Solution Catalogue

SUBSTATION AUTOMATION

Substation Automation
The systems used to monitor & control
power systems and process shall take into
account changes made in innovation cycles
as well as new trends in utilities. UIS
Substation Automation Solutions can
meet all the demands of a distributed
substation control system for both existing
as well as newly built electrical substations.
Our solutions typically include Station HW &
SW, HMI, Bay Control / Automation /
Protection units, Protection devices,
Telecommunication systems and interfaces,
Data gateways, plus comprehensive
engineering, Project management,
maintenance and training.
System Overview and
Applications
The substation automation system is formed
around a redundant network where the
subsystems are physically distributed, logically
integrated:
Bay Level – consists of protection devices,
IEDs, and Measuring devices to be connected to
the Bay control Units.
Station Level – consists of fiber optic
substation LAN, serial bus for protection
devices that can not directly connect to
substation LAN and Bay Control or
Automation units,
HMI / Control Centre Level – consists of
redundant data servers, operator’ s
workstations, engineering workstations,
Local Area Network (LAN), printers and time
system,
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Remote Data Level – consists of gateway,
routers and firewalls.
The entire substation will be monitored and
controlled from Substation Control Room
through independent substation computers
and associated HMI(s), while individual
circuit bays will be monitored and controlled
from processor based Bay Control Units.
All configuration parameters and substation
monitoring systems functions can be
retrieved as if connected directly to the
device, altered and then re-downloaded. A
copy of the configuration can be maintained
on the engineer’s workstation for future use.
Our substation automation solutions can be
divided into two groups: Substation Control
and Information Management Systems
(SCIMS) and Distributed Control Systems
(DCS).
Substation Control & Information
Management System (SCIMS)
The Substation Control & Information
Management System (SCIMS) forms the
basis for integrating all substation data
including traditional SCADA data, protection
data, IED data and support for substation
automation sequences.
Due to its inherent capability to integrate
multi-vendor IEDs, the solution provides a
mechanism for utilities to maximize their
benefits from the existing IEDs deployed in
the network and have greater bargaining
power when purchasing IEDs. The system
can either be centralized or consist of many
fully integrated SCIMS cells. Each cell has
the responsibility to collect data via
hardwired or communication signals, transfer
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the data to the SCIMS cell responsible for ƒ Scalable – capable of handling from
master station communication and a single IED up to very large
eventually send the data to one or more Substations
master or HMI stations. ƒ Remote access to condition
monitoring data

The SCIMS is based on real-time operations, ƒ Integration of newer IED which

and includes the following functions: support Ethernet / TCP/IP protocols
(e.g. IEC61850).

ƒ Real-time data for operational

purposes In a recent installment, UIS has deployed a

ƒ Configuration data for maintenance system concurrently running more than 10

and network reconfiguration different IEDs & various control center

ƒ One solution for multiple vendor protocols.

IEDs / protection devices

ƒ Access to data other than through
the traditional SCADA Interfaces.

System Configuration
GPS Satellite
(Redundant Ring Network)

PCMS &
Corporate LAN

NCC DCC

GPS Antenna
Firewall Firewall

GPS
Time System
Router Router

Remote Data level

Engineering Workstation /
Substation Monitoring
System Functions
Colour Redundant Data Servers
2 * Log
Printer
Printers

Work Work
Station Station

Ethernet Over Copper HMI / Control Centre level

Ethernet Switch1

Common Bay Computer /

Ethernet Over Fiber
Ethernet Switch2 Redundant Gateway
Serial Bus (Optional)
Serial Over Fibre (SCIMS)
IEC 870-5-103 / DNP3 /
(Optional)
Modbus
Substation level

Ethernet Ethernet
Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Switch2 Switch1
Switch2 Switch1 Switch2 Switch1
Relay
Relay Relay

Protection Config
BCU / IED BCU / IED
BCU / IED
Serial Server (Option) Bay level
Serial Server (Option) Serial Server (Option)

Protection & Control

Protection & Control Panel Protection & Control Panel
Panel
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Distributed Control System (DCS)

Device Interfaces &
DCS solutions merge all communication Communication protocols
capabilities of IEDs in a substation or across
a network to perform a physically distributed UIS gives you flexibility in your substation to

logically integrated protection, control, configure and operate various types of

metering, monitoring and automation protection units, IEDs, bay control units,

scheme. Our DCS solutions are tailored to meters and tele-control units from a wide

eliminate much of the dedicated control range of manufacturers.

wiring along with the special purpose

communication channels. The data gathered UIS has integrated a large number of

by this system does not only consist of the commercially available communication

data for control operation or in other words protocols for recording data from various

SCADA data, but also “non-operational” data devices and through differing communication

used in the future to operate the power channels.

system in innovative ways. This new

abundance of data can then be fed into an Protocols
asset management program to monitor
UIS has already commissioned multi-vendor
equipment and facilitate better maintenance
platform with the following protocols:
decisions.

ƒ Control Centre Connection

Our DCS solutions can use traditional,
IEC 60870-5-101
legacy, IEC 61850, or a mix set of protocols IEC 60870-5-104
to utilize the existing assets of the electrical DNP 3.00 Level 3
DNP 3.0 over TCP/IP
network. ABB RP570
Modbus
Conitel C300,C3000
IEC 61850 is, however, more than just a Conitel C2020,C2025
Ferranti MKIIA
unified standard. It represents a major shift Ferranti MKIII
in how intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) Indactic 2033
Hitachi
communicate within the substation and Westinghouse WISP+
beyond. Essentially, IEC 61850 replaces the Harris 000
Westinghouse Redac 70H
physical copper wires linking IEDs together DSP4
with virtual ones by way of an Ethernet
network. ƒ Open data exchange
OPC Server
OPC Client
The transition to IEC 61850 is by no means
a slam dunk. It represents a major shift in
ƒ IED & Substation connection
utility management and practice, and it
IEC 61850
requires a whole new set of skills on the part IEC 60870-5-103
of the engineering professionals charged DNP 3.00
Modbus
with making it work. Therefore UIS can play GEC Alstom courier / KBus
a role in supporting utility to widely and ABB SpaBus
JBUS (Merlin Gerin Sepam)
rapidly adapt to this new standard
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Integration Services

IED and Substation protocols (including IEC

61850) don’t guarantee one vendor’s devices
will work with another’s straight out of the
box. There is still room for interpretation of
the standard’s requirements and
interoperability.

Now UIS is proud to offer substation owners

and operators a brand new service for a truly
integrated system where all of the parts,
hardware and software work together.

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© UIS Ltd. 2007. The information in this document is subject to change without prior
notice. UIS does not assume responsibility for any errors in fact or design in this
publication. The publication is provided for general information only and shall not form
part of any contract.
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