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Introduction into IEC 61850 and Digital Substations
This course is a unique combination of information both on IEC 61850 standard and networking technologies, used in digital substations.
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The course is split into eight modules covering GOOSE, Sampled Values, Client-Server communications as well as basic network infrastructure aspects.
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Who is this course for?
Students
This course would allow student facing IEC 61850 for the first time to understand the key points of the standard and its applications.
Engineers
Experienced protection and control engineers without IEC 61850 experience would be able to learn basics of IEC 61850 in just a couple of hours.
Managers
Managers involved in substation construction and modernization would have a complete overview of modern technologies and their benefits
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What would you learn?
Key differences in implementation of protection and control systems for conventional and digital substations
What is the IEC 61850 data model and communication models
What is System Configuration Language (SCL) and how it is used during design and commissioning
Basic elements and operation of Local Area Networks in substations
Key aspects of traffic management such as VLANs and static multicast filtering
Time synchronisation requirements and methods
Possible architectures of digital substations
Application of different LAN topologies
Course program
This course is a unique combination of information both on IEC 61850 standard and networking technologies, used in digital substations. In approximately 2 hours you will get to know the key differences in implementation of protection and control systems for conventional and digital substations

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  • Alexander Golovin

    Course author and lecturer

    Alexander Golovin has graduated with Master's degree at Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) in 2008 (Protection, control and automation department). Since that time he has been involved in the development of products and solutions for digital substations as well as in the implementation of digital substations. He worked as a head of engineering department and then as a chief technical officer at Profotech where he was responsible for the development of fiber-optic current and electronic voltage sensors. Since 2012 he is a co-founder and chief technical officer for Tekvel Ltd., based in Dubai, UAE. Alexander is involved in the development of software and hardware solutions for digital substations, is participating in the implementations of digital substations with process bus (with more than 40 projects implemented for the last 3 years). He has also been providing training on IEC 61850 within Tekvel team since 2012 with more than 2500 engineers trained around the globe.


    Alexander Golovin is a member of the Working Group 10 of International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 57, which is responsible for development and maintenance of IEC 61850 standard.

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