Brief EPRI Report on Standards of DistribuTech 2014

EPRI has published a Brief Report of DistribuTECH 2014.

It seems that a hot topic was “DATA” … data from everywhere of everything! Sure there is a need to share the pool of “Big Data”. I have heard about a SCADA project that receives Terra Bytes of “big Data” from a huge wind power park trough IEC 61400-25. This seems to be “Big Data” and “little information” … good for hardware manufacturers.

The EPRI Brief reports from the DistribuTech 2014:

“This was also another good year for standards. The vendor community has heard loud and clear that standards are a preference of electric utilities and the vendors have done a good job of promoting where they are using standards including DNP3, IEC 61850, IEC 61968/61970 (the CIM), MultiSpeak, and more. One relatively new standard that had a strong presence was OpenADR (Open Automatic Demand Response).”

Click HERE for the complete report.

I hope that they are looking at useful information rather than bunches of Data – that just may tell the receiver: nothing has changed, nothing has changed, nothing has changed, … stop here and make it smarter:

This is one aspect of the philosophy of IEC 61850 – which needs to be understood by more people … it will take some time to understand this.

Second and third day of DistribuTECH in San Diego

The second day was similar compared to the first day. I have talked about IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25 to many domain experts that showed serious interest in my training services. Most had been quite surprised that there is a global interest in IEC 61850.

When I showed them the list of the 175+ training sessions I conducted over the last 10 years, they were really amazed.

The documents I have handed-out at the exhibition are now available for download:

General Information about IEC 61850, Smart Grid, products, … [pdf, 4.1 MB]

Training information, program example, list of references [pdf, 3.0 MB]

Standards information, List of Logical Nodes, UML examples [pdf, 850 KB]

Brief description of Lite Gateway IEC 61850 / IEC 60870-5-104 [pdf, 480 KB] 

At the end of the day several interested people came by that wanted to learn more about IEC 61850 – they will be served today (Thursday, January 31, the last day of the DistribuTECH 2013.

The third day was quite busy. Several domain experts in the power distribution world contacted me to get the latest information regarding to IEC 61850.

Summary: This event was the most busiest and successful DistribuTECH I have visited since 2009! The situation regarding IEC 61850 is changing quite fast: vendors of various products for substations and distribution systems need to offer IEC 61850 connectivity even for IEDs that have been on the market for some time. One of the easiest and most convenient solutions seems to be the Beck IPC Chip that could be implemented on a small PCB and mounted in the existing housing – it’s that easy:

More details on the chip, its architecture and IEC 61850 support could be found in the fist document (General …) listed above.

Discount for Training one day prior to DistribuTECH 2013 San Diego (CA)

Discount for Training one day prior to DistribuTECH 2013 San Diego (CA):

TÜV SÜD conducts a One Day Seminar on IEC 61850 Edition 2, Security and Certification:

San Diego (CA)
January 28, 2013 (Monday, the day before the DistribuTech 2013 opens).

Please note the deeply discounted fee of 250 USD !!!

Details:
http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/12/tuv-sud-conducts-one-day-seminar-on-iec.html

Please contact us to get the discounted fee.

January 28-31, 2013 – The next Chance to Meet you at the DistribuTech 2013 in San Diego (CA)

Just as a quick reminder, the next possibility to meet you is from January 28-31, 2013 in San Diego (CA):

- One day training with TÜV SÜD
- DistribuTech booth of the UCA International Users Group [Booth 1648]

More details could be found here.

I look forward to seeing you there.

TÜV SÜD conducts One Day Seminar on IEC 61850 in San Diego (CA) on January 28, 2013

TÜV SÜD conducts a One Day Seminar on IEC 61850 Edition 2, Security and Certification in

San Diego (CA)
January 28, 2013 (Monday, the day before the DistribuTech 2013 opens).

What does IEC 61850 Edition 2 mean?
Is the wait for IEC 61850 over?
What is the co-existence of DNP3 (IEC 60870-5-104) and IEC 61850?
What are the security solutions for these standards?
How to ensure that devices are interoperable?

