Nos Sistemas de Automação de Subestação atuais são utilizados equipamentos digitais chamados IED (Dispositivos Eletrônicos Inteligentes), incorporando as funções de proteção, automação e medição. Estes, para trocarem informações entre si, utilizam um canal de comunicação serial, sendo os dados transmitidos de forma digital por meio de vários protocolos, muitos deles proprietários, o que dificulta a integração entre eles. Neste cenário entra a norma IEC 61850 oferecendo um padrão a ser seguido entre os fabricantes de IED. Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar um estudo da norma e a análise de sua aplicação no Sistema de Automação de Subestação. O estudo proposto da norma a analisará utilizando os principais conceitos estabelecidos por ela para atingir os objetivos propostos: interoperabilidade, liberdade de configuração e estabilidade a longo prazo. Como ensaio de aplicação da norma será apresentado um comparativo com um protocolo utilizado atualmente e a implementação de funções de proteção. No comparativo entre protocolos foi escolhido o DNP3, um dos mais utilizados atualmente no setor elétrico, com o objetivo de verificar as principais diferenças entre eles e vantagens de cada um. Para a implementação de funções de proteção foram escolhidos dois exemplos: a falha de disjuntor e o bloqueio reverso, implementadas da forma tradicional, por meio de sinais elétricos de comando transmitidos por cabos, e por meio dos serviços de mensagens prioritárias da IEC 61850, com o objetivo de analisar suas dinâmicas, seus tempos de atuação e o comportamento frente a eventuais defeitos. / In current Substation Automation System, digital equipaments called IED (Intelligent Electronic Devices) are used with protection, automation and measurement functions incorporated. These devices, to exchange information among them, use serial communication buses with information transmitted in digital form through many procotols, many of them proprietary, making their integration very hard. In this scene, IEC61850 standard appears offering a standard to be followed by IED manufacturers. This research presents a IEC 61850 standard study and an analysis of its application in Substation Automation System. The proposed study will analise the standard through the most important topics used by the standard to reach its main goals: interoperability, free configuration and long-term stability. In the application analysis, a comparative with a protocol used nowadays and a implementation of protection functions will be presented. In the comparative between protocols the chosen was DNP3, one of most used protocols in electric plants, with the purpose of verifying the main diferences and advantages of each one. Two examples of protection functions implementation were chosen: breaker failure and reverse blocking, implemented through traditional techniques, using wires and electrical signals, and through high performance IEC 61850 services, with the purpose of analising their dynamics, their actuation times and their behavior in eventual failures.

Thesis (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / As far as substation automation systems are concerned, one of the prime requirements of most utilities today is the interoperability between Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) of different manufacturers. The standard IEC 61850 - Communication Networks and Systems in Substations - allows such interoperability between IEDs for protection and automation of substations. Presently, many manufacturers have implemented, or are in the process of implementing this standard in their IEDs. This has encouraged some utilities to specify IEC is to ensure that both system requirements are met and the features and benefits of the standard are fully exploited. The author of this thesis investigated and brought forward the design of an integrated monitoring protection and control system of a network in Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campus based of the IEC 61850 standard. A method of testing the physical IED based on Hardware-In-Loop (HIL) configuration with the Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) is developed and implemented. Mapping of IED Substation Configuration Language (SCL) with that of the RTDS GTNET cards is discussed and implemented to further exploit the use of realtime testing with Generic Object Oriented Substation Event messages (GOOSE). The thesis highlight the benefits of interconnecting the reticulation IEDs into a standardised communication network for protection, control and monitoring of each substation event. This improves the access to information and reduces maintenance cost on the reticulation network.

