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

CHP143 – IEC 61850 Standard for Utility

Automation – Fundamentals

Course goal
Comprehensive introduction is given to the standard IEC 61850 for utility automation systems i.e. gener-
ally for all power system domains like substations and more. IEC 61850 provides by its semantic model-
ing and configuration language much more than a communication standard.
(The essential content of this course is also integrated in the CHP107 IEC 61850 Substation Automation
Systems, which is focused on the application in Substation Automation Systems.)

Main learning objectives Participant profile

The participants will be able to:
— Describe the basic requirements for commu-
nication and time synchronization in the ex-
ample domain substations
— List the requirements for a communication
standard in power systems
— 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-
ing the redundancies defined by IEC 61850
— Explain process bus and its benefits
— Describe the process near interface both for
analogue and binary data
— List the basic structure of the standard fam-
ily IEC 61850
— Become aware of the system configuration
Consultants and employees from the electricity
supply industry. Technical personnel of ABB
companies.
Prerequisites
Engineering degree, technical college qualifica-
tions or equivalent. Basic knowledge of some
utility automation (e.g. of substation automa-
tion) and as well as PC based data processing.
Recommended course or equivalent experience:
— CHP001 Power Grids Integration and Auto-
mation Technology
Topics
— Introduction
— Automation systems for power utilities
— 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-
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cation
language (SCL) and the engineering process — The data model
— List all power system domains where IEC — Logical Nodes, Data Objects and Data Attrib-
61850 is applied or considered for applica- utes, Communication Services
tion — The communication
— List steps and means in the quality control — Introduction of the ISO/OSI model (commu-
process of IEC 61850 nication stack) with MMS, TCP/IP, Ethernet
— Identify and describe the benefits of IEC — Mapping of data, time critical and non-time
61850 critical services
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— System Design Course type
— Features and components of the industrial This is a face to face class room training with
Ethernet maximum 12 participants.
— Station bus and redundancy modes defined
by IEC 61850 Learning methods and tools
— Process bus and process interface Lectures, group work, applied exercises and de-
— Time synchronization mos with state-of-the-art ABB tools.
— Evolution of the IEC 61850 standard family Laptop or tablet is required to have access to
— Document structure and relationship be- the e-documentation. Please bring your own de-
tween the parts vice
— Benefits and Future of IEC 61850
— Some details of modeling Duration
— Modeling of System functions, IED and ser- 3 days
vices
— Engineering of IEC 61850 based systems To Register:
— System Configuration description Language
LMS:-MyLearning
(SCL)
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— Engineering process
Log-in with your myABB account.
— IEC 61850 beyond the substation
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— Between substations and from substation to
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the remote control center
check the language filter)
— IEC 61850 in non-substation domains
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— Wind, hydro, distributed energy resources
The latest version of the course portfolio, and
— Quality control process for IEC 61850
course schedule can be found on our
— User group
Learning Center Webpage
— Conformance testing
— Tissue process
— Long-term compatibility

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