Development of an IEC 61850 Standard-Based Busbar Protection Scheme

Communication systems of intelligent electronic devices play a huge role in the performance of busbar protection schemes. They determine the effectiveness of the protection scheme in terms of detecting and isolating busbar faults. A literature survey has revealed that multiple proposed algorithms o...

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Main Authors: L. S. Mgaga, M. E. S. Mnguni
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka 2025-03-01
Series:International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Applied Sciences
Online Access:https://ijeeas.utem.edu.my/ijeeas/article/view/6171
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description Communication systems of intelligent electronic devices play a huge role in the performance of busbar protection schemes. They determine the effectiveness of the protection scheme in terms of detecting and isolating busbar faults. A literature survey has revealed that multiple proposed algorithms of busbar protection schemes have encountered a common problem of achieving interoperability between intelligent electronic devices produced by different vendors. This affects the performance of busbar protection schemes. This paper focuses on achieving interoperability between IEC 61850 standard-based multi-vendor intelligent electronic devices “SEL and ABB”. This improves the performance of busbar protection schemes between multi-vendor devices, and at the same time increases the operational reliability. The investigation is conducted using a current differential busbar protection algorithm. The study is performed by implementing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing using a real-time digital simulator (RTDS). A laboratory-scale test bench is developed to achieve interoperability between the IEDs SEL-487B and REF615. A fault condition is simulated, and the behaviour of the protection scheme is analysed. The hardware-in-the-loop results demonstrate the benefit of the proposed technique.
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spelling doaj-art-bef51e9420ea476fb94c312fa09b777d2025-08-20T03:43:57ZengPenerbit Universiti Teknikal Malaysia MelakaInternational Journal of Electrical Engineering and Applied Sciences2600-74952600-96332025-03-017110.54554/ijeeas.2024.7.01.001Development of an IEC 61850 Standard-Based Busbar Protection SchemeL. S. Mgaga0M. E. S. MnguniCPUT Masters Student Communication systems of intelligent electronic devices play a huge role in the performance of busbar protection schemes. They determine the effectiveness of the protection scheme in terms of detecting and isolating busbar faults. A literature survey has revealed that multiple proposed algorithms of busbar protection schemes have encountered a common problem of achieving interoperability between intelligent electronic devices produced by different vendors. This affects the performance of busbar protection schemes. This paper focuses on achieving interoperability between IEC 61850 standard-based multi-vendor intelligent electronic devices “SEL and ABB”. This improves the performance of busbar protection schemes between multi-vendor devices, and at the same time increases the operational reliability. The investigation is conducted using a current differential busbar protection algorithm. The study is performed by implementing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing using a real-time digital simulator (RTDS). A laboratory-scale test bench is developed to achieve interoperability between the IEDs SEL-487B and REF615. A fault condition is simulated, and the behaviour of the protection scheme is analysed. The hardware-in-the-loop results demonstrate the benefit of the proposed technique. https://ijeeas.utem.edu.my/ijeeas/article/view/6171
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Development of an IEC 61850 Standard-Based Busbar Protection Scheme
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