Expert Workshop

Process Bus in transmission substations

- grid operators experience

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 Table of contents
1. Introduction to Process Bus Technology

2. SIPROTEC 5 Process Bus News

3. Luz del Sur experience in building a

Digital Substation

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Digital Substation design changes

Past Control Center

Substation
Controller
Station bus

Parallel wiring
Control room

Now Control Center

Substation
Controller
Ethernet Station bus

IEC 61850
Merging IEC 61850-9-2
Unit

Digital signals Fibre optic

cabeling
Process bus based on IEC61850-9-2
Control room

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Digital Substation
Process Bus Overview

*for simplification the required IEEE 1588v2/PTP master clock is not shown

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Benefits of Process Bus
Field installation – process level

From... 1. Almost no copper cable’s, no cable trays or

they are reduced in size - less civil works.
Merging units mounted in field in outdoor relay
to cabinets close to primary equipment.
2. No commissioning and maintenance of
copper cables in the field and control room.
3. Fiber optic and MU’s with self monitoring
features
4. No open circuits or secondary wiring

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Benefits of Process Bus
Control room - station

1. No secondary cables, terminals - smaller relay

cabinets, less relay cabinets in substation.
2. Easy implementable control, protection and
automation functions – no copper cables to
connect.
3. Les protection IED’s because of optimization
4. Easy to maintain and retrofit
5. Easy to test – no need to switch off substation
during protection commissioning or maintenance.

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SIPROTEC 6MU85 Merging Unit
All mounting options of SIPROTEC 5

Flush-mounted Surface-mounted Surface-mounted

with detached
with integrated operation panel
operation panel

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SIPROTEC 6MU85 Merging Unit
Digitalization of all primary data close to the process

Field/Bay
Automatic voltage
Interlocking
regulator
Logic for transformer
cooling group control Inductive
Other user
defined logic Current
measurement core Transformer Inductive
Circuit Breaker protection core 1A, 5A Voltage
Trip, Control and Position Transformer
Trip Circuit Supervision
Point on Wave Switching
Disconnector Flow sensor
Control and Position 4..20 mA

Tap Changer Temperature Sensor

Position and Control 4..20 mA
digital or 4..20mA
110001 11000 100011 00001110 1111 110001 11000 100011 01110

Buchholz Relay IEC 61850-9-2 and IEC 61850-8-1 GOOSE

Trip and Alarm

Pressure sensor
Pressure relief devices Temperature Sensor for SF6, …
up to 12x PT100
TR1200 IP

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Merging Unit – SIPROTEC 6MU85
Perfectly tailored fit to your requirements

Up to 4x plug-in
Process bus communication
communication modules • SMV: IEC 61850-9-2 / IEC 61850-9-2 LE / IEC 61869-9,
GOOSE, MMS: IEC 61850-8-1
Optical and electrical
Ethernet interfaces Scada communication
Optical and electrical
• IEC 61850-8-1 MMS & GOOSE, DNP3 TCP, DNP3 serial, IEC 60870-5-104,
serial interfaces Modbus TCP, Profinet IO, IEC 60870-5-103
Redundant communication
• IEC 62439-3.4 PRP, IEC 62439-3.5 HSR, RSTP, dual homing
Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU)
• Synchrophasor (IEEE C37.118)
Time synchronization
• IEEE 1588V2 (profiles: IEC 61850-9-3 and C37.238:2017)
• Optical and electrical PPS, IRIG-B
Additional applications
• SNMP V3
• Slave Unit Protocol for external temperature or 4-20 mA measuring devices
• Arc sensors for arc flash protection

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 SIPROTEC 5
Process Bus News

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Network architectures
Network redundancy for process bus

HSR PRP
(High Availability Seamless Redundancy) (Parallel Redundancy Protocol) Ensure availability
PRP Process Bus networks need to be
LAN A PRP LAN A
reliable and thus seamless
redundancy is the key.
RedBox
HSR
✓ Up to 16 IED per HSR ring and
2x Redundancy Box (RedBox)
✓ IEEE 1588v2/PTP (P2P TC)

✓ Less port in the Switches

PRP
RedBox
✓ IEEE 1588v2/PTP (OCSO)
PRP PRP LAN B
LAN B

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Network architectures
Example: HSR – High Available Seamless Redundancy

IEEE 1588v2 PTP GMC

(sample synchronization)

Up to 16x SIPROTEC 5 devices and 2x RedBox per

PTP aware
RedBox
RedBox HSR ring. The bandwidth limit of 60 Mbit/s (60%) RedBox
can further restrict the number of devices per ring.

