January 2009

IEC 61850 Standard

Horizontal GOOSE Communication

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 1
IEC 61850 Standard
Application Domain
Station
Automation
Station Level To Network Level
Station Station
Computer Gateway

IEC 61850-8-1 - Station Bus

Bay Level

Control Protection Control & Protection Control & Protection

IEC 61850-9 - Process Bus

Process Level
Remote I/Os Sensors Actuators

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 2
IEC 61850 Standard
IEC 61850-8-1 - Station Bus

ƒ Vertical communication
ƒ Client / Server

ƒ Horizontal communication
ƒ Real time communication
between IEDs
ƒ GOOSE (Generic Object
Oriented Substation Event)
ƒ User Dataset is sent in
Multicast message
(publisher/subscriber)
ƒ Transfer of interlocking,
blocking, trips, …

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 3
IEC 61850 Standard
GOOSE Data Exchange
Event

Tmin Tmax

ƒ In case of a event, the GOOSE dataset is repeated within Tmin,

repetition frequency is lowered until Tmax is reached
ƒ GOOSE dataset is repeated with Tmax without any changes until next
event change
ƒ Communication link between the IEDs is supervised by sending
data cyclically
ƒ In case of a timeout the application and the user are notified

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 4
IEC 61850 Standard
GOOSE Performance
ƒ GOOSE speed requirements
from IED to IED as defined by
the standard
ƒ Type 1 (fast messages)
ƒ Type 1A (tripping)
ƒ Class P2/3: <3 ms
(transmission)
ƒ Class P1: <10 ms
(distribution)
ƒ Type 1B (others)
ƒ Class P2/3: <20 ms
ƒ Class P1: <100 ms

ƒ Following the IEC 61850

standard means that peer-to-
peer signalling is faster than
traditional hard-wiring
ƒ Reduced wiring and faster
response times

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 5
IEC 61850 Standard
Conventional Approach
Signal wiring between
the bays ƒ Wiring between IEDs must
be done individually per
signal
ƒ Output signal can be
shared, but inputs have to
be individually used
…

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 6
IEC 61850 Standard
GOOSE Approach – Added value for customer

Ethernet, IEC 61850-8-1

ƒ Number of links for N IEDs is N

ƒ IEDs share common network
ƒ Interbay signals can be shared easily between bays without
additional physical wiring

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 7
IEC 61850 Standard
ABB Products supporting GOOSE focused on MV

ƒ RE_ 54_ and SPA-ZC 400

ƒ Performance class P1/1B
(100ms) – non-time critical
binary data

ƒ RE_615
ƒ Performance class P1/1A
(10ms)

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 8
IEC 61850 Standard
Different approaches = Different procedures

…
…

ƒ Conventional Approach ƒ GOOSE Approach

ƒ Interlocking schema from client ƒ LVC production
ƒ Project engineer ƒ Interlocking schema from client
ƒ Approved documentation ƒ Relay engineer
ƒ LVC production ƒ Documentation
ƒ Relay engineer

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 9
IEC 61850 Standard
Signals and Application for GOOSE
2-out-of-3 interlocking
ƒ Interlocking of commands
ƒ 1-out-of-N
ƒ only one primary switch at
a time can operate

ƒ 2-out-of-3
ƒ incomers from different
supplies can’t be
interconnected
Interlocking based on
busbar earthing ƒ Busbar Earthing
ƒ busbar isn’t allowed to be
earthed if any of the bays
in this section are in
service

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 10
IEC 61850 Standard
Signals and Application for GOOSE

ƒ Blocking of protection
function

Simple load shedding

system based on ƒ Automated functions
frequency
measurement
ƒ Automatic Busbar Transfer
ƒ Frequency or voltage
based load shedding

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 11
IEC 61850 Standard
Signals and Application for GOOSE

ƒ Trips for protection functions

ƒ Ensure safety by disconnecting the MV substation or parts of it
from the process or the network
ƒ External signals
ƒ Group alarms, …
ƒ Distributed functions
ƒ Voltage Control of Parallel Transformers

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 12
IEC 61850 Standard
Application Example

ƒ Blocking of Instantaneous
Yes, I am!
I’ll block Inst.
Overcurrent protection
O/C protection

X
IEC 61850-8-1

X X

Who is interested?
Inst. O/C protection
- start

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 13
IEC 61850 Standard
Application Example

ƒ ARC protection
Yes, I am!
3. Operate tripping
contact

X 2.
IEC 61850-8-1
1.

1.
2.
X

3. Who is interested?
ARC detected

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 14
IEC 61850 Standard
Advantages of GOOSE

ƒ Simplicity
ƒ All IEDs are connected via single connection to the LAN
ƒ Higher level of standardization
ƒ Reduction of wiring between IEDs

ƒ Flexibility
ƒ Possibility of Data sharing across all IEDs
ƒ Simple or complex schemes are possible with no increasing
wiring costs
ƒ e.g. late on-site signal logic addition without installing wires and
having spare IO channels from IEDs

ƒ Programming is independent of wiring

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 15
IEC 61850 Standard
Advantages of GOOSE

ƒ Performance and Capacity

ƒ Transfer of signals between IEDs can be less then 10 ms
ƒ Higher number of virtual inputs and outputs
ƒ Reliability
ƒ Automatically supervised connections
ƒ Link status known before use
ƒ Status exchanged continuously
ƒ Can be monitored with any IEC 61850 client
ƒ Preconfigured fail-safe value in case of failure

ƒ Scalability
ƒ Switchgears, SCADA, …

ƒ Equipment migration

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 16
IEC 61850 Standard
Advantages of GOOSE

ƒ Time reduction
ƒ Engineering (bottom-up approach), erection, startup,
maintenance
ƒ Up to date technology, long term validity => right
investments
ƒ Cost savings
ƒ Reduction of wiring between IEDs
ƒ Hardwired signal paths are replaced by a LAN network.

ƒ Lower costs to engineer and commission the substation

system
ƒ Lower cost to use
ƒ Fast logic changes without increasing wiring

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 17
IEC 61850 Standard
Disadvantages of GOOSE

ƒ Higher technical knowledge of staff

ƒ New solution
ƒ Not accepted in every market

© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 18
© ABB Group
March 6, 2009 | Slide 19