CO UR S E D E S CR I P TI O N

CHP107 – IEC 61850 Substation Automation

Systems – Fundamentals

Course goal
The participants acquire basic knowledge about the general philosophies and the fundamentals of to-
day’s technology in substation automation systems based on the standard IEC 61850. They get funda-
mental information about the standard IEC 61850, its application and role reaching far beyond a commu-
nication standard. Important application functions out of control, monitoring and protection will be
discussed both related to their functionality and integration into the IEC 61850 based system. This
knowledge allows together with basic knowhow about the electrical power system both the specifica-
tion and the understanding of quotations for Substation Automation Systems in transmission and dis-
tribution networks.

Main learning objectives — Describe the NCIT compared with CIT

— Explain the role of the substation in the
power system and of substation automation
in the power system management
— List functions which have to be performed in
substations
— Describe the basic functions for data acqui-
sition, process supervision and process con-
trol
— Describe the basic requirements for commu-
nication and time synchronization
— Describe the approach of IEC 61850 with the
split between data model and communica-
tion and the reason for this approach
— Explain the hierarchical, object oriented data
model
— List all communication services and explain
the most important
— Describe the mapping of the abstract data
model on the stack both for non-time critical
and time critical services
Explain the use of industrial Ethernet includ-
— Describe the process near interface both for
analogue and binary data
— Describe the IEC 61850 communication for
teleprotection and telecontrol
— List the basic structure of the standard fam-
ily IEC 61850
— Become aware of the system configuration
language (SCL) and the engineering process
— List steps and means in the quality control
process of IEC 61850
— Identify and describe the benefits of IEC
61850
— Explain Interlocking and Synchrocheck, Pro-
tection and Autoreclosure
— Describe other selected automatic functions
applicable to substations
— Become aware of the weak points regarding
cyber security and first measures
Participants profile
Consultants and employees from the electricity
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ing the redundancies defined by IEC 61850 supply industry. Technical personnel of ABB
— Explain the concept of process bus, its use companies.
and benefit for the so-called digital substa-
tion

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Prerequisites
Engineering degree, technical college qualifica-
tions or equivalent. Basic knowledge of utility
automation (e.g. of substation automation and
protection) and as well as PC based data pro-
cessing.
Recommended course or equivalent experience:
— CHP001 Power Grids Integration and Auto-
mation Technology
Topics
— Basic roles
The substation as node in the power system,
The substation automation as front-end for
the power system management system
— Function overview
Control, monitoring and protection at sta-
tion and bay level; interlocking, sequences
and automatics, process supervision, meas-
uring and archiving, supervision of the sub-
station and the substation automation sys-
tem, time synchronization and
communication
— Basic principles of process handling
Data acquisition (binary and analogue data),
process supervision, process control by
switchgear
— Communication requirements
Requirements for date transfer based on
substation functions and architecture
— Communication standard for utility automa-
tion
Market needs
Goals: Interoperability, free allocation of
functions, future proof
— The approach of IEC 61850
The separation of data model and communi-
cation
— The data model
Logical Nodes, Data Objects and Data Attrib-
utes, Communication Services
— The communication
Introduction of the ISO/OSI model (commu-
nication stack) with MMS, TCP/IP, Ethernet
— Mapping of data, time critical and non-time
critical services
— System Design
Features and components of the industrial
Ethernet
Station bus and redundancy modes defined
by IEC 61850
— Process bus and process interface resulting
in the so-called digital substation
Time synchronization
— The IEC 61850 standard family
Document structure and relationship be-
tween the parts
Benefits and Future of IEC 61850Course type
— Some details of modeling
Modeling of System functions
— Engineering of IEC 61850 based systems
System Configuration description Language
(SCL)
Engineering process
Some details of automation functions
Interlocking and Synchrocheck
Protection and Autoreclosure
Other selected automation functions
IEC 61850 beyond the substation
Between substations and from substation to
the remote control center
— Cyber security
Awareness of weak points and preventive
measures
— Substation Automation Systems
Examples of IEC 61850 based Substation Au-
tomation Systems in operation
Course type
This is a face to face class room training with
maximum 16 participants.
Learning methods and tools
This is an instructor led course with lectures,
demonstrations, demos and discussions.
Laptop or tablet is required to have access to
the e-documentation. Please bring your own de-
vice
Duration
5 days (until Friday noon)
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