Title :
An Open Platform for Rapid-Prototyping Protection and Control Schemes With IEC 61850
Author :
Blair, Steven M. ; Coffele, Federico ; Booth, Campbell D. ; Burt, Graeme M.
Author_Institution :
Institute for Energy and Environment, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Communications is becoming increasingly important to the operation of protection and control schemes. Although offering many benefits, using standards-based communications, particularly IEC 61850, in the course of the research and development of novel schemes can be complex. This paper describes an open-source platform which enables the rapid prototyping of communications-enhanced schemes. The platform automatically generates the data model and communications code required for an intelligent electronic device to implement a publisher-subscriber generic object-oriented substation event and sampled-value messaging. The generated code is tailored to a particular system configuration description (SCD) file, and is therefore extremely efficient at runtime. It is shown here how a model-centric tool, such as the open-source Eclipse Modeling Framework, can be used to manage the complexity of the IEC 61850 standard, by providing a framework for validating SCD files and by automating parts of the code generation process. The flexibility and convenience of the platform are demonstrated through a prototype of a real-time, fast-acting load-shedding scheme for a low-voltage microgrid network. The platform is the first open-source implementation of IEC 61850 which is suitable for real-time applications, such as protection, and is therefore readily available for research and education.
Keywords :
Data models; IEC standards; Microgrids; Prototypes; Real-time systems; Unified modeling language; XML; Automation and control; IEC 61850; code generation; communications; microgrids; power system protection; rapid prototyping;
Journal_Title :
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2231099