Gain hands-on experience in IEC 61850 station testing and commissioning. This webinar offers a discussion of theory, fundamentals and required P&C testing tools, as well as a demo.

Prerequisite session from 2020:

• Why transition to a digital substation?

What will be covered:

• Fundamentals of IEC 61850 testing methodology
• Interpreting and diagnosing using IEC 61850 testing tools
• Demonstration of station testing and diagnosis

What will you learn:

• Theory behind IEC 61850 based testing
• What tools are available today
• How to master the testing methodology

Who should attend:

• P&C engineers - Testing and Commissioning
• P&C Field Technicians

Presenter: Bharadwaj Vasudevan

Wireless communication technologies such as 802.11 WiFi, 802.11 mesh and cellular are low-cost, flexible, and reliable...yet some question the security of wireless connectivity. This webinar aims to dispel wireless communication security myths.

Prerequisite session from 2020:

• Digital substation: addressing your cybersecurity fears
• Fundamentals of communication for protection
• Wireless communications fundamentals for electric utility applications

What will be covered:

• An overview of cybersecurity requirements applicable to power system applications
• General security controls that categorize cybersecurity requirements
• How industry-proven mechanisms can be used in wireless networks to implement security controls
• The importance of a defense-in-depth layered approach covering the entire end-to-end solution to strengthen even the weakest points in the infrastructure

What will you learn:

• Which cybersecurity standards apply to communication networks
• The general requirements that are specified by these standards
• How these requirements apply to wireless communications
• How these requirements help protect the resources in a wireless communication network

Who should attend:

• Protection and automation engineers
• Communication engineers

Presenter: Shashi Sastry

Power system protection requires a solid understanding of symmetrical components methodology. This webinar explains how sequence quantities calculated from the connected phase quantities can be used, along with the actual phase currents and voltages, in different protection algorithms.

What will be covered:

• General theory
• Formulae to calculate the sequence quantities from the phase quantities, and vice versa
• Connection of sequence networks for different types of faults
• Sequence impedances for the various power system components – lines, transformers, etc.

What will you learn:

• Why sequence components are important to many protection algorithms
• How to analyze power system disturbances and associated relay operation
• How to make simple fault calculations for different types of faults

Who should attend:

• All persons working or intending to work in the field of power system protection who would like to learn about sequence components, or would just like to refresh their existing knowledge

Presenter: Mike Kockott

The low fault current level of many North American utility generators renders fault detection by differential principle ineffective or unusable; other means are necessary. This webinar explores ground fault protection for the high-resistance grounded system, while also summarizing other grounding methods.

Prerequisite session from 2020:

• AC generator protection fundamentals

What will be covered:

• Different AC generator grounding schemes
• Purposes and options of high-resistive grounded systems
• Summary of protection schemes
• 95% and 100% protection schemes for high-resistive grounded generators

What will you learn:

• Different AC generator grounding schemes
• Principle of 95% generator ground fault protection
• 100% ground fault protection – 3rd harmonic-based solution
• 100% ground fault protection – injection-based solution

Who should attend:

• Power plant engineers
• Engineering consultants

Presenter: Jack J. Chang

Protection requirements can dictate the use of multivendor equipment to avoid common modes of failure, but it is not best practice to apply one common setting rule to all microprocessor-based relay 87T transformer differential functions. Learn why and what to do about it.

Prerequisite session from 2020:

• Transformer protection fundamentals

What will be covered:

• Pre-microprocessor-based and micro-processor-based applications of 87T
• Why different vendors have different settings rules, and the impact the method of restraint current calculation has on the setting rules
• How the selected phase reference side impacts internal single-phase faults and stability for external phase-phase faults

What will you learn:

• The differences between pre-microprocessor-based and micro-processor-based applications and measurement of 87T protections
• The reasons for different vendor settings rules
• How different vendor settings rules impact how the 87T function operates

Who should attend:

• All persons working or intending to work in the field of power transformer protection, especially with determining the settings for the 87T function, or anyone else looking to learn more about this topic

Presenter: Mike Kockott

Electric networks are facing increasing security concerns, more frequent natural disasters, and growing shares of renewables. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) improve reliability and resilience. Learn BESS functionalities (e.g., fast response and synthetic inertia) and unlock new revenue opportunities.

Prerequisite session from 2020:

• Microgrid design concepts & key considerations

What will be covered:

• Functionalities of the BESS
• Revenue opportunities that contribute to its profitability
• Real-world examples of BESS value stack

What will you learn:

• Technical capabilities of BESS
• New business model for unlocking revenue

Who should attend:

• System operators and utility personnel
• Industrial facility owners such as oil and gas, mining

Presenters: Varun Chhibbar, John Glassmire

Communication-assisted protection and control schemes rely on communications for reliable and selective operation. Protection and control engineers must understand achievable availability and reliability levels for new communication channel types.

Prerequisite session from 2020:

• Fundamentals of communication for protection
• Wireless communications fundamentals for electric utility applications

What will be covered:

• Definitions for availability and reliability, as applied to communications for protection and control applications
• Availability and reliability requirements for different voltage levels
• Availability assessment for various wired and wireless communication technologies, such as MPLS, Ethernet, 802.11 mesh and cellular communications
• Commonly applied testing methods

What will you learn:

• What availability and reliability levels can be achieved for various wired and wireless communication technologies
• What affects wired and wireless communication availability and reliability
• Which communication technologies can be used for protection and control applications
• How to open a dialog between protection, automation and communication departments to jointly decide on communication channels to use

Who should attend:

• Protection and automation engineers
• Communication engineers

Presenters: Galina Antonova, Dorn Hetzel

Wireless communications are being applied to protection and control applications more and more. Learn from examples about such schemes and the benefits of wireless communications in protection and control applications.

Prerequisite session from 2020 & 2021:

• Fundamentals of communication for protection
• Wireless communications fundamentals for electric utility applications
• Communications characteristics: availability and reliability

What will be covered:

• Definitions of wireless communications
• Wireless communication technologies with focus on 802.11 mesh and cellular
• Examples of using 802.11 mesh and cellular communications for protection and control applications

What will you learn:

• Which wireless communication technologies can be used for protection and control applications
• What benefits the use of these technologies brings
• What factors affect characteristics of wireless communications
• How to open a dialog between protection, automation and communication departments to jointly select a wireless communication technology to use

Who should attend:

• Protection and automation engineers
• Communication engineers

Presenters: Dorn Hetzel, Shashi Sastry, Galina Antonova

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