These and many other questions will be discussed during the seminar.

Details and registration can be found here. [early bird rate before January 10]

Note that TÜV SÜD has a booth at DistribuTech [Booth 624], the TÜV SÜD experts will be available during the DistribuTech. Karlheinz Schwarz will be at the UCA International Users Group [Booth 1648].

Contact us, in case you want to meet us. We can set a date and time for a comprehensive discussion in advance.

SystemCorp and NettedAutomation exhibit at DistribuTech 2011

SystemCorp Embedded Technology Pty Ltd (Perth, WA/Australia) and NettedAutomation GmbH (Karlsruhe/Germany) will exhibit the latest developments in lite implementations of IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25, gateways between IEC 61850/61400-25, DNP3, IEC 60870-5, Modbus, RTUs, Bay controller, PLC programming IEC 61131-3, starter kits, ... training opportunities, training tools at booth 2822 at the DistribuTech 2011 Exhibition in San Diego (CA), 1.-3. February 2010.

Please plan for a meeting the "IEC 61850 Lite" experts.

Click HERE for the floor plan and booth 2822.

DistribuTech 2010: Paper and Presentation on IEC 61850/61400-25 for Monitoring

A very important topic at the recent DistribuTech Conference (23-25 March 2010) was the paper presentation on "Monitoring and Control of Power Systems and Communication Infrastructures" based on IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25" presented by Karlheinz Schwarz, SCC. The Session was about "Enterprise Information and Asset Management". The first presentations were the right basis for the presentation of IEC 61850: the smart grid and the transformer monitoring will create much more information to be exchanged than in today's systems. Transformer monitoring in the Distribution Network is one of the crucial solutions to keep the power flowing. IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25 have a lot of logical nodes and data objects.

The presentation was attended by some 40 experts. Good questions were discussed at the end of the presentation.

The paper has an attachment with the names of all 283 published Logical Nodes of all standards of the series IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25.

Click HERE for the paper [PDF, 670 KB]
Click HERE for the presentation slides [PDF, 300 KB]

See you in two weeks: IEC 61850 - Enterprise Information and Asset Management at DistribuTech 2010

Three case studies explore experiences in planning, architecting and implementing innovative applications that leverage power system automation and control infrastructure and data to extend benefits beyond the control room.

DistribuTech 2010, Wednesday, March 24, 9:30 a.m.

Enterprise Information and Asset Management   (Room 19)

Conquering Organizational, Business Process and IT Challenges

Author(s):

• Al Mithani, DMS Project Manager, BC Hydro
• Bob Uluski, Executive Advisor, Quanta Technology

Distribution Substation Transformer Monitoring and Diagnostics at AEP
Author(s):

• Paul Thomas, AEP Ohio gridSMARTSM Deployment Project Manager, American Electric Power
• Byron Flynn, Technical Director, GE Energy
• Leon White, Monitoring & Diagnostics Sales Manager, GE Energy

Monitoring of Power System and Communication Infrastructures Based on IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25
Author(s):

• Karlheinz Schwarz, Owner, SCC (Schwarz Consulting Company)

Click HERE for the paper abstract.

See you in Room 19 on Wednesday, March 24, 9:30 a.m.

UCA International Users Group at DistribuTECH 2010

The UCA International Users Group (UCAiug) will be present at the DistribuTECH 2010: Booth 1932; March 23-25, 2010 - Tampa Convention Center - Tampa Florida

Celebrating 20 years as the leading annual T&D event. DistribuTECH covers automation and control systems, energy efficiency, engineering, demand response, renewables integration, power delivery equipment and water utility technology. No show provides more educational and networking opportunities than DistribuTECH.

Plan for a stop at Booth 1932 for a chat with Karlheinz Schwarz (NettedAutomation) about the latest developments on "IEC61850-Li" (Lite implementation) and to see how it looks like. You will be surprised!

Click HERE to visit the DistribuTCH website.
Click HERE for an abstract of a paper on IEC 61850 at the DistribuTECH
Click HERE to visit the UCAiug