by Eric Udren and Rich Hunt, Quanta Technology, USA What is Sustainable Design? A sustainable design approach is becoming critical to survival as PAC systems and equipment move towards communications...
Issue 056 June 2021
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Standardization of PAC schemes in Eskom, South Africa
by Stuart van Zyl, Eskom Transmission, South Africa Transmission and Distribution protection and control schemes used by Eskom, the state-owned electric utility in South Africa, have been...
Basic Application Profiles
By Maud Merley. RTE, France and Camille Bloch, Schneider Electric, France Power utility automation application implementations varies from users, regions, and operational philosophies. IEC 61850...
Use of Frame Agreement to Standardize PAC Systems in Statnett
by Rannveig Løken, Statnett, Norway Statnett use frame agreement with a few vendors to ensure uniform Protection, Automation...
Security and Standardization
How standards improve substation cybersecurity by Fred Steinhauser and Andreas Klien, OMICRON electronics, GmbH, Austria How the security of our substations can be improved: Due to their large...
Finnish Experiences in Building up Standardized PAC Schemes
by Patrik Lindblad, Mikko Holmgren, Kimmo Muttonen, FINGRID, Finland Fingrid is the Finnish transmission system operator, transmitting electricity from producers to distribution system operators and...
Standardization as an honorary office
by Fred Steinhauser, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria There are many reasons why to engage with standardization. As far as individual people are involved, they are not only doing this because it is...
Editorial
Editorial – Issue 056 June 2021
To Standardize or Not to Standardize? – that is the question by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief To answer this question as usual we will approach it by answering the questions “What does it mean to...
Last Word
Look as far ahead as you can see
I will never forget the moment when I got for the first time behind the steering wheel of a car to take my first driving lesson many, many years ago. My driving instructor turned to me and said: “The...
The Guru
Interview with PAC World guru Mladen Kezunovic
PAC World: When and where were you born? M.K.: May 1, 1951 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. PAC World: Where did you grow up and where did you go to school? M.K.: All my schooling...
History
Tests in the Grid or with Network Models the 1920s (Part 2)
by Walter Schossig, Germany, and Thomas Schossig, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria In the last issue we showed the first tests performed in the 1920s. This was the time, when distance protection...