Grid & Substation Automation Chapter

Grid & Sub­sta­tion Automation A Chap­ter of the RTU — Remote Ter­mi­nal UnitSCADA — Super­vi­so­ry Con­trol and Data AcquisitionIED — Intel­li­gent Elec­tron­ic DeviceSER — SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDING RTU most com­mon­ly stands for Remote Ter­mi­nal...

Network Redundancy

Net­work Redundancy Network Redundancy Net­work redun­dan­cy is a method to ensure net­work avail­abil­i­ty, pro­vid­ing failover when a device or net­work path fails or becomes unavailable. Redun­dan­cy is usu­al­ly achieved by installing addi­tion­al or...

GOOSE Messaging IEC 61850 Protocol

IEC 61850 GOOSE Communication What is GOOSE Messaging? GOOSE (IEC 61850) The GOOSE (Gener­ic Object Ori­ent­ed Sub­sta­tion Event) pro­to­col is a com­mu­ni­ca­tion mod­el defined by the IEC 61850 stan­dard, which uses fast and reli­able...

Network Communication

Net­work Communication A Chap­ter of the HSR — High-avail­abil­i­ty Seam­less Redundancy PRP — Par­al­lel Redun­dan­cy Protocol Eth­er­netMAC — Medi­um Access ControlVLAN — Vir­tu­al Local Area NetworkIEC 62439–3 Net­work Redundancy HSR...

The Smart Guide for Smart Grids – Overview

SMART GUIDE OVERVIEW The smart guide was cre­at­ed to pro­vide basic and under­stand­able expla­na­tions about com­mu­ni­ca­tion tech­nol­o­gy in smart grids and oth­er ener­gy applications. We hope that the guide can serve as a glos­sary, ency­clo­pe­dia and...