IEC 61850 Interoperability of Multi-vendor Devices and Systems

​Module 1: Introduction to IEC 61850

• History of IEC 61850
• Documentation and organization of IEC 61850 standard
• Substation configuration description language
• Abstract communication service Interface
• Data models for information exchange
• Security and reliability
• Benefits of IEC 61850

Module 2: Ethernet Architecture

• Pros and cons of typical Ethernet architectures
• Reliability requirement and N-1 criteria
• Redundancy and interoperability
• Traffic control and data flow management
• Scalability and maintainability
• Migration path for accommodating full-scope deployment from pure station bus applications to combined station bus and process bus applications

Module 3: Station Bus Applications

• Overview of data models for GOOSE exchange
• Mapping to MMS
• State-of-the-art configuration tools
• Horizontal integration
• Typical GOOSE applications
• Inter-tripping schemes
• Breaker failure protection schemes
• Interlocking schemes
• Open/close breakers

Module 4: Process Bus Applications

• Overview of IEC 61850-9
• Merging unit and sampled value streams
• Data sink relays
• Time synchronization
• Interoperability and Interchangeability

Module 5: Modeling Approach and Naming Convention

• Overview of IEC 61850-5 and IEC 61850-7
• Basic information models
• Modeling approach
• Self-descriptive names
• Pre-defined names for logical devices
• Naming convention
• Function and product-related naming systems

Module 6: Deployment Strategy

• Functional specification
  Architecture evaluation
  Cyber security design
  System-wide naming convention
  Data flow management
  Operational & non-operational data
  Traffic mitigation strategy

Module 7: Migration Strategy

• Harmonization between IEC 61850 / 61970 / 61968
• Strategy for new substations
• Retrofitting brown substations
• Migration path for existing substations
• Control center connections
• Field trial

Module 8: Maintenance Strategy

• Isolation design
• Cope with naming changes
• Conditional assessment vs. periodic testing
• Life cycle management
• Firmware version control
• Spare parts

Workshop Module 1: Integration of Multi-Vendor IEDs for GOOSE Applications

• Overview of bottom-up approach
• XML schemas
• Substation configuration description language
• IED and system configuration tools
• GOOSE publication and subscription
• Step-by-step integration procedures
• Horizontal integration for GOOSE applications

Workshop Module 2: Interoperability Testing of Multi-Vendor IEDs & Systems – GOOSE Applications

• Test system architecture
• Test system configuration
• Configuration tools and Integration
• GOOSE simulation using Omicron / RTDS
• GOOSE performance testing
• GOOSE transfer trip vs. local hard-wired trip

Workshop Module 3: Integration and Interoperability Testing – Client / Server Applications

• Test system architecture and configuration
• Client / server integration
• Data point mapping and signal scaling
• Buffered and un-buffered reporting
• Alarm Processing
• Automatic Control

Workshop Module 4: Testing of Multi-Vendor Merging Units & Data Sink Relays

• Test system architecture
• Test system configuration
• Configuration tools and Integration
• Time synchronization
• Interchangeability between merging units and IEDs
• Traffic control / simulation over the LAN