Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future Challenges
Nowadays, power systems’ Protection, Automation, and Control (PAC) functionalities are often deployed in different constrained devices (Intelligent Electronic Devices) following a coupled hardware/software design. However, with the increase in distributed energy resources, more customized controller...
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| author | Nadine Kabbara Mohand Ouamer Nait Belaid Madeleine Gibescu Luis Ramirez Camargo Jerome Cantenot Thierry Coste Vincent Audebert Hugo Morais |
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| description | Nowadays, power systems’ Protection, Automation, and Control (PAC) functionalities are often deployed in different constrained devices (Intelligent Electronic Devices) following a coupled hardware/software design. However, with the increase in distributed energy resources, more customized controllers will be required. These devices have high operational and deployment costs with long development, testing, and complex upgrade cycles. Addressing these challenges requires that a ’revolution’ in power system PAC design takes place. Decoupling from hardware-dependent implementations by virtualizing the functionalities facilitates the transition from a traditional power grid into a software-defined smart grid. This article presents a survey of recent literature on software-defined PAC for power systems, covering the concepts, main academic works, industrial proof of concepts, and the latest standardization efforts in this rising area. Finally, we summarize the expected future technical, industrial, and standardization challenges and open research problems. It was observed that software-defined PAC systems have a promising potential that can be leveraged for future PAC and smart grid developments. Moreover, standardizations in virtual IED software development and deployments, configuration tools, performance benchmarking, and compliance testing using a dynamic, agile approach assuring interoperability are critical enablers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a02f9bd22b3c40a5a59316cfebcdd5882023-11-24T14:35:34ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-12-011524936210.3390/en15249362Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future ChallengesNadine Kabbara0Mohand Ouamer Nait Belaid1Madeleine Gibescu2Luis Ramirez Camargo3Jerome Cantenot4Thierry Coste5Vincent Audebert6Hugo Morais7EDF R&D, 91120 Palaiseau, FranceEDF R&D, 91120 Palaiseau, FranceCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, The NetherlandsCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, The NetherlandsEDF R&D, 91120 Palaiseau, FranceEDF R&D, 91120 Palaiseau, FranceEDF R&D, 91120 Palaiseau, FranceInesc-ID, 1049-001 Lisboa, PortugalNowadays, power systems’ Protection, Automation, and Control (PAC) functionalities are often deployed in different constrained devices (Intelligent Electronic Devices) following a coupled hardware/software design. However, with the increase in distributed energy resources, more customized controllers will be required. These devices have high operational and deployment costs with long development, testing, and complex upgrade cycles. Addressing these challenges requires that a ’revolution’ in power system PAC design takes place. Decoupling from hardware-dependent implementations by virtualizing the functionalities facilitates the transition from a traditional power grid into a software-defined smart grid. This article presents a survey of recent literature on software-defined PAC for power systems, covering the concepts, main academic works, industrial proof of concepts, and the latest standardization efforts in this rising area. Finally, we summarize the expected future technical, industrial, and standardization challenges and open research problems. It was observed that software-defined PAC systems have a promising potential that can be leveraged for future PAC and smart grid developments. Moreover, standardizations in virtual IED software development and deployments, configuration tools, performance benchmarking, and compliance testing using a dynamic, agile approach assuring interoperability are critical enablers.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9362PAC systemsIT/OT convergencesoftware-defined/virtualized PACvirtualization technologyinteroperabilityIEC 61850 |
| spellingShingle | Nadine Kabbara Mohand Ouamer Nait Belaid Madeleine Gibescu Luis Ramirez Camargo Jerome Cantenot Thierry Coste Vincent Audebert Hugo Morais Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future Challenges Energies PAC systems IT/OT convergence software-defined/virtualized PAC virtualization technology interoperability IEC 61850 |
| title | Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future Challenges |
| title_full | Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future Challenges |
| title_short | Towards Software-Defined Protection, Automation, and Control in Power Systems: Concepts, State of the Art, and Future Challenges |
| title_sort | towards software defined protection automation and control in power systems concepts state of the art and future challenges |
| topic | PAC systems IT/OT convergence software-defined/virtualized PAC virtualization technology interoperability IEC 61850 |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9362 |
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