Concept and requirements of a simulator for substation automation systems

Kleemann, Michael; Gorner, K.; Rehtanz, Christian

doi:10.1109/isgteurope.2010.5638990

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“…This analysis can be performed only using a dedicated simulation environment, since experimental evaluation on real system is not feasible (high cost and complexity). Other simulators proposed in literature [1,2] are focused on SAS functionalities, not on network infrastructure. The aim of this paper is to introduce the architecture of a modular network simulator for simulation and co-simulation of substation automation systems based on Real-time Ethernet networks.…”

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“…For instance, the technologies proposed by the Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) task group within the IEEE 802. 1 Also the availability aspects of substation automation networks may be fulfilled by new technologies. In addition to high availability protocols developed for automation applications, like Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP), High-Availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) and MRP (Media Redundancy Protocol) defined in IEC 62439, the use of interesting solutions like SPB (Shortest Path Bridging formally known as IEEE 802.1aq) and TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links, IETF RFC 6325) can be investigated.…”

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Co-simulation of network infrastructure for substation automation systems

Ferrari

Flammini

Rinaldi

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE 18th Conference on Emerging Technologies &Amp; Factory Automation (ETFA)

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Real-time networks for substations automation systems are based on ICT technologies and they may take great advantages from ultra recent network technological improvements. A careful evaluation of the performance enhancement is required. Due to cost and system complexity, such an analysis can be performed only using a dedicated simulation environment, but the currently available simulation libraries are not focused on lower layers (L1, PHY, and L2 MAC). The main objective of this work is to introduce the architecture of a modular network simulator, with suitable models of L1 and L2 Ethernet layers, for the simulation and cosimulation of substation automation Real-time Ethernet networks. The modular simulator includes interfaces for both co-simulation with FPGA-hardware board and real network, and co-simulation with automation application software (e.g. IEC61850 SCADA system, etc.).

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Co-simulation of network infrastructure for substation automation systems

Ferrari

Flammini

Rinaldi

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE 18th Conference on Emerging Technologies &Amp; Factory Automation (ETFA)

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“…This analysis can be performed mainly using a proper simulation environment, since experimental evaluation on real system is generally not feasible or have high cost and complexity. In literature, there are simulators [12] [13] which are focused on SAS functionalities, not on network infrastructure. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of network failure on distributed measurement system within SAS.…”

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Advanced networks for distributed measurement in substation automation systems

Ferrari

Flammini

Rinaldi

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE International Workshop on Applied Measurements for Power Systems (AMPS)

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The adoption of IEC 61850 in the deployment of Substation Automation System opens new scenarios to system design. The presence of a communication infrastructure connecting Intelligent Electronic Device (IED), sensors and protections may suggest the development of distribute measurement devices, where the sampling of the physical quantities and the elaboration of the sampled value could be performed by different physical devices. Nevertheless, such architecture is based on an ideal communication infrastructure, which can transfer the information among the distributed devices without affecting the measurement performance. On the contrary a real network infrastructure could suffer from several failure conditions, mainly to the harsh environment of substations where the installed network devices are not periodically replaced. In the following paper, the effects of network faults on a distributed measurement system in electrical substations are considered. The behavior of network infrastructure and the quality of the service offered in the case of the most common network failures has been analyzed using a simulation environment. The results demonstrate that the commonly adopted Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) is not suitable for the most demanding measurement applications due to the loss of measurement samples during the network reconfiguration time (up to 200 ms). On the contrary, more advanced redundancy protocols, like Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP), are able to satisfy also the most strict availability requirements, as suggested by the simulation results.

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