Transparent Clock

Ordinary Slave Clock

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Process Bus interoperability
“9-2 Client Instrument Transformer settings” editor

Challenge
 Not all merging unit vendors support IEC 61850 Edition 2.1 Benefits
 3rd party ICD/CID files often lack important settings from Siemens's point of Use of not IEC 61850 Edition 2.1
view compliant Merging Units without
compromising protection
Solution: “9-2 Client Instrument Transformer settings” editor
functionality
✓ Merging Unit (MU) database for
MU TCTR MU-specific settings
specific ✓ Enter missing or edit Merging
Available ScndTmms Rat Unit settings
IEC 61850 HzRtg Clip ✓ Enter missing or edit current
setting (TCTR) and voltage (TVTR)
measuring point settings
✓ SCD file remains valid and stays
unchanged

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Process Bus interoperability
Definition of IN within a Stream

Status quo – IEC 61850 Standard

❖ The current IEC 61850 Edition 2.1 standard does not contain a
clear definition of the direction for the neutral-point current (IN).
→ Different implementations across the vendors are existing.
Protection IA
→ It is important that the merging unit and process-bus client follow
the same convention for the IN direction. Either they are both set to
IN = -3I0 or both are set to IN = +3I0 (recommended). IB 3I0 = IA + IB + IC

Outlook – IEC 61850 Standard IC

❖ In one of the subsequent revisions of the IEC 61850 standard, the
direction is defined as IN = +3I0.
IN = -3I0 vs. IN = 3I0

Siemens SIPROTEC Solution

❖ To ensure interoperability between different vendors the direction
can be defined in DIGSI 5 for the merging unit and process-bus
client independently. This requires V8.80 of DIGSI and devices.

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IEC 61850 Edition 2.1
Certified Portfolio Siprotec 5

New

Interoperability also at
the process bus level:

Any compliant merging unit,

process bus subscriber can
be interfaced

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 Poll question

When do you plan to invest in process

bus technology?
1. We are doing it already
2. In 1- 3 years
3. In 3 - 5 years
4. We do not plan to invest

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 Luz del Sur experience
in building a
Digital Substation

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
of Luz del Sur S.A.A

• Luz del Sur is one of the largest distribution system operators

(DSO) in Peru supplying almost 1.2 million customers with
electricity in the area south-east of the capital, Lima.
This gives them a national market share of almost one third.
• The utility is currently expanding their 220 kV network.
The new 220 kV high-voltage Substation Transmission (SET)
Los Sauces was commissioned in February 2020.
• Substation Transmission (SET) Los Sauces is part of a major
transmission investment plan to expand and modernize the grid to
serve the growing number of customers and demand for power.

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
Solution/service description

In February 2020, the new SET Los Sauces substation was energized in Lima, Peru.
The entire protection and control system is based on Siemens technology:
• Core of the digital substation solution is the new SIPROTEC 6MU85 merging unit (MU)
based on SIPROTEC 5 system.
• 14 units of 6MU85 and various SIPROTEC 5 protection and automation devices,
including line differential, transformer differential, busbar differential protection and fault
recording.
• SICAM AK3 remote terminal unit and SICAM SCC SCADA system are used on the
station level.
• 6 Ruggedcom switches are used for redundant PRP Ethernet network.

