Workshop IEC 61850 mit dem Beck IEC61850@CHIP

IEC 61850/IEC 61400-25 für die Energie-Versorgungssysteme der Zukunft

Beck IPC GmbH und NettedAutomation bieten einen Workshop zum Thema IEC 61850 und IPC@CHIP^® an.

Termin :
3. Juli 2012, 9:30 - 17:00 Uhr (in Deutsch)

Veranstaltungsort:
Beck IPC GmbH
35415 Pohlheim,
Grüninger Weg 24

Die Schulung vermittelt die wichtigsten Schritte zur schnellen und kostengünstigen Implementierung von IEC 61850 und IEC 61400-25 konformen Geräten und Systemen.

Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an alle, die sich mit der Einführung genormter Kommunikations- und Informationstechnik in der Energieversorgung und anderen Anwendungsgebieten wie der Automatisierungstechnik beschäftigen. Angesprochen werden Entscheider, Anwendungsprogrammierer, Systemverantwortliche und Service-Techniker. Für die derzeitigen Nutzer des IPC@CHIP^® wird aufgezeigt, wie durch eine einfache Ergänzung der Plattform (Stack-API für IEC 61850 von SystemCorp) der Einsatzbereich der Lösungen drastisch erweitert werden kann.

Weitere Details zum IEC 61850 Workshop finden Sie hier.

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IEC 61850-90-13 – New Work on IEC 61850 for Steam and Gas Turbines

The new work item has been introduced in the work programme under the title:
IEC 61850-90-13 Ed.1 (57/1259/RVN):
Communication networks and systems for power utility automation –
Part 90-13: Extension of IEC 61850 information models to also include logical nodes and data models for steam and gas turbines

IEC 61850 defines very common concepts, information models, services and configuration language that can be used in many other application domains outside substations. MMS – as a basic communication service to which IEC 61850 models and services are mapped – was originally defined for the manufacturing floor (MMS – Manufacturing Message Specification). So it is no surprise that it can be used there and in many other application domains.

One key issue in power plants is the RDS PP (related to KKS):

 

Examples of RDS PP for Wind Power Plants and IEC 61400-25/61850:

Binding of Information Models:

 

Examples from IEC 61850-7-510 (Hydroelectric power plants – Modelling concepts and guidelines):

Step by step we learn that IEC 61850 is in harmony with many other designation standards … and it can be used for almost all online (runtime) information exchange and system and IED configuration.

IEC 61850-85-1 FDIS published for ballot

IEC 61850-85-1 Ed.1 (57/1258/FDIS):
Standard for N times 64 kbit per second optical fiber interfaces between teleprotection and multiplexer equipment (IEEE C37.94)

has been published for FDIS ballot ; ballot closes 2012-08-10.

This standard describes the interconnection details for N, where N = 1, 2…12, times 64 kilobit per second connections of teleprotection equipment to digital multiplexers using optical fiber. Requirements for both
physical connection and the communications timing are also included.

More Open Positions that require Knowledge on IEC 61850 in the USA

SimplyHired lists today some 80 open positions in the USA that require knowledge on IEC 61850 – one way or the other.

Search for open positions on IEC 61850 in the U.S.

In one case it says: “Strong Communication protocols (61850, DNP, Modbus) knowledge” is required.

Good education in IEC 61850 pays off.

Education in IEC 61850 is a must in some universities … this week I saw this hint a technical university in Europe (KTH Stockholm):

IEC 61850 IEDs and test equipment in an IEC 61850 lab:

Karlheinz Schwarz run a one day hands-on training on the Beck Development Kit 65 for PHD Students at the KTH.

IEC 61850 – Soon Getting Intelligent Logical Nodes?

IEC 61850 is one of the crucial subjects in standardization, power systems (generation, transmission, distribution, ), education, and research … all over.

One research issue is to bring “dynamics” and “Intelligence” into the more static Logical Node classes - By applying another IEC standard: IEC 61499 (Function Blocks).

