MV Substation & Distribution Grid Automation

Advantages with iGrid T&D

Advantages with iGrid T&D

• Mod­bus RTU, IEC 103, IEC 104, DNP3… all pro­to­cols need­ed for an open grid
• Superb scal­a­bil­i­ty - from a few to thou­sands of IEDs and data points
• Con­nect to any device on the net­work using mul­ti­ple com­mu­ni­ca­tion media
• Col­lect data from hun­dreds of devices and aux­il­iary equip­ment with direct inter­nal I/Os or dis­trib­uted exten­sion units
• Ful­ly inter­op­er­a­ble solu­tion for sim­ple retro­fits and open net­work archi­tec­tures – all of our devices and soft­ware appli­ca­tions can com­mu­ni­cate with the iGrid pro­to­col suite
• High­ly flex­i­ble and mod­u­lar solu­tions, adapt­able to any sys­tem requirements/ net­work topology
• Sim­ple migra­tion to IEC 61850 –  use any of our prod­ucts as client or serv­er and map any pro­to­col onto IEC 61850, rely­ing on the iCon­fICD tool for sim­ple configurations
• High­ly scal­able and cus­tomiz­able SCADA for sin­gle sub­sta­tions or entire grids (con­trol cen­ter edition)

MV Substation Automation, Smarter Gear for Smarter Secondary Grids

Sub­sta­tion automa­tion is a top­ic that is rarely addressed by pop­u­lar media, yet it is the back­bone of the often dis­cussed “Smart Grids”, which will play a cen­tral role in our ener­gy future. As key points to con­trol the trans­mis­sion and dis­tri­b­u­tion net­works, the world­wide devel­op­ment of sub­sta­tion automa­tion sys­tems will deter­mine our abil­i­ty to con­front future ener­gy chal­lenges and sta­bi­lize the elec­tri­cal grid.

In order to man­age the required num­ber of data points and inter­con­nect sev­er­al actors and intel­li­gent devices from dif­fer­ent ven­dors with­in one elec­tri­cal grid, substa­tions will need to be con­trolled with advanced and inter­op­er­a­ble automa­tion sys­tems that oper­ate reliably. 

It is thus no sur­prise that grid automa­tion has sign­f­i­cant­ly evolved over the last decade, from lega­cy pro­to­cols and old, cen­tral­ized RTUs with high I/O capa­bil­i­ties, all the way to the newest tech­nolo­gies based on dis­trib­uted IEC 61850 and IP technology.

The dif­fi­cul­ties lie in inte­grat­ing this new tech­nol­o­gy in old­er sub­sta­tions, where old and new devices have to coex­ist and com­mu­ni­cate with each oth­er. Exam­ples of this can be new con­trol cen­ters that have to com­mu­ni­cate with old automa­tion sys­tems or new­ly installed IEDs (intel­li­gent elec­tron­ic devices like pro­tec­tion relays, meters…), which must con­nect to old sys­tems at the sub­sta­tion or the con­trol center.

Adaptable and User-friendly Solutions for Simple Set-Ups and Retrofits

Solu­tions by iGrid T&D have been designed for exact­ly this kind of chal­lenges. Devel­oped explic­it­ly for sub­sta­tion automa­tion, all devices devices and soft­ware sys­tems, com­pris­ing RTUs, gate­ways, I/O exten­sion units and SCADA sys­tem, pro­vide a unique range of com­mu­ni­ca­tion pro­to­cols and con­nec­tiv­i­ty options.

The devices can use almost all pro­to­cols to both col­lect and trans­fer data from and between devices and enti­ties. Thanks to its con­fig­urable inter­nal inputs and out­puts and its capa­bil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate via Eth­er­net, ser­i­al and GPRS (3G, 4G), the iRTU is thus the per­fect device for MV applications. 

It can col­lect data from a few sen­sors and switchgear con­trollers and trans­fer the data to a any con­trol cen­ter or col­lect data and con­trol thou­sands of devices accross the network.

Amongst oth­ers, the com­mu­ni­ca­tion pro­to­cols include:

Our solu­tions can also com­mu­ni­cate through tech­nolo­gies from oth­er indus­tries like mySQL, web ser­vices and OPC UA.

Fully Flexible Data Collection for MV Distribution Substations

Devel­oped explic­it­ly for sub­sta­tion automa­tion, all devices and soft­ware sys­tems by iGrid T&D pro­vide an exten­sive range of func­tion­al­i­ties and char­ac­ter­is­tics to over­come present and future chal­lenges in the most effi­cient ways.

Fur­ther­more, our solu­tions can col­lect data from thou­sands of devices at once, process and con­vert the data and trans­fer it to mul­ti­ple enti­ties in the net­work. 

