Comprehensive Guide to Testing IEC 61850 Based Protection Systems

1. Testing of IEC 61850 Based Protection Systems Dr. Alexander Apostolov

2. Questions • Why are we testing? • What are we testing? • What should be tested? • How it should be tested?

3. Quality Process

4. IEC 61850 Testing Requires good understanding of: • The functional hierarchy of the IEC 61850 system • The local and distributed functions • Existing testing tools • The purpose of the test: • Conformance • Type • Acceptance • Commissioning • Maintenance

5. Bottom-up Testing Configuration Settings Control SFM Function Boundary FE1 FEi FEK Reports Inputs Logs Outputs

6. Black-box Testing Control Outputs Reports SFM FE1 FEi FEK Test System

7. White-box Testing Control Outputs Reports SFM FE1 FEi FEK Test System

8. Conventional Test Setup Network Simulator Waveform Record COMTRADE file Test Computer Test Device V I 52a Trip Multifunctional Protection IED

9. PROCESS SAS LOCAL USER K R O LN LN W T E N TESTER Process Network Operator Simulator Simulator Simulator Test Test Test Timer Scheduler Arbiter IEC 61850 Environment REMOTE USER Operation Engineering

10. Station Bus Test Setup Ethernet Switch Laptop Computer GOOSE or GSSE Ethernet IEC 61850 Based IED GOOSE or GSSE Trip V I IEC 61850 Based Test Device Ethernet

11. GOOSE Subscription

12. Functional Testing

13. Process Bus Based Relay

14. Distance Protection Function Modeling

15. Distance Protection Functions Distribution Distance Protection IED

16. Distance Protection Functions Distribution Distance Protection IED IOU MU

17. Distance Protection Functions Distribution IOU Distance Protection IED MU

18. Process and Station Bus Test Setup Laptop Computer Ethernet Switch GOOSE and SV Ethernet IEC 61850 Based IED IEC 61850 Based MU GOOSE Trip V I IEC 61850 Based Test Device Ethernet

19. Test Scheme Laptop Computer Ethernet Switch GOOSE GOOSE Ethernet Ethernet IEC 61850 Based IED IEC 61850 Based IED GOOSE V I Sending IED Receiving IED IEC 61850 Based Test Device Ethernet

20. GOOSE and SV Test setup Laptop Computer Ethernet Switch GOOSE Ethernet SV IEC 61850 Based IED GOOSE Trip IEC 61850 Based Test Device Ethernet

21. Merging Unit Test Setup Laptop Computer Ethernet Switch Ethernet SV IEC 61850 Based MU V I IEC 61850 Based Test Device

22. SV Comparison Test Setup Laptop Computer Ethernet Switch GOOSE and SV Ethernet IEC 61850 Based IED IEC 61850 Based IED GOOSE and SV Trip Trip V I IEC 61850 Based Test Device Ethernet

23. Test With Filtering

24. Top-down System Testing Settings Control Configuration F1 FL F2 SF1 SFN SFi SFP SF1 SFM SF1 FE1 FEi FEQ System Boundary FE1 FEi FEK Reports Inputs Logs Outputs

25. Distributed Testing

26. Distributed Testing

27. The IEC 61850 Test Cofiguration ICD File ICD File Network System Simulator IEC 61850 Standard System Configuration Tool Other Test Modules Scheme Testing Tool IED Simulator IED Simulator IED Simulator IEC 61850 Standard Test Configuration Tool SCD File MU Simulator MU Simulator MU Simulator Test Device