P R OT E C T I O N

MiCOM P847
Phasor Measurement Unit

Stability and thermal limits, voltage collapse and loop

flows are usual constraints that system planners and
operators have to deal with. With today’s stretched
systems with minimal reserve, cascading events such
as the loss of generator units or transmission lines, can
easily lead to severe power swings, voltage collapses,
possible loss of synchronism and underfrequency
loadshedding

Use the advanced phasor measurement unit as part of a wide

area monitoring and control system, to assess key metrics in
or between critical areas in the power system. High Speed data
transfers of key system parameters complemented with advanced
visualization tools at the Control Centre, enhances the system
operator decision capability. Anticipate impending system failures
such as angular instability by monitoring bus angles between key
generating areas. Monitor impending voltage instability problems
by monitoring high VAR flows in the network associated with fast
declines in voltage magnitudes in areas.

Anticipation of system stability problems is very advantageous, the

utility can ensure automatic instigation of a system wide defense
plan allowing system stability to be maintained.

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• Real time monitoring and
control of the power system
• Multi-function system PDC e-terravision

protection device Raising Transfer levels

Avoiding Blackouts
• Flexible communications Power System Stabilizer Tuning
Interconnector Commissioning
Identifying Causes of oscillation

PDC EMS
Phasor Data Presentation & Tools Power System Oscillation Presentation

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 APPLICATION OVERVIEW PHASOR MEASUREMENT FUNCTION

The MiCOM P847 PMU modules can be applied to The MiCOM P847 is supplied with a full suite of
monitor strategic busses and corridors in the protection and control functions as standard. The
transmission system. The applications include On-line configuration column of the menu is used to control
and offline wide area monitoring and analysis systems which functions the user requires in the intended
as well as Real time stability control. application, and which may be disabled. Disabled
functions are completely removed from the menu, to
The P847 has a set of VTs and CTs used for phasor simplify setting.
measurements.

Additional system protection functions such as PERFORMANCE

frequency, voltage, circuit breaker monitoring and
The PMU function exceeds the requirements of
recording functions are included in the P847 device, as
IEEE C37.118 Level 1 with enhanced performance
shown in the overview table.
under off nominal conditions as in Figure 1. Under
dynamic system conditions the PMU needs to track
system parameters very accurately and this is ensured
GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
with an advanced phasor algorithm able to accurately
The P847 PMU shares detection principles with an track under off nominal frequency, voltage and current
emerging range of network security devices used in conditions.
power system control and system integrity protection
Total Vector Error
systems. These include synchronized phasor
measurements, network topology detection and 1.0

predictive loss of synchronism for system and plant 0.9

applications which all are used in various levels of 0.8

0.7
defence in the power system.

TVE (%)
0.6

0.5

Figure 1
P847 TVE performance 0.3

45
0.2
0 50
ency
10 20 30 40 u
50 60 70 80
55
Freq
Magnitude

ANSI FEATURES P847

PMU Synchronised Phasor Measurements (IEEE C37.118 Level 1 compliant)

Optocoupled logic inputs 8
Conventional output contacts 8
Dual rated 1A and 5A CT inputs •
Direct access menu “Hotkeys” •
Multiple password access control levels •
81U/O/R Under/Over and Rate of change of Frequency •
27/59 Under/Overvoltage and Rate of change of Voltage •
50/51/67 Phase Overcurrent Stages •
50N/51N/67N Earth/Ground Overcurrent Stages •
51N/67N/SEF Sensitive Earth Fault (SEF) •
67/46 Negative Sequence Overcurrent •
46BC Broken Conductor •
49 Thermal Overload •
50BF High speed breaker fail •
VTS Voltage transformer supervision •
Fault locator •
SOE Event records •
Disturbance recorder •
Circuit Breaker condition monitor •
PSL Graphical Programmable Scheme Logic •
GPS GPS time synchonisation input •
PMU communications Ethernet communications

Use MiCOM P847 PMU for advanced

2>3
dynamic applications in the power system.
ADVANCED PMU APPLICATIONS > State Estimation Improvement
This technology complements traditional SCADA in
This application is key in any control centre and forms
enhancing operator decision making from a reactive to
the basis of online security applications such as
a more response based decision process.
contingency, transient and voltage stability analysis
tools. Improve the state estimator accuracy and
These are displayed, as depicted in Figure 2,
robustness with additional synchronised analogue data
for easy visualisation thus allowing the operator to
allowing faster and more accurate assessment of
quickly assess and take appropriate action during
system state variables.
system violations.

The Synchronised Measurement Technology (SMT) > Stability Monitoring

based applications that utilities are currently
implementing are: Integrate new PMU based applications such as Small
Signal Monitoring into the operator environment.
> Improving the State Estimator
Assess power system stability margins using modal
> Improved operator Situational Awareness analysis. Damping deterioration is a sign of a system
> Monitor behavior of the power angle, frequency instability trend and can be used to alert operators so
and voltage appropriate control actions can be taken to prevent
> Post Event/Forensic analysis system blackouts or outages.
> Re-synchronising of the network.
> Stability Monitoring

This technology complements traditional SCADA in

enhancing operator decision making from a reactive to
a more predictive and proactive decision making
process.

> Situational Awareness

Based on very precise measurements, users are able

to assess pre-configured metrics in their grid such as
for example the phase angle difference between areas
of generation or whether frequency levels are being
violated. These are displayed, as depicted in Figure 2,
for easy visualisation thus allowing the operator to
quickly assess and take appropriate action during
system violations.

Figure 2 EMS E-terravision system view

FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW

Vb
Conventional Self
binary I/O PSL monitoring

Records & Measurements

I
Fault Locator

Event Records

Disturbances
PMU 81 27/59 50BF 49 50/51 27/59 50N/51N 67 67N 49 VTS
Measurements

Var Breaker Monitoring

Comm Comm

SCADA IEEE C37.118

State of the art functions for

advanced system integrity protection schemes.
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CONCENTRATION NETWORK STABILITY DEVICES
Ethernet communication ports are supported for secure >> P847 - Phasor Measurement Units deployed in a major utility.
streaming of serial, UDP and TCP message formats.
Phasor data rates of up to 50/60 Hz are supported and
a software tool is available for the configuration,
monitoring and analysis of multiple synchronized
phasor data as presented in Figure 3. All PMU
configurations can be done with MiCOM S1 Studio
locally or remotely.

A Phasor Data Concentrator is available to collect high

speed synchronized data from multiple PMU locations.
The PDC supports the following functionality:

1. Communications Configurations for UDP,

TCP and serial
2. Accurate time alignment of data

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3. Data archiving
4. Data management
5. Reports

ANCILLARY FUNCTIONS

> Four stages of both phase and earth phase and Figure 3 Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC)

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earth (ground) fault protection are provided with a
choice of standard IEC and ANSI/IEEE IDMT
curves, instantaneous and definite-time operation.
> Negative sequence overcurrent, and SEF (0.5% In
sensitivity) are also available
> Two stages of phase overvoltage and undervoltage
> Four stages of underfrequency and two stages of
overfrequency, plus rate of change of frequency
(ROCOF). This permits load shedding and
restoration schemes to be implemented
> A thermal replica provides alarm and trip stages, to
warn and protect in the event of prolonged circuit
overloading.
> Broken conductor – detects the percentage phase
unbalance due to an open phase condition.

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