A discussion of IEC 61499 and IEC 61850 can be found in a presentation by Valeriy Vyatkin, University of Auckland, New Zealand and Christopher Schemm, infoteam; presented at Automation Day, October, 17th, 2011, Nuremberg, Germany.

Here is one of the slides showing the idea of iLN (intelligent Logical Node):

 

Download the presentation on IEC 61499 and IEC 61850 including notes [notes in German] [pdf]

IEC 61850-90-14 FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) data modeling

IEC TC 57 has published a proposal to work on

IEC TR 61850-90-14 (57/1250/DC):
Communication networks and systems for power utility automation –
Part 90-14: Using IEC 61850 for FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) data modeling

The applications comprise shunt compensation, series compensation, multi-function power flow control, voltage regulation, angle regulation, …

IEC 61850 at the Remote Monitoring and Control Conference, Denver (CO), September 18-19

Looking for the latest on Remote Monitoring and Control?
Check the program of the Remote Monitoring and Control Conference, Denver (CO), September 18-19, 2012

The Remote Monitoring and Control Conference has released its 2012 show brochure. Included in the brochure are presentation descriptions, the show's full schedule, conference workshop information (on DNP3, IEC 61850, IEC 62351 Security, …), exhibitors, co-located event profiles, registration details and information on booking your room at the show hotel.

Click Here to View the Brochure [pdf, 4 MB]

If you are automating, remotely monitoring and controlling your oil & gas, water/wastewater, utility/T&D, telecom and transportation infrastructure equipment and systems, this is a must attend event.

Please note that NettedAutomation GmbH will have an exhibition booth in cooperation with SystemCorp (vendor of IEC 61850 Stack/API) and Beck IPC. The latest products for IEC 61850 (like IEDs, Gateways to/from DNP3, Modbus, IEC 60870-5-101/104, …) will be presented.

Two MW Wind-to-Gas converter build for E.ON in Germany

Storage of energy is one of the basic building blocks for the future power delivery system. The option of converting electric power into gas is one of the most discussed and promising storage options these days. In February I have discussed this briefly:

Wind and Solar Gas – A Challenging Storage Option

A 2 MW utility scale converter project at E.ON in North Eastern Germany has been announced by Hydrogenics the other day. Up to 30 MWh of energy can be converted from wind power into gas in 24 hours – the gas will be injected into the regional natural gas pipeline, making the natural gas pipeline network a storage system for surplus electrical power generated from renewable resources. Great idea.

Read the complete news report “Hydrogenics wins order from E.ON for 'Power-to-Gas' energy storage project in Germany”

Standards like IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25 (Wind Turbines) are ready to support the monitoring and control of wind turbines, and many other applications.

29 Different Ethernet Solutions for Real-time Communication! – What about IEC 61850?

The industrial automation market intended in the mid 90s to get a single Ethernet based international standard for the factory floor. Until today the industry is struggling to keep the number of solutions smaller than 30 (!). 29 solutions are listed at the following site (as of September 2008): Real-Time-Ethernet

One of the most prominent experts in real-time communication (Dr. Karl Weber) came recently (after many tests and investigations) to the conclusion that IEC 61850 is a good candidate for hctp: (Hyper Control Transfer Protocol): Read his presentation on IEC 61850 for htcp

A suggestion to use Ethernet as a fieldbus published in 1991 could be found in the paper “Bridging MAP to Ethernet” [PDF, 720 KB]

The wait for MMS on Ethernet is over (as stated at the end of the paper) – Native Ethernet and MMS are well accepted standard (!) solutions in power systems (generations, transmission, distribution, …): IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 (ICCP), IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, IEC 61869-9, …

IEC 61850 (not only Ethernet) could be used in almost all application domains that need to exchange information in real-time. Will IEC 61850 replace any of the 29 solutions? IEC 61850 will be used at least in applications that have a close relation to electric power – this is a lot! Think about motor control and protection systems or electric cars … electricity is all over – so will IEC 61850 be in a few years.

