IEC 61850 is the “smart grid” Standard, specifically developed as “Communication networks and systems for power utility automation“. Even though the standard came into existence with the first release in 2004, many engineers involved in Substation Automation Systems often fail to understand the “broadcast” philosophy of the inbuilt protocols sections, and try to treat it like any other automation protocols, sending polling requests that may suffocate the network with latency issues.
With Power & Plant Training’s IEC 61850 training courses, learn how to use the standard as designed, for critical protection and logical decisions and communications with minimal latency.
