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COURSE 07
IEC 61850 & Digital Substations – Fundamentals, Engineering, Testing & Commissioning
IEC 61850 from core concepts to engineering, testing and commissioning of digital substations.
COURSE OVERVIEW
A practical course built around the work.
Covers IEC 61850 from its fundamental concepts through to practical engineering, testing, troubleshooting and commissioning of digital protection and automation systems.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand IEC 61850 architecture, terminology and data models
- Explain MMS, GOOSE and Sampled Values communications
- Work with SCL files (ICD, CID, SCD) in the engineering process
- Understand network architecture, VLANs, time synchronisation and PRP/HSR redundancy
- Configure, simulate and test GOOSE messaging and subscriptions
- Commission and troubleshoot digital substation systems end to end
KEY TOPICS
What the session covers.
- IEC 61850 architecture and terminology
- IEDs, logical nodes and data models
- Station, bay and process levels
- MMS communications
- GOOSE messaging
- Sampled Values
- SCL files including ICD, CID, SCD and related engineering files
- Network architecture
- VLANs and priority tagging
- Time synchronisation
- Redundancy concepts including PRP/HSR
- GOOSE configuration and testing
- Simulation and subscription testing
- Network analysis
- Protection scheme testing over IEC 61850
- Digital substation commissioning
- Troubleshooting and end-to-end functional verification
DELIVERY
Practical, relevant and shaped to your team.
Delivered as a combination of classroom theory and practical, hands-on sessions using industry test equipment. Courses can be run at your site or ours, and can be tailored to your equipment, experience level and project needs.