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
Solution/service description
Control Center
Substation Line Line Overcurrent Overcurrent Transformer Transformer
Controller Grand Protection Protection Protection Protection Protection Protection Busbar Fault Grand
and HMI Master Clock Main 1 Main 2 Main 1 Main 2 Main 1 Main 2 Protection Recorder Master Clock
SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS

IEEE1588 IEEE1588
GMC GMC

PI PI 220 kV

Station Bus PRP

Process Bus PRP

220 kV
Merging Unit Merging Unit Merging Unit
Merging (Main 2) Merging (Main 2) Merging (Main 2)
Unit (Main 1) Local control Unit (Main 1) Local control Unit (Main 1) Local control
SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS

10 kV Transformer 1 /
Line 1 / Line 2 Coupler Transformer 2

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
Solution/service description
Control Center
Substation Line Line Overcurrent Overcurrent Transformer Transformer
Controller Grand Protection Protection Protection Protection Protection Protection Busbar Fault Grand
and HMI Master Clock Main 1 Main 2 Main 1 Main 2 Main 1 Main 2 Protection Recorder Master Clock
SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS

IEEE1588 IEEE1588
GMC GMC

PI PI 220 kV

Station Bus PRP

Process Bus PRP

220 kV
Merging Unit Merging Unit Merging Unit
Merging (Main 2) Merging (Main 2) Merging (Main 2)
Unit (Main 1) Local control Unit (Main 1) Local control Unit (Main 1) Local control
SIEMENS SIEMENS SIEMENS

10 kV
Transformer 1 /
Line 1 / Line 2 Coupler Transformer Transformer 2

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
Line differential protection with mix of conventional and process bus technology

SET Los Sauces

Process bus (PRP)

IEEE 1588v2/
PTP GMC

Line 1 / Line 2
6MU85
PI

FO

PI
Line 1 / Line 2

SET Industriales

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
SAMU cabinet design

Energy meter
LCU + MU 2

MU 1

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces
Control room view

Time
synchronization
(redundant)
Process bus switches x 4 pcs.

Protection for 2 Lines + T1

HMI

Protection for 1 coupler

+ T2 + BB
RTU
(redundant) + Fault recorder

Station bus
switches x 2 pcs.

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
Luz del Sur benefits in CAPEX

• Less wiring:
Replacing miles of copper cables with cost-effective fiber-optic cables
saves not only cost for civil works, but also project execution time.
• Faster commissioning:
Enables significant installation and maintenance savings
with increased operational flexibility and performance.
• Higher safety:
Creating much safer working environment by avoiding all dangerous voltages from
protection and control cubicles as MU digitizes the data already in the switchyard.
• Higher flexibility:
Enables interoperability and simplifies future extensions of substation
• Space saving:
Primary part and secondary become smaller – less space is required to build substations.
Luz del Sur has a lot of substations in Lima, Peru.

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Process bus solution
Luz del Sur lessons learned and conclusions

• Process bus based protection and control system is a standard for all
future substations at Luz del Sur (greenfield and brownfield).
• SIEMENS solution provides easier separation of process bus network
from station bus to simplify substation commissioning and maintenance
for Luz de Sur.
It is now the standard for process bus installation at Luz de Sur.
• Maintenance crews had to be trained on protection testing procedures
and tools for process bus substations.
• SAT time has been reduced to the primary connection testing.
Complete protection and control testing during FAT at SIEMENS.
• Proper documentation of GOOSE and SMV's are important for
troubleshooting, test and commissioning.

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Process bus solution for SET Los Sauces substation
SEMENS Peru project experience

• SIEMENS Peru first process bus based

substation has been implemented in 2015
– we had experience in such project execution.

• Since SIEMENS is a leader of IEC 61850

implementation world wide, it was just a minor
step to learn to work with SMV’s.

• Our engineers had to make an upskilling in

PAC systems including and applying setting up
network communications such as VLANs,
MAC Filtering and so on.

• During the FAT we had to implement and test

the complete protection and automation
system to minimize SAT time.

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 The process bus solution allows us time savings during
commissioning and site tests in our SET Los Sauces substation
and contributed to the development of new digital skills of our
technical teams.
• Willam Caman - Project Engineer, Luz del Sur

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 Together with our local Siemens team in Peru, we are proud that our
customer Luz del Sur is planning to adopt process bus technology as the
standard for the implementation of all its new high-voltage substations.
Industry’s stringent safety and operational requirements can be met in a
more cost-efficient, compact and simple way.
• Orlando Aquije - Energy Automation Expert, Siemens Peru

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 Poll question

Would you like to have a personal

discussion about process bus
technology?
1. Yes, please contact me
2. Yes, please let me get back to you
3. No, thank you

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