Migration Strategies

Dr. Alexander Apostolov

Los Angeles, CA

K02 03 20060309

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 Introduction
• Migration to IEC 61850 based
Substation Automation Systems will
take some time
• The standard allows smooth migration
strategies for existing installations
with electromechanical protection
devices
• Integration of legacy IEDs is supported
as well
• Communications only based solutions
are the future

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 Migration strategy
• “Greenfields” happen but are (very) rare
• Need to define the general migration from present situation
to the future
• Several strategies – need to define the applicable one
• Per function, for example: change protection first
• Per electro-technical entity, for example: bay or voltage
level
• Key criteria: aging device, qualified device, outage
minimization, etc.
• “Proxy concept”
• Gateway from past protocol to IEC 61850
• IED, RTU or even GUI
• Network vision
• Telecontrol: protocol, configuration exchanges
• Asset management
• Distributed automation

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IEC 61850 and Legacy Devices

• For communication purposes (beyond

a logical node) the concept of a logical
device has been introduced.
• A logical device is mainly a
composition of logical nodes and
additional services
• The grouping of logical nodes in
logical devices is based on common
features of these logical nodes.

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IEC 61850 and Legacy Devices

• Logical devices enable the building

of gateways (proxies) in such a way
that logical devices are – from a
functional point of view –
transparent.

• Each logical device can be identified

independently of its location (in a
separate device connected to the
network or in a proxy device).

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IEC 61850 and Legacy Devices

• A Proxy Server is a server that sits

between a client application and a
real server.

• A gateway is a network
interconnection device that
supports the full stack of the
relevant protocol which it can
convert to a non 7 layer protocol for
asynchronous transmission over
wide area networks

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IEC 61850 and Legacy Devices

• Logical devices provide information about

the physical devices they use as host
(nameplate and health)
• They also provide information about
external devices that are controlled by the
logical device (external equipment nameplate
and health).
• Logical devices reside in physical devices

• Only those aspects of physical devices

that are defined as visible to the network
are of interest in IEC 61850.

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IEC 61850 and Legacy Devices

• The logical node zero (LLN0)

represents common data of the
logical device
• The logical node physical device
(LPHD) represents common data of
the physical device hosting the
logical device.
• LLN0 and LPHD are defined in any
logical device.

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 Proxy Servers
• To represent the information about the
proxy/gateway itself, the logical device
LD0 shall be implemented in each device
that acts as a proxy or gateway.

• The logical nodes LLN0 and LPHD of LD0

shall represent information about the
proxy or gateway device.

• If a physical device does not provide

logical devices that mirror logical devices
of other physical devices, then this
physical device does not need to provide
a LD0.
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 Proxy Servers
• To represent the information about the
proxy/gateway itself, the logical device
LD0 shall be implemented in each device
that acts as a proxy or gateway.

• The logical nodes LLN0 and LPHD of LD0

shall represent information about the
proxy or gateway device.
• If a physical device does not provide
logical devices that mirror logical
devices of other physical devices, then
this physical device does not need to
provide a LD0.

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Proxy Servers

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Protection Device Evolution
Relay Object Models

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Protection Device Evolution

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 IED Evolution

V I Opto Inputs Relay Outputs

Analog Inputs

Protection Front Port

IED Serial
RS232

Back Port
Serial

RS232/ RS465

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 IED Evolution
IEC 61850 9-2 IEC 61850 8-1

V I Virtual Inputs Virtual Outputs

Digital Analog Inputs
Front Port
Serial
RS232
Communications Based Front Port
Parallel
Protection IED
Fiber Back Port Back Port
IRIG-B Ethernet Tx Rx Serial Serial

RS232/RS465 RS232/RS465

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Function Model

F3
PD1 PD2
LD1 LN1 LD1 LN1

LN2 LN2
F1
LN3 LN3
F2
LN4 LN4

LNn LNn

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Electromechanical Devices
F1
I2

MRIED
I3

I1
F2

I5 I4
MRIED

F3

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Multifunctional IED Object
Model
PQM ISD
HV LD1 LN(i)

hv MMXU1

MMTR1

MMHI1

MSTA1

mv MMXU2

MMHI2

MSTA2
MV

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BiTRONICS M871 LLNO LPHD DIAG1
GCTL1 Recorder
HV RWRE1 RDRE1 RDRE2 Controls
GIND1
MMXU1 dmd prs MMXU1
MMTR1 MMXU2
RSYN1 MHAI1 AMXU1
RSYN2 MSQI1 min MMXU1
RSYN3 RATO1
MMXU2

MMXU2 max MMXU1

MMHI2
MMXU2
MSQI2
MV MMXU3 AMXU1
RATO2
RATO3

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 Gateway Object Model
Gateway: Physical Device PD0

Logical Device LD0

LPHD
Legacy Device PD1
Multiple
LN Logical Device LD1
Nameplate
Logical Device LD1
LPHD Multiple
Functions
Multiple
LN
Legacy Device PD2
Logical Device LD2 Logical Device LD2
LPHD Nameplate
Multiple Multiple
LN Functions

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 Gateway Object Model

Gateway: Physical Device PD0

GOOSE Out Logical Device LD0

GOOSE0
GOOSE In

GOOSE Out Logical Device LD1 Status Legacy Device

GOOSE1 PD1
GOOSE In Control

GOOSE Out Logical Device LD2 Status Legacy Device

GOOSE2 PD2
GOOSE In Control

LAN

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Integration of Electromechanical Devices
PQM ISD

HV LD1 LN0(i)

hv MMXU1
50/51 MMTR1 Substation or Bay
Computer
MMHI1
LD1
MSTA1
87T LD2
mv MMXU2
LD3
MMHI2
LD4
MSTA2

MV
PIOC1 LD(k)
LD2 LN(i)

PTOC1 PTOC1

PDIF1

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Integration of Electromechanical Devices
DR ISD
LD1 LN(i)

21 MMXU1

RDRE Substation or Bay

HV
Computer
RFLO
LD1
PDIS1
21 LD2
PDIS2
LD3
PDIS3
LD4

LD2
LD(k)
LN(i)

PDIS1 PDIS1

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Integration of Legacy IED
Gateway

LD1 LN(i)
Line RS232
Protection
MMXU1

RDRE Substation or Bay

Computer
RFLO
LD1
PDIS1
Line LD2
Protection
PDIS2
LD3
PDIS3
LD4

LD2
LD(k)
LN(i)
RS232
PDIS1 PDIS1

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IED Configuration Data Process

Standard
ISD
Configuration Tool

ISD System Analysis

XML ISD
Proprietary or
Configuration
Configuration Protection
Files
Tool Coordination Tool

ISD Testing
Tool
ISD

Test Device

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 IED Configuration Files

IEC 61850 System Analysis

XML ISD
Standard ISD or
Configuration
Configuration Protection
File
Tool Coordination Tool

ISD Testing
Tool
ISD

IEC 61850 Based ISD

Test Device

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Intelligent Systems from Sensors to Markets
Intelligent Sensor Comms Gateway HMI

Control Status
Analysis Tools
AMU

Configuration Tools

AMU Communications Based

Protection ISD

Communications Based
ISD
Protection ISD

Communications Based
Intelligent Sensor
Control ISD
Control Status
Communications Based
AMU
Control ISD

Communications Based
ISD ISD Monitoring/Recording ISD

Communications Based
Monitoring/Recording ISD

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Intelligent Systems from Sensors to Markets
IMED IMED IEC 61850

IMED IMED

IMED IMED
Substation
Substation
Substation
Computer
PCMR
Computer
IMED IMED
Unit

IMED IMED

IMED IMED IMED IMED

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