IEC 61850-90-8 Object Models for E-Mobility

IEC TC 57 has published (as 57/1254/DC) on June 01, 2012 the

Draft IEC TR 61850-90-8 – Communication networks and systems for power utility automation – Part 90-8: IEC 61850 object models for electric mobility

The Technical Report describes how current standardization for Electric Road Vehicles and the Vehicle-to-Grid Communication Interface can be linked to the IEC 61850-7-420 standard for Distributed Energy Resources (DER). The technical report provides necessary background information and proposes an object model for e-mobility in order to establish an Electric Vehicle plugged into the power grid as DER according to the principles of IEC 61850-7-420. The basic information modeling in IEC 61850 and IEC 61850-7-420 already covers a lot of needs for the e-Mobility domain. Missing parts can be modeled as new logical nodes and data objects, which this technical report defines.

New/extended information models are:

E-mobility supply equipment  LN DESE
E-mobility outlet LN DEOL
E-mobility Electric Vehicle  LN DEEV
Power cable LN ZCAB
Schedule LN DSCH

It is easy to add the definition of the LN DEOL to an ICD File. Here is an example of the “Plug Present” Data Object of the New LN Class according to DTR 61850-90-8:

This LN Class can easily be added to the model template for the SystemCorp ICD Designer <<61850DTT.xml>>:

Almost any new Logical Node published by IEC or any other extended or new LN can easily be modeled with the ICD Designer … and can easily be applied for building clients and servers using the SystemCorp IEC61850 Stack/API, e.g., using the free evaluation version of the SystemCorp Windows DLL or using the Beck IPC embedded controller.

There is no need to purchase an expensive package to use IEC 61850 for any model. Just use the SystemCorp IEC61850 Stack/API – and you are ahead of the market.

Many people are now using the Beck IPC Development Kit DK61 or DK55 to implement a gateway between “their data” and the various models according to IEC 61850. It just takes hours to get their (or your) data speaking IEC 61850 …

It’s really so easy!

IEC 61850 Goes Power Distribution – Grid4EU Project

The electrical power distribution is faced a lot of challenges all over in the years to come: renewable power, virtual power plants, energy storage, aging infrastructure, aging workforce, security, …

How to get prepared for the future power transmission and distribution system? There are many answers. One is to work in teams. The  European Commission funds projects for major smart grid demonstrations integrating production from renewable energy and management mechanisms active demand management (Smart Grid). The project Grid4EU received a favorable agreement of the European Commission. 27 companies and organizations started the project on 1st of November 2011.

The budget for the project is 54 Million Euro, it will run until end of 2015:

• 6 DSOs (cover more than 50% of the metered electricity customers in Europe)
• 27 partners (Utilities, Energy Suppliers, Manufacturers, Research Institutes)

Website of the Grid4EU project.

Statement from the project leader ERDF.

According to several information I received, IEC 61850 is playing a crucial role when it comes to information models and information exchange in medium and low voltage applications. There is a need for the project partners to be trained in order to get a reasonable level of knowledge on how to implement and use IEC 61850. It is highly recommended to have the training at the beginning – and not when people figure out after years that they have missed to use the standards in the way they were intended.

More to come … stay tuned.

Smart Grid – A Compelling Force for Mega Merger Eaton and Cooper

Eaton takes over Cooper Industries for 11.8 Billion US$. Why? … Expansion into power distribution, grid automation, and smart grid, ... ;-)

Cooper Power Systems supports IEC 61850: Their substation automation products comply with the IEC 61850 Standard for grid integration and automation … Eaton has also a range of protection relays and other IEDs supporting IEC 61850 … It could be expected that IEC 61850 will be a crucial component in the future of both companies.

More information from Eaton can be found here.

IEC 61850-3 Ed2 CDV is out for ballot

The CDV for IEC 61850-3 Ed.2 is out for comments and ballot:

Communication networks and systems for power utility
automation – Part 3: General requirements

The ballot closes 2012-10-19

This part of IEC 61850 defines general requirements, mainly regarding construction, design and environmental conditions for utility communication and automation IED's and systems in power plant and substation environments. These general requirements are in line with requirements for IED's used in similar environments, for example measuring relays and protection equipment.

