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61850 Interoperability with IEC 61850

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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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 IEC
61850 Support for IEC 61850
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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 IEC 61850 Interoperability in two phases
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Specification level Typical functions of a

substation automation
Phase1 Phase 2 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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 IEC
61850 Schedule of activities
INTEROPERABILITY IEC Committee Committee draft Final draft International
Tests draft for vote International Standard
Standard

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

The way to interoperable substation automation

IEC
61850
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Test P2b
Test P2a
Test P1
Kickoff

Further interoperability tests

A-A-S First interoperability

tests of bay devices

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 IEC
61850 What is GOOSE?
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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 IEC 61850 GOOSE Principle
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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
Receiver
Device Y

GOOSE message
GOOSE

Ethernet
GOOSE
Sender
Sender
Device
DeviceXX

GOOSE
GOOSE
Receiver
Receiver
Device
DeviceZZ

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 IEC
61850 Test configuration of phase 1
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100 Mbit/s redundant switched Ethernet ring

GOOSE messages

KEMA UniCA- Network KEMA UniCA-

IEC61850 GOOSE Simulator Analyser IEC61850 Analyser

GOOSE: Generic Object Oriented Substation Event

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 IEC
61850 Substation Configuration Language (SCL)
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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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 IEC
61850 Tripping via GOOSE
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Tests GOOSE message with commands for CB * tripping and
disturbance recorder starting
Configuration: sender X --> receiver Z

GOOSE Y does
Injection test device Receiver not react
Device Y
GOOSE
GOOSE
Sender
Sender
Fault Device
Simulation DeviceXX

Ethernet
GOOSE
GOOSE CB* off
Receiver
Receiver
Device
DeviceZZ

Z starts its
disturbance
* CB = Circuit Breaker
recording
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 IEC
61850 Negative tests
INTEROPERABILITY GOOSE message with commands for CB tripping and
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disturbance recorder starting
Configuration: sender Y --> receiver Z not configured
Injection test device

GOOSE
Sender Fault
Device Y simulation
GOOSE
GOOSE
Sender
Sender
Device
DeviceXX Ethernet

GOOSE
GOOSE
Receiver
Receiver no reaction
Device
DeviceZZ

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 IEC
61850 Positive tests
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disturbance recorder starting
Configuration: sender Y --> receiver Z
Injection test device

GOOSE
GOOSE
Sender Fault
Sender simulation
Device
DeviceYY
GOOSE
Sender
Device X
Ethernet

GOOSE
GOOSE CB off
Receiver
Receiver
Device
DeviceZZ

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 IEC
61850 Performance tests: Background traffic
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KEMA UniCA-
IEC61850 GOOSE Simulator Produced 10, 50,150, 300 GOOSE
messages within 50ms
Heavy busload

100 Mbit/s redundant switched Ethernet ring

GOOSE GOOSE GOOSE

GOOSE
GOOSE
Sender Receiver Receiver
Receiver
Sender
Device Device Y Device
DeviceZZ
DeviceXX

measured time
Fault CB off

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 IEC
61850 Performance tests: Device load
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KEMA UniCA-
IEC61850 GOOSE Simulator Produced 10, 50,150, 300 GOOSE
messages within 50ms
Heavy busload
Heavy device load

100 Mbit/s redundant switched Ethernet ring

GOOSE GOOSE GOOSE

GOOSE
GOOSE
Sender Receiver Receiver
Receiver
Sender
Device Device Y Device
DeviceZZ
DeviceXX

measured time
Fault CB off

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 IEC
61850 Phase 1: Performance tests
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Software
implementation

Optimised

Average

0 5 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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 IEC
61850 Interoperability test concept
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Number of tests

Positive tests 9
Correct message transmission between
configured senders and receivers
Negative tests (selectivity & security) 9
Message ignored by non-configured receiver
Degraded tests (quality, testmode...) 10
No reaction to faulty or test messages
in all receivers
Performance / Load tests 11
Response times measured with different
background loads

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 IEC
61850 Test results
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40

Number of test cases

35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

(implementation)

(standard)
accepted

dismissed
Total tests

Experience from the rejected resp. dismissed test rejected

cases was used to improve the IEC 61850
specification and implementation.
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 IEC
61850 A week of successful work
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The teams from A-A-S

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 IEC
61850 Conclusion
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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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