Tutorials

Tutorials


Tutorial 1: Alexander Apostolov, Principal Engineer for OMICRON electronics, USA

Title; IEC 61850-Principles, Applications and Benefits


Abstract:

The tutorial will cover briefly the history and fundamental principles of IEC 61850, its applications and benefits. The consepts of abstract models and services and their mapping to specific protocols will be presented. The principles of GOOSE and sampled values, their communication mechanisms, applications and benefits, including their use for synchrophasor communications, will be described. The IEC 61850 configuration language ideas, different files and their application in the engineering of protection and control systems will be discussed. Requirements, methods and tools for the testing of IEC 61850 based systems will be covered at the end.

Bio:

Alexander Apostolov received MS degree in Electrical Engineering, MS in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D. from the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has more than 35 years experience in power systems protection, automation, control and communications.

He is presently Principal Engineer for OMICRON electronics in Los Angeles, CA. He is IEEE Fellow and Member of the Power Systems Relaying Committee and Substations C0 Subcommittee. He is past Chairman of the Relay Communications Subcommittee, serves on many IEEE PES Working Groups and is Chairman of Working Groups C2 “Role of Protective Relaying in Smart Grid” and D21 “Contribution to IEC TC 95 WG MT4 Protection Functions Testing”.

He is member of IEC TC57 and Convenor of CIGRE WG B5.27 ”Implications and Benefits of Standardised Protection Schemes” and member of several other CIGRE B5 working groups. He holds four patents and has authored and presented more than 400 technical papers.

He is IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.

He is Editor-in-Chief of PAC World.


Tutorial 2: TBA