2006 CIGRE Session Special Report "The Impact of IEC"

Author: Marco C. Janssen, UTInnovation, The Netherlands

Introduction

For the preferential subject "The Impact of IEC 61850 on Protection and Automation" 12 papers were received and they fell into four main categories:

  1. Configurations and architectures
  2. Reliability and testing
  3. Implementation experiences
  4. Migration strategies

There were 61 contributions presented at the session in response to the 12 questions posed by the Special Reporter.
This article provides a short summary of the findings, the discussions and the conclusions of the session.

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