ABB Real-life pilot of virtualized protection and control – Experiences and performance analysis 白皮书(英语)说明书用户手册.pdf

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WHITEPAPER

Real-lifepilotofvirtualizedprotection

andcontrol–Experiencesand

performanceanalysis

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Virtualizedprotectionandcontrol(VPC)

isseenasapromisingevolutionforthe

centralizedprotectionandcontrol(CPC)

concept.Thecentralizationofprotection

functionsconsolidatesthefunctionsof

multipleconventionalrelaysintoonedevice.

Thisconsolidationreducesthecomplexity

ofthecommunicationsnetworkandoffers

effectivewaystomanagetheprotection

applicationsofthesubstation.MakingCPC

availableasaVPCsoftwareimage,instead

ofadedicateddevice,bringsyetanother

degreeoffreedom.Thesolutionbecomes

hardware-independent,whichleadsto

increasedflexibilityandscalability.

Together,ABBandFinnishDistribution

SystemOperator(DSO)Caruna,wanted

toexplorethesepossibilitiesinareal-life

substationpilot.

Inthiswhitepaper,weexplorethepiloted

VPCenvironmentandtheresultsfrom

thepilotingperiod.Theresultsshow

thatvirtualizationtechnologyissuitable

fortimecriticalprotectionandcontrol

applications,withreal-timeperformance

comparabletothatofexistingnon-

virtualizedsolutions.

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Tableofcontents

04Introduction

05Conceptsofcentralizedandvirtualized

protectionandcontrol

06–08Descriptionofthevirtualizedprotection

andcontrolpilot

Pilotsubstation

PilotedSWarchitecture

Monitoringsystemofthepilotsetup

09–11Resultsfromthepilot

Pilotdeploymentprocessandpre-deployment

testing

Pilotingperiod

VPCtimings

ResourceutilizationoftheVPC

Protectionapplicationperformance

12Summary

12ABB’svirtualizedprotectionand