GOOSE configuration &

Interoperability of Multi-vendor Protection Schemes

Jason Buneo, Applications Development Manager

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Content

 IEC 61850 Overview

 Modeling Approach and Naming Convention

 Substation Configuration Language SCL Files

 Station Bus Applications GOOSE Messages

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 Introduction
 Electrical substations are one of the most important components in a power
system. (Control, metering, protection)
 Many of today’s electric utility substations include digital relays and other
intelligent electronic devices (IEDs)
 IEDs are Instrumentation & Control devices built with microprocessors and have
the same capabilities of computers.
 These devices record and store a variety of data about:
• control interface
• internal operation
• performance,
• the power system they
monitor, control,
and protect.

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Introduction
 The collected data is used to create information such as:
• Fault location
• Prefault, fault, and post-fault currents and voltages
• Instantaneous and demand metering
 Among all the capabilities of IEDs, one of the most important is the ability
to communicate information as a computer.
 Competing manufacturers have designed networks that tie together a
number of devices within a substation to a single host with unique
protocols for each system:
• MODBUS: a master-slave protocol
• DNP: distributed network protocol
• IEC-870-5-101
• UCA

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 As a result, the user could not directly interconnect competing products.
 Difficulties arise when upgrades or new additions are required. A
different communication system has to be provided, mitigating the
benefits of using data in operations.
 Today all utilities users and manufacturers recognize the desire and the
need to merge the communication capabilities of all the IEDs in a
substation or even across the entire power network.
 A non-proprietary, standard, high-speed protocol offering sufficient
services is required to enable a robust, integrated substation
communication network without protocol converters.

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History of IEC 61850

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Substation Network: Traditional Substation

 Inter IED control signaling done via wiring or low speed serial communications.
 Limited to simple schemes due to cost and complexity of wiring and limited
performance capabilities of communications.

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Substation Network: LAN Based Substation
 ALL IEDs are connected via a single connection
(or dual redundancy) to the LAN.
 Simple or complex control schemes are possible
with no increased wiring costs or complexity.
 Other real-time data (e.g. analog, status) can be
shared across ALL IEDs.

 Sampled real-time data can be broadcast

to ALL IEDs simultaneously.
 Similar to a “Producer-Consumer” or
“Publisher-Subscriber” model used in
many Industrial Automation protocols:
e.g. EtherNet/IP, Fieldbus HSE

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 IEC 61850 Benefits
 Reduce dependence on multiple protocols
 Reduce construction cost by eliminating most copper
wiring
 Automate substations
 Real time distributed computing
 Advanced management capability
 High speed peer to peer communications
 Flexible programmable protection schemes and ease of
maintainability
 Specifies the engineering processes and its supporting
tools
 Many more

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IEC 61850 Standard

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 IEC 61850 Overview

 Modeling Approach and Naming Convention

 Substation Configuration Language SCL Files

 Station Bus Applications GOOSE Messages

 Relay Configuration ( GOOSE Publish & Subscription)

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IEC 61850 Modeling Approach

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IEC 61850 Class Model

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Logical Nodes Groups (7-4)

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The P-group, with 28 logical nodes

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Logical Node

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Example Logical Node : XCBR

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 Logical Node Data
Each logical node contains one or more elements
of data.
The data names are determined by the standard
but are related to power system function.
For example: XCBR Data
Loc: to determine if operation is local or
remote.
OpCnt: to determine the number of
operations
Pos: to determine the position
Etc…..

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 Logical Node Data
Each element of data within the logical node conforms
to the specification of a common data class (CDC) per
IEC61850-7-3.

 Each CDC describes the type and structure of the

data within the logical node.

Each CDC has a defined name and a set of CDC

attributes each with a defined name, defined type, and
specific purpose.

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Single Point Status (SPS) - CDC

Each attribute belongs to a set of FC (Functional Constraint)

FC examples: status (ST), substituted value (SV), description (DC),
extended definition (EX)

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Object Name Structure

Attribute

Data

Functional Constraint

Logical Node

Logical Device

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IEC 61850 Self Description

 IEC 61850 support what is

termed as “ self description. This
term refers to the ability of a
device to be browsed to
determined what data is
contained within the device

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 IEC 61850 Overview

 Modeling Approach and Naming Convention

 Substation Configuration Language SCL Files

 Station Bus Applications GOOSE Messages

 Relay Configuration ( GOOSE Publish & Subscription)

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 Part 6 – Substation Automation System
Configuration
 Introduces a common language for the exchange of
information between vendors.

