indications, as messages
A single GOOSE message sent by an IED * can be received and used by several receivers GOOSE takes advantage of the powerful Ethernet and supports real-time behaviour It is used for e.g. tripping of switchgear starting of disturbance recorder providing position indication for interlocking
* IED: Intelligent Electronic Device
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IEC 61850 GOOSE Principle

One device (sender) publishes information, only the subscriber devices are receiving it. The reaction of each receiver depends on its configuration and functionality.

EXAMPLE:
GOOSE message
Ethernet GOOSE Sender Device X

GOOSE Receiver Device Y

GOOSE Receiver Device Z

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Test configuration of phase 1

100 Mbit/s redundant switched Ethernet ring

GOOSE messages

KEMA UniCAIEC61850 GOOSE Simulator

Network Analyser

KEMA UniCAIEC61850 Analyser

GOOSE: Generic Object Oriented Substation Event

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Substation Configuration Language (SCL)

SCL is the basis for the success of Plug & Play
SCL provides a common object and configuration description SCL file distributed and agreed by A-A-S via email

Result of Phase 1 Test: Plug & Play!

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Tripping via GOOSE

GOOSE message with commands for CB * tripping and disturbance recorder starting Configuration: sender X --> receiver Z

Injection test device

GOOSE Receiver Device Y GOOSE Sender Device X Ethernet

Y does not react

Fault Simulation

GOOSE Receiver Device Z

Z starts its disturbance recording

CB* off

* CB = Circuit Breaker

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Negative tests
GOOSE message with commands for CB tripping and disturbance recorder starting Configuration: sender Y --> receiver Z not configured
Injection test device

GOOSE Sender Device Y GOOSE Sender Device X Ethernet GOOSE Receiver Device Z

Fault simulation

no reaction

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Positive tests
GOOSE message with commands for CB tripping and disturbance recorder starting Configuration: sender Y --> receiver Z
Injection test device

GOOSE Sender Device Y GOOSE Sender Device X Ethernet GOOSE Receiver Device Z

Fault simulation

CB off

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Performance tests: Background traffic

KEMA UniCAIEC61850 GOOSE Simulator

Produced 10, 50,150, 300 GOOSE messages within 50ms

Heavy busload

100 Mbit/s redundant switched Ethernet ring

GOOSE Sender Device X

GOOSE Receiver Device Y

GOOSE Receiver Device Z

measured time
Fault CB off
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Performance tests: Device load

KEMA UniCAIEC61850 GOOSE Simulator

Produced 10, 50,150, 300 GOOSE messages within 50ms

Heavy busload
Heavy device load

100 Mbit/s redundant switched Ethernet ring

GOOSE Sender Device X

GOOSE Receiver Device Y

GOOSE Receiver Device Z

measured time
Fault CB off
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Phase 1: Performance tests

Software implementation

Optimised

Average

10

15

20

25

30

Transmission time [ms]

The transmission time was dependent of today`s software implementation. Bus load or device load had no major effect.
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Interoperability test concept

Number of tests Positive tests
Correct message transmission between configured senders and receivers

Negative tests (selectivity & security)

Message ignored by non-configured receiver

9
10

Degraded tests (quality, testmode...)

No reaction to faulty or test messages in all receivers

Performance / Load tests

Response times measured with different background loads

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Test results

Total tests

Experience from the rejected resp. dismissed test cases was used to improve the IEC 61850 specification and implementation.
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rejected (implementation)

dis missed (standard)

accepted

40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

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A week of successful work

The teams from A-A-S

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Conclusion

An important part of the standard was tested successfully 39 cases have been tested within one week The standardisation documents are well defined Three major companies in the substation and substation automation business are on track with their implementation of IEC 61850

A-A-S is on track - and on the right way

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