Nos Sistemas de Automação de Subestação atuais são utilizados equipamentos digitais chamados IED (Dispositivos Eletrônicos Inteligentes), incorporando as funções de proteção, automação e medição. Estes, para trocarem informações entre si, utilizam um canal de comunicação serial, sendo os dados transmitidos de forma digital por meio de vários protocolos, muitos deles proprietários, o que dificulta a integração entre eles. Neste cenário entra a norma IEC 61850 oferecendo um padrão a ser seguido entre os fabricantes de IED. Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar um estudo da norma e a análise de sua aplicação no Sistema de Automação de Subestação. O estudo proposto da norma a analisará utilizando os principais conceitos estabelecidos por ela para atingir os objetivos propostos: interoperabilidade, liberdade de configuração e estabilidade a longo prazo. Como ensaio de aplicação da norma será apresentado um comparativo com um protocolo utilizado atualmente e a implementação de funções de proteção. No comparativo entre protocolos foi escolhido o DNP3, um dos mais utilizados atualmente no setor elétrico, com o objetivo de verificar as principais diferenças entre eles e vantagens de cada um. Para a implementação de funções de proteção foram escolhidos dois exemplos: a falha de disjuntor e o bloqueio reverso, implementadas da forma tradicional, por meio de sinais elétricos de comando transmitidos por cabos, e por meio dos serviços de mensagens prioritárias da IEC 61850, com o objetivo de analisar suas dinâmicas, seus tempos de atuação e o comportamento frente a eventuais defeitos. / In current Substation Automation System, digital equipaments called IED (Intelligent Electronic Devices) are used with protection, automation and measurement functions incorporated. These devices, to exchange information among them, use serial communication buses with information transmitted in digital form through many procotols, many of them proprietary, making their integration very hard. In this scene, IEC61850 standard appears offering a standard to be followed by IED manufacturers. This research presents a IEC 61850 standard study and an analysis of its application in Substation Automation System. The proposed study will analise the standard through the most important topics used by the standard to reach its main goals: interoperability, free configuration and long-term stability. In the application analysis, a comparative with a protocol used nowadays and a implementation of protection functions will be presented. In the comparative between protocols the chosen was DNP3, one of most used protocols in electric plants, with the purpose of verifying the main diferences and advantages of each one. Two examples of protection functions implementation were chosen: breaker failure and reverse blocking, implemented through traditional techniques, using wires and electrical signals, and through high performance IEC 61850 services, with the purpose of analising their dynamics, their actuation times and their behavior in eventual failures.

Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology / The electric power distribution network, an essential section of the electric power system, supplies electrical power to the customer. Automating the distribution network allows for better efficiency, reliability, and level of work through the installation of distribution control systems. Presently, research and development efforts are focused in the area of communication technologies and application of the IEC 61850 protocol to make distribution automation more comprehensive, efficient and affordable. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the relevance of the IEC61850 standard-based technology in the development and investigation of the distribution automation for a typical underground distribution network through the development of a distribution automation algorithm for fault detection, location, isolation and service restoration and the building of a lab scale test bench Distribution Automation (DA) has been around for many decades and each utility applies its developments for different reasons. Nowadays, due to the advancement in the communication technology, authentic and automatic reconfigurable power system that replies swiftly to instantaneous events is possible. Distribution automation functions do not only supersede legacy devices, but it allows the distribution network to function on another lever. The primary function of a DA system is to enable the devices on the distribution network to be operated and controlled remotely to automatically locate, isolate and reconnect supply during fault conditions. Utilities have become increasingly interested in DA due to the numerous benefits it offers. Operations, maintenance and efficiencies within substations and out on the feeders can be improved by the development of new additional capabilities of DA. Furthermore, the new standard-based technology has advanced further than a traditional Distribution Supervisory and Control Data Acquisition (DSCADA) system. These days the most important components of a DA system include Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs). IEDs have evolved through the years and execute various protection related actions, monitoring and control functions and are very promising for improving the operation of the DA systems. The thesis has developed an algorithm for automatic fault detection, location, isolation and system supply restoration using the functions of the IEC61850 standard-based technology. A lab scale system that would meet existing and future requirements for the control and automation of a typical underground distribution system is designed and constructed. The requirement for the lab scale distribution system is to have the ability to clear faults through reliable and fast protection operation, isolate faulted section/s, on the network and restore power to the unaffected parts of the network through automation control operation functions of the IEC61850 standard. Various tests and simulations have been done on the lab scale test bench to prove that the objective of the thesis is achieved. Keywords: IEC61850 Standard, Distribution automation, Distribution automation system, IEDs, Lab scale test bench, Protection, Algorithm for automatic control