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IEC 61850 for Power Utilities

IEC 61850 is a communication standard used for power utility automation. It defines a data architecture with station, bay, and process levels. Data transfer methods include client/server for non-time critical requests and publisher/subscriber for time critical status updates. The standard also includes data models, an SCL configuration file format, and procedures for testing objects like circuit breakers, relays and the merging unit for conformance, performance, and functionality.

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IEC 61850 for Power Utilities

IEC 61850 is a communication standard used for power utility automation. It defines a data architecture with station, bay, and process levels. Data transfer methods include client/server for non-time critical requests and publisher/subscriber for time critical status updates. The standard also includes data models, an SCL configuration file format, and procedures for testing objects like circuit breakers, relays and the merging unit for conformance, performance, and functionality.

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IEC 61850 INTRODUCTION

1. IEC 61850 is defined as network or system used for power utility communication

2. Communication
2.1 Data Architecture
2.1.1 Station Level
2.1.2 Bay Level
2.1.3 Process Level
2.2 Data Transfer Method
2.2.1 Client/Server or MMS (Client sends request/s to the server then the server
gives response/s back to the client and this is not time critical.)
2.2.2 Publisher/Subscriber or Multicast (Publisher sends message to the subscribers
and this is time critical. Often used to send status of the positions of the
primary devices.)
2.3 Application to Communication

3. Data Models

4. SCL File (A file that contains all the info and the data models of the substation and
therefore can be used in the substation engineering. Also, the SCL File is an XML file type.)

5. IEC 61850 Testing


5.1 Test Object
5.2 Test Reason
5.3 Test Method
IEC 61850 TESTING
1. Testing Object
1.1 ECT/EPT
1.2 MU (Merging Unit)
1.3 Switch
1.4 IEDs such as Prot. Relays, Monitoring Devices
1.5 Time synchronization Device
1.6 SCL File

2. Test Reason
2.1 Conformance Testing IEC 61850 – 10
2.2 Performance Testing
2.2.1 Device Performance
2.2.2 Network Performance
2.3 Functional Testing
2.3.1 Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
2.3.2 Site Acceptance Test (SAT)
2.3.3 Routine Test

3. Test Method
3.1 Merging Unit (MU)
3.1.1 Merging Unit Consistency and Integrity
3.1.2 Merging Unit Delay
3.1.3 Merging Unit Time Coordination and Time Synchronization (When the time
source is disconnected from the source and reconnect to the time source, the
Merging Unit needs time to coordinate itself time to the time source.)

4. Why to Test?
5. What to Test?
6. How to Test?

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