Section (4B) - SCS PDF
Section (4B) - SCS PDF
Section (4B) - SCS PDF
SECTION (LI )B
SUBSTATION CONTROL SYSTEM
SUBSTATION CONTROL SYSTEM (Aiternative-2)
CONTENTS
1. General 3
2. Work Included 4
5. Functional Requirements 7
7. Configuration Tools 13
9. Guarantee 14
10. Testing 14
11. Training 15
13. Submittal 16
1. General:
This part of the specification covers training, guaranty and the technical requirements for
design, engineering, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of all necessary
equipment for Substation Automation System.
The Substation Control System shall be com1ected with the protection system & meters in such
a way to have a fully Automation System.
The Substation Control System shall monitor and control the entire substation and shall be
based on IEC 61850 standard protocol.
The Substation control system shall be suitable for the complete substation and any future
extensions.
The Substation Control system shall be based on a decentralized architecture and on the
concept of bay-oriented, distributed control constituted by intelligent electronics devices
(IEDs), connected by a LAN.
All IEDs (i.e. relays, feeder manager and BCUs) shall have dual optic fibre ports and shall be
connected to the LAN directly without any intem1ediate conve1ters or through another lED.
The maintenance, the modification or extension of the components shall not cause any collapse
of a part or the whole automation system.
The devices and fimctions of a substation automation system shall be installed and allocated on
two different levels; bay level and station level.
The flow of information between the bay level (Common BCU, FMs & relays) and the station
level shall be carried out by means of Ethernet network.
A loss of power shouldn't cause any loss of configuration data. After restoration of power the
system shall automatically start up again.
Contractor shall submit the SCS system firmware and the SCS applications firmware.
All software including configuration software, tools and SCS system software should be
submitted with its original copies on CD.
All software provided for the automation system shall be licensed to the Employer for an
unlimited time period.
All equipment (operator & engineering workstations, servers and gateways) which are on the
station level should be supplied together with its license (as dongle separately or any
Equivelant approved by EETC ) enabling EETC engineers to install the licence on similar
equipment in case of its failure or replacement
:rhe offered automation system shall supp01t monitoring and remote control :fi·om control centre
via gateways.
At station level, the entire station shall be controlled and supervised from the operator HMI. It
shall also be possible to control and monitor the bay from the bay level equipment.
All computers and communication equipment of the automation system shall be substation
grade and shall be compliant with IEC-61850-3 and IEEE 1613 enviromnental conditions.
All computers (i.e servers, workstations) should be installed inside desk cabinets with good
ventilation with front glass door.
All computers (i.e servers, workstations) should be in windows platform.
Bidder should submit at the technical evaluation stage the SCS configuration to be approved
with the redundant LAN using standard connection RSTP, PRP or combined (HSR is approved
for medium voltage only), Only approved SCS configuration will be considered in the contract.
The SCS systems offered will evaluated according to their pe1formance in EETC network.
For the new SCS systems (4) year guarantee should be provided.
2. Work Included
Equipment to be installed in the control room , comprising redundant industrial servers with
application software, operator workstation, engineering workstations, printer, managed Ethemet
switches, gateways and GPS receivers, UPS, etc, to perform the specified supervision, control &
monitoring functions.
Remote control panels should cover all SLD and any future extensions bays (equipped or space)
For each 66 KV feeder, a combined control/protection Feeder Manager (FM) shall be
provided as a back-up protection for all feeders & the main protection for bus coupler
and mimic diagram with conventional control facilities.
Bidder may suggest (submit as an optional offer) any other special features based on his
research, development work and experience that may be of significant benefit to the overall
performance of the substation. Suggestions will be subject to EETC approval in case of Contract
(before contract signature).
Each one of the redundant Server, Gateway & switches should be installed in redundant
panels.
4.2. Redundant Station Controllers (station server I Gateway) (installed in the control room)
Station Controllers can be of a modem industrial type computer (without any moving pmts),
and shall have the supervisory and control function, the substation database and the
application programs.
Shall have the latest platform available.
Station Controllers shall work in hot-hot configuration; one automatically replaces the other in
case of failure.
Each Station Controller shall have the capacity to configure the whole substation equipment.
Each of the two redundant Station Controllers shall be accessed through redundant LAN.
The station controller shall fulfil the following minimum requirements:
~ Two independent non mechanical solid state drives (SSD)
~ RAID 1 option for SSD with capacity 1 Tera for each hard disk
~ Latest multi-core processors (> 2.6 GHz).
~ 8 GB RAM minimum.
~ Type test according to IEC 61850-3
~ 5 USB 2.0 potts
~ Redundant power supply
~ Up to 6 Ethemet potts
~ Option for 8 serial connections (RS232/RS485)
~ Option for fibre optic connection
Redundant gateways equipped with all necessmy hardwm·e and software shall be provided in
order to permit the control and monitoring of the substation from control centres, and each one
shall have two ports to communicate with each of the control centres.
Shall guarantee no loss of events in case of gateway switchover.
Redundant gateway should be equipped with an embedded industrial grade operation system
dedicated machine.
Each gateway should be provided with minimum ports:
);>Three other ports suppmt IEC 60870-5-104 for RCC & DCC.