Since we have com­mu­ni­cat­ed with equip­ment from numer­ous dif­fer­ent ven­dors in a broad vari­ety of appli­ca­tions, we have expe­ri­ence in com­mu­ni­cat­ing with and cre­at­ing a bridge between all kinds of sys­tems, includ­ing new and old relays and sub­sta­tion gear, Eth­er­net and ser­i­al, IEC 61850 and old lega­cy pro­to­cols (like SPA-bus), SCADA sys­tems and intranets, gen­er­a­tion and ener­gy market. 

Our solu­tions ensure that you no longer need to wor­ry about inter­op­er­abil­i­ty and net­work inef­fi­cien­cies. Our RTUs can com­mu­ni­cate using numer­ous pro­to­cols via GPRS, Eth­er­net or ser­i­al con­nec­tions as well as col­lect aux­il­iary sig­nals using dig­i­tal I/Os and ana­log inputs.

Not only retro­fits are facil­i­tat­ed with our prod­ucts. It also becomes easy to react to any kind of net­work change (big or small) and to set up open and scal­able net­work architectures.

Our devices are already con­fig­urable and ver­sa­tile by design, but we also pro­vide fur­ther prod­uct con­fig­u­ra­tions and tai­lored ser­vices upon request.  

Our gate­ways, SCADA sys­tems and RTUs also pro­vide real­ly pow­er­ful func­tion­al­i­ties like advanced redun­dan­cy schemes, inter­nal PLC automa­tion and high-pre­ci­sion, microsec­ond time management. 

Our Products for MV Substations & Secondary Grids

Devel­oped explic­it­ly for sub­sta­tion automa­tion, all devices and soft­ware sys­tems by iGrid T&D pro­vide an exten­sive range of func­tion­al­i­ties and char­ac­ter­is­tics to over­come present and future chal­lenges in the most effi­cient ways.

Although we are hap­py to sup­port our cus­tomers, iGrid T&D is not a ser­vice-based busi­ness. Instead, we strive to pro­vide state-of-the-art tech­nol­o­gy that enables our cus­tomers to set up, oper­ate and main­tain advanced automa­tion sys­tems by themselves. 

Substation Gateway, HMI, SCADA, Grid Control Center Software..

iGW-VM

• High­ly scal­able and pow­er­ful gate­way soft­ware for any serv­er run­ning on win­dows or linux.
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion front-end for siwtchgears, trans­form­ers and oth­er equipment

iControl SCADA

• Scal­able and inter­op­er­a­ble in mul­ti­ple architectures
• For all lev­els, from Sub­sta­tion Gate­way to Con­trol Center
• With all impor­tant fea­tures and characteristics

State-of-the-Art R&D and Advanced Engineering & Product Development

International R&D

• Inhouse R&D on the fore­front of smart grid tech­nol­o­gy, enriched by numer­ous inter­na­tion­al and aca­d­e­m­ic project

Engineering & Development Services

• Advanced and cus­tomized appli­ca­tion engi­neer­ing and prod­uct devel­op­ment for spe­cif­ic client needs. 

World-wide Compliance and Interoperability

Thanks to our expe­ri­ences with elec­tri­cal sys­tems and sub­sta­tions in a vari­ety of indus­tries all around the plan­et, our prod­ucts have been pre­pared for high-demand­ing require­ments and stan­dards, guar­an­tee­ing a peace­ful approval process for any project in any coun­try. Our cer­ti­fi­ca­tions range from EMC com­pat­i­bil­i­ty and com­mu­ni­ca­tion pro­to­col stan­dards like IEC 61850 to cyber secu­ri­ty means and have been assert­ed by third par­ty cer­ti­fi­ca­tion bod­ies like DNV GL/ KEMA.

Substation Automation System with Full Product Range

Exam­ple schema

Why to Opt for Substation Automation Solutions by iGrid T&D? 

Our Data Acqui­si­tion, Con­trol and Super­vi­sion sys­tems can not only han­dle a broad vari­ety of pro­to­cols and archi­tec­tures but also pro­vide numer­ous oth­er tech­no­log­i­cal fea­tures and func­tion­al­i­ties like high pre­ci­sion time stamp­ing and PLC programming. 

As a client you can ben­e­fit from get­ting a scal­able and inter­op­er­a­ble solu­tion that will be easy to use and tai­lored to your needs. 

Two devices are spe­cial­ly eco­nom­i­cal for this appli­ca­tion. The iGW-VM can be used as a cen­tral data col­lec­tion, automa­tion and gate­way soft­ware cre­at­ing a pow­er­ful bridge between the grid and con­trol cen­ter and can also be inte­grat­ed as com­mu­ni­ca­tion front-end for all kinds of devices and equip­ment to pro­vide pow­er­ful automa­tion and pro­to­col con­ver­sion func­tions with “dumb” devices and gear.

On the oth­er hand, with it’s inter­nal inputs and out­puts and con­nec­tiv­i­ty options, the iRTU is the per­fect com­pan­ion to col­lect data from devices and aux­il­iary equip­ment at thou­sands of sites. 

Solution Benefits & Functions