 Interoperability

 Defines connectivity between primary devices

 Definition of SCL files

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 SCL Configuration format
 Defined in Part 6 of IEC 61850
 Five file types
– SSD: power system functions
– SCD: complete substation
– ICD: data reported by a type of IED
– CID: the configuration of a specific IED
– IID: the instantiated configuration file (Edition 2)
 Five sections per file
– Header: identifies configuration file
– Substation: identifies connections and functions
– Communications: identifies addresses and sub
networks
– IED: identifies functions and configuration of devices
– Data type templates: used to build other sections

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SSD-System Specification Description File: describes the one-line
diagram and the substation automation functionality using the associated
logical nodes.
•Single line diagram connections
•Logical nodes, logical node types

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 ICD-IED Capability Description File: describes the capabilities
and (optionally) the pre-configured data model.
• Logical Devices, Logical Nodes, Logical Node Types
• Data Sets
• Control Blocks (not populated)

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SCD-Substation Configuration Description File: describes the full
substation configuration.
• Single Line Diagram
• Communication Network
• IED Configurations
• Binding Information (e.g. trip matrix)

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Configured IED Description

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SCL Substation Section

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SCL Communication Section

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SCL IED and Data Type Sections

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SCL Files Types and Sections

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 Using the SCL language

 The complete engineering process

IED Configuration Tool System Configuration Tool System Specification Tool

ICD SSD
File File

Relay Network Control Center

(IED)
Station PC

CID SCD
Modem
File File

IED Configuration Tool

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 Using the SCL Language (Engineering Process)
System Specification Tool

SSD
File System
Configuration IED Configuration Tool
Tool

IED Configuration SCD

Tool File

CID CID CID

ICD ICD ICD File File File
Templates
File File File

Relay Relay Relay

(IED) (IED) (IED)
Relay Relay Relay
(IED) (IED) (IED)

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Import & Export ICD & CID Files

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System Configuration Tools

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 IEC 61850 Overview

 Modeling Approach and Naming Convention

 Substation Configuration Language SCL Files

 Station Bus Applications - GOOSE Messages

 Relay Configuration ( GOOSE Publish & Subscription)

 Relay Test Set Configuration – RTMS & MGC

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Station Bus & Process Bus

Ethernet Switch
Station Bus
Multicast

Multicast

Ethernet Switch
Process Bus
Mergin Units MU MU

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Station Bus

Ethernet Switch

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Peer to Peer Communications

 Peer to Peer communications possible with IEC

61850.
 Utilizes the GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented
Substation Event) message.
 Replaces the conventional hardwired logic
necessary for intra-relay coordination with station
bus applications.
 Multicast transmission

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GOOSE – Generic Object Oriented Substation Event

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Generic Object Oriented Substation Event-
GOOSE

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Application of GSE Model

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Important GOOSE Parameters

 Defined in Part 7-2 section 15.2

 Important to keep track of GOOSE parameters such as:
– GOOSE control block name
– App ID
– Multicast MAC Address
– Dataset name and items
– GOOSE ID
– Priority Tag
– VLAN ID
– Tmax
– Etc….

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GOOSE Control Block

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Multicast Application Association

Ethernet Switch

Multicast

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Multicast Address Selection

 Defined in Part 8-1 of IEC 61850 standard.

 Multicast Ranges

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Dataset Items
 Dataset Items include:
–Stval – True or False
–Q(quality flag) – a 13 bit string that defines quality of
information.
–T(time stamp)-time stamp of message

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Priority Tagging (IEEE 802.1p Prioritization)

1 2

2 1 2 1 1

2 2

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VLAN Tagging (IEEE 802.1Q VLANs)

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Time critical communication with GOOSE

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GOOSE Applications
Bus Blocking

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Load Shedding

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 Configuration of GOOSE messages

 Communications Assisted Breaker Failure Scheme

A Relay A
GOOSE A

GOOSE (B,C or D)

ETHERNET SWITCH

GOOSE C GOOSE D
Bus

GOOSE B

Relay B Relay C Relay D

B C D

Fault A

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 IEC 61850 Overview

 Modeling Approach and Naming Convention

 Substation Configuration Language SCL Files

 Station Bus Applications - GOOSE Messages

 Relay Configuration ( GOOSE Publish & Subscription)

 Relay Test Set Configuration – RTMS & MGC

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 References
 www.61850.com
 IEC 61850 Communication Networks and Systems In
Substations: An Overview for Users. Ralph Mackiewicz.
 IEC 61850 -Communication Networks and Systems in
Substations:An Overview of Computer Science, Jianqing
Zhangand Carl A. Gunter, Illinois Security Lab
 Benefits of IEC 61850 – Sisco
 Substation Configuration language, Summary, IEC

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References

 IEC 61850 -Communication Networks and Systems

in Substations:An Overview of Computer Science,
Jianqing Zhangand Carl A. Gunter, Illinois Security
Lab

 UCA and IEC 61850 for Dummies, Douglas

Proudfoot, Siemens Power Transmission and
Distribution

 Substation Communication Networks,RuggedCom

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