IEC 61850 is used in many applications in the power distribution. The applicability of the requirements (defined in the above CDV) for distribution networks or DER seems to be defined in a more details. Currently clause 6.7.1 defines “In addition to the mentioned electrical plants, Electricity Utilities can install apparatus in control centers, radio repeaters, or low voltage distribution points in industrial, commercial or residential areas. These locations are covered by other generic standards or product standards.”

Does this mean that all or most or some requirements defined in IEC 61850-3 Ed2 are not applicable for these locations? etc.

It is highly recommended that experts from all over have a close look at this CDV to make sure that IEDs applied in DER and distribution networks are not burdened with requirements not needed.

Contact your IEC TC 57 national committee for a copy of the IEC 61850-3 Ed2 CDV.

IEC 61850 Extensions for FACTS

IEC TC 57 is about to develop the information model for FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems)

IEC TR 61850-90-14: Communication networks and systems for power utility
automation – Part 90-14: Using IEC 61850 for FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) data modeling

If you are interested in this work contact your IEC TC 57 national committee.

Work on IEC 61850-90-11 started -- Logics

It was agreed internationally to develop IEC TR 61850-90-11: Communication networks
and systems for power utility automation – Part 90-11: Methodologies for modelling of logics for IEC 61850 based applications.

The scope could be quite narrow, taking into account simple logics for input and output signal … but it could cover also the way how to program complex distributed applications. The standards like IEC 61131-3 or IEC 61499 may be taken into account.

Some discussion on the use of IEC 61499 …

New Work on Security for SCL, CIM, DNP3 XML-Files

XML files are used for IEC 61970 (CIM), IEC 61850, and IEEE 1815 (DNP3)
and IEEE C37.111 (COMTRADE). How can one trust that the content of an XML file for these applications has not been modified? etc.

A new work proposal has been published:
Power systems management and associated information exchange – Data and communications security –
Part 11: Security for XML Files (future IEC 62351-11)

The ballot closes 2012-07-27

This work is one of the crucial aspects of the future power systems – the various files may contain very sensitive information that has to be protected … like the protection relays and protection engineers protect the power system!!

I hope that the management takes this work very serious!

Denver (CO): Workshop on International Standards for Smart Grids and SCADA Application Domains

A two day Workshop on International Standards for Smart Grids and SCADA Application Domains will be conducted by two gurus of standards for power systems on

September 18 – 19, 2012 – Hyatt Regency Denver (CO) Tech Center

Topics are among others: NIST SGIP standards catalog, IEC 61850, IEC 62351 (security), DNP3, … security measures, solutions, and needs, as well as the global market penetration of standards in power systems, …

Details and registration information for the Smart Grid Standards Workshop can be found here.

If you want to have a specific topic presented and discussed during the workshop, please let me know.

Stockholm: Course on IEC 61850 and Interoperability in SmartGrids including CIM

The School of Electrical Engineering KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm is conducting a course on interoperability issues in electrical power delivery systems 11-13 June 2012.

This course will provide fundamental knowledge to the interoperability issues in the Smartgrid, introduction to state of the art systems and technologies, and hands-on practice with relevant industry standard tools.

Aims and Objectives of the course are among others:

• Introduction and understanding of Interoperability issues in the Smartgrid
• Introduction to the state of the art systems, methodologies and frameworks for interoperability in the Smartgrid: IEC 61850 and related standards like IEC 62351 (Security), CIM, …
• To perform hands-on practice and exercises on interoperability solutions in IEC 61850 based industry standard automation and control systems
• Hands on IEC 61850 substation automation systems with introduction to software
  tools and IEDs
• Interoperability in 61850 based environments with multi-vendor IEDs
• Interoperability in 61850 based advanced Smartgrid use cases
• KTH LAB hands-on/demo
• Overview and introduction to leading research projects in the field

Program of the Course on IEC 61850 and Interoperability in SmartGrids [pdf]

General course information and updates.

I look forward to meeting you there.

If you know someone who may be interested in this event please forward the information.