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Issue 050 December 2019
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Software Based Centralized Protection: commissioning experience
by Alexey Anoshin, Aleksandr Golovin, and Nikita Svistunov, TEKVEL R&D Ltd., Russia Protective relaying and substation automation (PAC) devices have already evolved a lot during the last 2...
Centralized Protection & Control – Using a well...
by Chee-Pinp Teoh and Graeme Lloyd, GE Grid Solutions, UK, Rich Hunt, GE Grid Solutions, USA, and Gerardo Rebollar, GE Grid Solutions, France The growing adoption of process bus and the desire for a...
Centralized Protection & Control – Uncovering the...
by Jani Valtari, Sushil Joshi, ABB, Finland There is a growing need for flexible protection and control products, and for flexible solutions and services to support and manage those products. The...
EMP Digital Substation
by Andre Smit, Siemens Industry, Inc., USA, Eric Easton and Kevin Bryant, CenterPoint Energy, USA The article contains the work performed at CenterPoint Energy to find a solution to a substation...
Editorial
Editorial – Issue 050 December 2019
by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief Do your homework! IEC 61850 has created an environment for innovation based on the peer-to-peer communications, object-oriented models and freedom of functional...
Last Word
Centralized Protection and Control – Yes or No?
This is the question that many people in our industry are asking today. And as usual, the answer starts with “It Depends!” What does it depend on? As can be seen from the articles in the magazine...
The Guru
The Guru – Alex Apostolov
Dr. Alexander Apostolov received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering, MS in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D. from the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is Principal Engineer for OMICRON...
History
Relay Testing – Test Sets and Testing Technology in the...
by Walter Schossig, Germany, and Thomas Schossig, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria History is the tutor of life Further developments in protection testing resulted in portable devices, especially...
News
Western Protective Relay Conference
The 46th annual Western Protective Relay Conference 2019 was held 21 – 24 October 2019 at the Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, Washington, USA. The conference is organized by Washington...
3rd International Symposium on Smart Grid
The International Symposium on Smart Grid – Methods, Tools and Technologies was held 16–19 September 2019 in Jinan, China. The symposium was hosted by the School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong...
2019 CIGRE Symposium, Chengdu, China
The CIGRE 2019 Symposium was held 20 – 26 September 2019 in Chengdu, China and was sponsored by the CIGRE Chinese National Committee and the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering. The conference...
2019 IEC 61850 Global
IEC 61850 Global took place 14 – 18 October 2019 in London, United Kingdom. This year the conference program was extended to a full week. It was preceded by a one-day workshop on the...
6th Protection, Automation & Control World Americas...
PACWAC 2019 was held 21-23 August 2019, in Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. The opening of the conference was followed by the Keynote address on “Power System...
Blackout Watch – Issue 050 December 2019
System Power Outages – Reports on the blackouts around the world in the last three months. by Troy Linkugel, USA Analysis of system power outages can help us learn and avoid similar events in...
Eric Udren Joins US National Academy of Engineering
On the left is Gordon R. England, NAE Chair, and on the right is John L. Anderson, President. Eric A. Udren, September 2016 PAC World Guru, has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering...
Fanox Self-powered RMU protection
One single relay with different settings for operation and maintenance tasks, is becoming a mandatory requirement nowadays. Not only does it speed up the process, but it also complies with safety...
New RELY-PCIe compact size for HSR/PRP/PTP and TSN
In response to its customer demand, RELYUM has launched a new RELY-PCIe that can be installed in both low and full profile slots. In a market that is undergoing the revolution of new powerful small...
Tekron – Highly accurate GNSS clock
Tekron’s TCG 01-G is a highly accurate, fully featured Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) clock. It can reference signals from either or both the GPS and GLONASS satellite networks. With...
Industry Updates
CIGRE Study Committee B5
by Richard Adams, Ramboll, UK News from CIGRE Study Committee B5 Protection and Automation SC B5 was one of 6 CIGRE Study Committees (along with B3, C1, C3, C6, & D2) to take part in the...
IEEE PES PSCC Update
by James Formea, Eaton, USA The IEEE PES Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Committee (PSCCC) met jointly with the Power System Relaying and Control Committee (PSRCC) in September, closing...
Centralized Substation Protection & Control
Report of Working Group K15 of the Substation Protection Subcommittee by IEEE PES PSRC K15 Working Group The changes in the electric power industry caused by the transition towards a smarter grid...
IEC 61850 Update – IOP and IoT
by Christoph Brunner, it4power, Switzerland I believe that we have been already implementing eIoT longtime before it was known as that, and we have the base ingredients available for discussions...
IEEE PES PSRC Update 04 – 2019
by Catherine Dalton, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) The IEEE PES PSRC held its September 2019 meeting in Denver, CO. The Advisory, System Protection, Line Protection, Relaying...
