Laboratory setup for studying IEC61850-based substation automation systems

基于IEC61850的变电站自动化系统和智能电网是电力系统领域最新的发展方向，西安大略大学是加拿大唯一一所在这些重要领域启动电力系统保护相关研究的大学。西安大略大学现有的实验室设施用于完成电力系统保护领域的有价值的研究项目。由于IEC61850是一项用于电力系统保护和自动化的新技术，现有的大多数实验室设施都不具备IEC61850的能力。目前，在我的指导下，有三名博士生在这一领域工作，如果没有具备IEC61850能力的实验室设施，他们的博士课程将不可能成功完成。因此，为西安大略大学的电力系统实验室购买新的额外设备至关重要。实施和测试基于IEC61850的SA的所有重要方面所需的最低实验室设施包括五台嵌入式计算机、五块IEEE 1588网络接口卡、两块配备以太网端口的DSP板、三台以太网交换机和网络分析仪。

IEC61850-based Substation Automation System (SAS) and smart grid are the recent upcoming developments in the area of power system, and the University of Western Ontario is the only university in Canada to initiate the research related to power system protection in these important areas. Existing laboratory facilities at the University of Western Ontario are used for accomplishing valuable research projects in the area of power system protection. Since IEC61850 is a new technology for power system protection and automation, most of the existing laboratory facilities do not have IEC61850 capabilities. Currently, there are three PhD students working in this area under my supervision, and the successful completion of their PhD program will not be possible without the laboratory facilities with IEC61850 capabilities. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to purchase new additional equipment for the power system laboratory at the University of Western Ontario. Minimum laboratory facilities needed to implement and test all important aspects of an IEC61850-based SAS include five embedded computers, five network interface cards with IEEE 1588, two DSP boards equipped with Ethernet ports, three Ethernet switches, and network analyzer.