IEC 61850 Station – Program,
Construction Testing &
Construction,
Commissioning Lessons Learned
April 3, 2012
Jerry Fortier – Northeast Utilities
Mike Kloiber – Burns & McDonnell
61850 Design Background
• New IEC61850 P&C Design Began Fall 2009
• Core Team Formed to Evaluate/Select Equipment &
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– Executive
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Program
• Design Refinement Process
• Northeast Utilities (NU) Simulator was Commissioned to
Facilitate Training & Testing
• Additional Design Refinement Process
First NU 61850 Deployment –
Greater Springfield Reliability Project
Greenfield Sites
• Cadwell
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Switching
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115kV five - Position Ring Bus
• Fairmont Switching Station –
115kV five -Bay
Bay Breaker-andBreaker and
a-Half Yard
Brownfield Sites
• Agawam Substation – 115kV
four - Bay Breaker-and-a-half
Yard ((345kV Yard Added))
• North Bloomfield Substation –
115kV /345kV (345kV Yard
Additions)
Cadwell Substation – Bundled Approach
• First Greenfield Rollout of
61850 Design
• Located in Massachusetts
• Turn-Key
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• Relay Panels,
Panels Automation
Equipment and Integration
Services Bundled Together
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Procurement Process
Cadwell Substation - Testing
Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
• Complete Integration System Testing at
Siemens Facilityy
• Full Network Connectivity of Equipment
• Two Teams Working in Parallel
• Automation Team – Northeast Utilities
Utilities,
Siemens
• Relaying Team – Northeast Utilities, Burns &
McDonnell, Siemens, American Electric Test
Cadwell Substation – Testing
Automation Team – Testing Responsibilities
• Data Concentrators
• Human-Machine Interface Units
• Alarm
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Control
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Functionality
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• Network Monitoring/Reporting
• Redundancy/Fail-over Testing
Relaying Team – Testing Responsibilities
• Logic Diagrams
• Relay Settings
• GOOSE Messaging
• Trip
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Timing
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• Redundancy/Fail-over Testing
Cadwell Substation - Testing
Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
• Acceptance Testing of Relay Protection
Elements
• Complete Integration System Testing Onsite
• Same Teams as FAT
• Additional Interface Testing with Area Control
Center
• Direct Tripping/Operation of Breakers & Motor
MotorOperated Disconnect Switches
Cadwell Substation - Status
• Tested & Commissioned
• Test-Energized
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• Turned Over to Area Control
Center
• Awaiting Construction of
Remaining Transmission Lines
Agawam Substation – Un-Bundled Approach
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First brownfield rollout of 61850 Design
Located in Massachusetts
Began
g as 115kV four-Bayy Breaker-and-a-half Yard
Reclassification as Bulk Power Station
Relay Panels &
Automation Equipment
Procured separate from
Integration Services
Contract
• 61850 Rollout in Steps
Agawam Substation – 61850 Rollout
• First Step Included 61850 Infrastructure,
Infrastructure Line and
Two Breakers
• Using
g Interface Relays
y to Seam 61850 to Hardwired Circuits
• Capacitor Bank Conversion
• “A” Bus Conversion
• Bay-4 Line and Breaker Conversion
• New Bay-5
Bay 5 Integration
• Total of 12 Steps in Rollout Sequence
Agawam Substation – 61850 Rollout
After
Before
Agawam Substation - Testing
Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
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FAT at Panel Vendor similar to Cadwell
Other Steps FAT at NU Simulator
SAT Similar to Cadwell
Onsite Testing/Commissioning Required
Additional Scheduled Outages
• Increased Sensitivity to Working in Energized
Station
Agawam Substation - Status
Just Entered Outage for Step 5
• Convert “B” Bus to 61850
• Convert 115kV Terminal and three Breakers
• Complete Integration of Bay-4
Next Step Will Integrate:
• Two new Autotransformer Banks
• Four new Gas
Gas-Insulated
Insulated Bus Segments
• New 2-Bay 345kV Yard
Remaining GSRP Stations - Status
Fairmont Switching
g Station
• Greenfield – 115-kV - Five Bay Breaker-and-One-Half Design
• Phase 2 Construction Scheduled to Commence Later This
Year
• Testing and Commissioning Scheduled for Mid Year 2013
North Bloomfield Substation
• Brownfield – 115-kV/345kV – 345kV Additions
• Phase 2 Construction Scheduled to Commence Mid Year 2012
• Testing and Commissioning Scheduled for Early 2013
• NU to Self-Perform IEC61850 Integration Configuration
Lessons Learned
DOCUMENTATION IS CRITICAL!
Develop and Maintain:
• Sequencing Documents
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• Testing/Commissioning Procedures
• Configuration Control Procedures
• As-Built Document Procedures
Maintain Open Communications with
• Project Management
• Outage Planning
• Area Control Center
• Engineering
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• Testing Group
Lessons Learned
Minimize Variables During Implementation
• Firmware Changes
• Un-necessary System Enhancements or Functionality
Brownfield Sites:
• Have a Restoration Plan
• Understand Impact of Each Step
Lessons Learned – Robust Training
NU IEC 61850 Five Day Training Module
Day 1: IEC61850 Basics
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IEC61850 Standards and methods
Managing and configuring devices
GOOSE principles
Station LAN basics
Siemens Substation Automation Lab system architecture
Day 2: IEC61850 Relay Configuration and GOOSE Messages
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ICD file properties and creation
Goose Message definition and configuration
g and interconnecting
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Networking
Programming the Siemens Bay Controller with DIGSI
Lessons Learned – Robust Training Cont.
Day 3: DIGSI 61850 System Configuration and the SCD File
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Managing multi-vendor ICD files
Using DIGSI to manage the GOOSE messages
Creating the global SCD (system Definition) file
Review of the Lab system SCD
Day 4: SICAM PAS Data Concentrator Overview and Configuration
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SICAM PAS UI – the user interface
SICAM PAS Configuration – managing databases
Importing and configuration using the SCD file
Mapping data to the other interfaces (Control Center, HMIs)
Lab system Database
Day 5: SICAM PASCC HMI Overview and Project Management
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Overall project structure and tools within PASCC/WinCC
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Importing
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Basics of Project creation and management
Lab system features and functionality
QUESTIONS!