Protection, automation and control applications are some of the key components in the reliable and secure operation of the evolving grids of the twenty first century. The complexity of today’s...
Issue 052 June 2020
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Featured Articles
Latency Measurements in Digital grids
by Fred Steinhauser, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria The time performance of protection and automation systems was always a crucial topic. One very important aspect of the performance of protection...
Full digital substation with process bus – time...
by Marcel Geor, Alex Lippitt, and Hayden Alves Tekron International Ltd., New Zealand Process bus is the digital transmission of process measurements between the substation switchyard and digital...
Application of Precision Time Protocol Standard with multi...
by P. Mohapatra, SP Energy Networks, UK, C. Popescu, ABB, UK, P. Balasubramani, GE, UK, M. Wehinger and Ali Abdulla, OMICRON electronics The project called FITNESS (Future Intelligent Transmission...
Do we have time to fix the time?
what incorrect time can lead to and what can we do to receive time reliably by Galina Antonova, ABB Power Grids, Canada This article describes what can happen to power system applications if...
Editorial
Editorial – Issue 052 June 2020
Do we really need Time? by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief When we think about time, there are so many questions that we can ask. Can we exist without the concept of time in our everyday life? Can we...
Last Word
Time synchronization – how accurate should it be?
In several articles in this issue of the magazine you read about time synchronization. But when we are deciding about how to do it, one of the main questions we need to ask is “How accurate does it...
The Guru
The Guru – John McDonald
PAC World: When and where were you born? J.McD.: I was born in Gary, Indiana on 22 December, 1951. The same doctor delivered my Dad in 1927, me in 1951, my brother in 1953 and my sister in 1961. PAC...
History
Protection History – Relay Testing
Testing Devices in the 1990s (Part 2) by Walter Schossig, Germany, and Thomas Schossig, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria In the last issue we covered the first devices released in the 1990s. There...
News
Optimized Power Modules and ADMO Light
The new version of OMICRON’s comprehensive protection testing software, Test Universe 4.2, again improves its ease of use and implements additional customer requirements. For example, input options...
DPSP 2020 – Developments in Power System Protection
The 15th International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection (DPSP) was held 10-12 March 2020 at the ACC Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. DPSP is held every even year and is one of the few...
Power and Energy Automation Conference (PEAC)
The event was held 2 – 5 March 2020 at the Seattle Airport Marriott hotel near Seattle, Washington, USA. The theme of the conference this year was “Advancing the Grid: Data to Automation to...
Blackout Watch – Issue 052 June 2020
System Power Outages Analysis of system power outages can help us learn and avoid similar events in the future. If you have information on any blackouts, please e-mail to: editor@pacw.org Santiago...
Optimized Power Modules and ADMO Light
The new version of OMICRON’s comprehensive protection testing software, Test Universe 4.2, again improves its ease of use and implements additional customer requirements. For example, input options...
GE’s Lentronics™ JunglePAX
GE’s Lentronics™ JunglePAX is a purpose-built communications solution specifically designed for utility operations, providing the required security and dependability through layers of redundancy. The...
ATOP’s NTS7500 Series
The grandmaster clock is equipped with a Stratum 1 NTP (Network Time Protocol) server, which communicates with a Stratum 0 clock in a direct one-on-one connection The NTS7500 embeds a high precision...
COPA-DATA releases zenon 8.20
COPA-DATA continues to improve the zenon Software Platform. Cyber Security as well as efficient engineering have been key aspects of the newest release of the automation software. Energy applications...
Compare Models with the latest release of SCL Navigator
Triangle MicroWorks has released a new version of SCL Navigator that now allows you to compare models to verify changes to SCL as files are updated and propagated through the IEC 61850 Engineering...
Faulted Transformer Model for Enhanced
Protection Testing The RTDS® Simulator’s new faulted transformer model is an advanced real-time transformer model for enhanced protection testing. The model is based on a terminal duality equivalent...
Industry Updates
CIGRE Study Committee B5
by Richard Adams, Ramboll, UK News from CIGRE Study Committee B5 Protection and Automation On 17th April, CIGRE Central Office announced that the 2020 Paris Session will be turned into a digital e...
IEEE PES PSCC Update
by James Formea, Eaton, USA In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic situation, the IEEE PES Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Committee (PSCCC) canceled its May meeting in Nashville...
IEC TC57 WG17 Update – Issue 052 June 2020
IEC TC 57 WG 17 is in charge of power system intelligent electronic device communication and associated data models for microgrids, distributed energy resources and distribution automation. IEC 61850...
IEEE PES PSRC Update – Issue 052 June 2020
by Catherine Dalton, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) PES Power System Relaying and Control (PSRC) Committee is responsible for the development of standards, guides and reports covering...
Design for Testability
by Christoph Brunner, it4power, Switzerland Before a system design starts, we need to consider not only the functional requirements but the test requirements as well. With IEC 61850, we have the...