The gateways shall support the following communication protocols:
);> IEC 60870-5-101
);> IEC 60870-5-104
);> IEC 60870-5-103
);> IEC 61850
);> DNP3
);> MODBUS
);> Any other protocol used in NECC & RCC for the communication with the gateway.
4.6. Printers
High-speed colour laser printer shall be provided for repotts printing can be accessed by any
of the workstations.
A printout of each display shall be possible on the hard copy printer.
5. Functional Requirements
5.1. User access levels
To minimize the risk, which might be caused by unauthorized access, the system must be
password protected. Different groups of users with different authorities shall be definable, e.g.
for monitoring only, for monitoring and control, for configuration, or for supervision.
The access rights shall be defmed by passwords assigned during the log-in procedure. Only
the system administrator shall be able to add/remove users and change access rights.
For more Security, it is also recommended to make access by hardware dongle.
The medium-voltage equipment within the substation shall be operated fi·om different places:
One selector switch should be provided and installed on the 22 KV cubicle with
Local/Remote to allow the control for 22 KV cubicle or HMI.
M. V switchgear
Feeder manager device
Operation workstation (HMI)
Operation shall be only possible from one control level at a time. The priority shall always be
on the lowest enabled control level.
It shall be possible to open the selected Circuit Breaker with a push button in case of
emergency.
The operation level having currently the proper authority to control the switchgear in addition
the transformer facilities such as (tap changer and cooling fans ... .etc.) shall be indicated at the
HMI screen and the control centre. A change in control authority shall be logged in the event
list.
The HMI Should also have an option of Synchrocheck By-Pass and indication for
Synchrocheck selection switch (Auto/ Manual)
5.6. Interlocking
A comprehensive interlocking system shall be provided.
The interlocking scheme shall be implemented locally in the IEDs, and also centrally in the
station controller.
Station wide interlocking shall be done using IEC 61850 mechanisms between the IEDs.
The station wide interlocking shall also be available when the station computer fails.
HMI Page for interlocking table is required and interlock reason display for each equipment
interlock
-MW
- MVAR
-MVA
- MWH
-MVARH
- Frequency
- Power Factor
-Transfmmer oil temperature
-Transformer windings temperature
- SF6 status for CB compatiment
- SF6 status for GIS compartment.
- Volt should be recorded in case of± 10% voltage level.
5.13. Reporting
The system shall supp01t creating and printing user-defmed reports.
The layout shall be user defmed; a print preview shall ease the design. Printing of pre-defmed
repmts can be initiated by events, time schedules, or by the operator.
6.2. Interoperability
The system shall support interoperability between the IEDs from different suppliers, by
supporting the following:
The devices shall be connectable to the common protocol
The devices shall understand the information provided by other devices.
The devices shall perform together a common or joint function if applicable.
6.3. Expendability
The Supplied hardware and software shall have adequate hard disk and memory capacities
to satisfY their requirements, (i.e. the operating system, applications, data ... etc).
There shall be enough spare capacity left in the system as extension capacity for future use.
Hardware, Software systems and the data bases shall be sized to accommodate the current
size and 50% spare for future extensions (25% of which shall be equipped spare).
Each bidder shall state the maximum expendability of the offered system which shall be
easy expandable to its maximum extent, adding new software function or hardware
equipment or adding complete bay (even from third party) shall be possible through a well
defined procedures for which EETC trainees shall be trained.
6.4. Availability and Reliability
The Substation Automation System shall have a total availability of 99.98% (i.e. the ratio
of total time duration minus the actual outage duration to total time duration)
The system must provide a high MTBF (mean time between failure) and a low MTTR
(mean time to repair) rate.
The availability calculations should be included of all subsystems in well documented and
clearly described fotm.
To provide highest reliability, HMI and the gateways shall work completely independent
meaning retrieving the process data directly from the bay level devices. Additionally the
gateways shall be configured fully redundant to ensure full functionality.
6.5. Security
System shall provide the following security features:
Malware protection
Patch management
Security architecture
Security manual
Encryption
Any Input/output peripherals activities shall be recorded in non editable text file.
6.6. Perfonnance pammeters
The following parameters should be tested during the FAT & SAT of the SCS:
Retrieval of status or measurement to the HMI or gateway shall be less than 2 seconds for
66 KV part and less than 3 seconds for 22 KV patt
Control command shall be executed within 1 s from the HMI or gateway to the process for
66 KV patt and less than 1.5 s for the 22 KV part.
LAN redundancy latency shall be less than (1 ms).
Measurement accuracy for 66 KV shall be 0.25% for RMS current and voltage values
(including up to 101h harmonic) and more than 0.5% for active and reactive powers. For 22
KV feeders the accuracy ofRMS cunent shall be more than 1%.
Sequence of events should have one millisecond (1ms) resolution. (At least 200 events
during one week during communication failure).
Loss ofFeeder Manager power shouldn't result in the loss of stored events.
In case of sudden change in equipment status, system should provide scan by exception.
7. Configumtion Tools
The configuration of the station shall be made using the operation and engineering
workstation in the Windows 7 environment as minimum. The various functionalities shall
be customized by easy-to-use interactive configuration tools. The configuration shall
include the visual presentation of the object, adaptations needed in the process database,
and adaptations of the communication configuration data.
A portable Personal Computer (PC) as a service unit shall be provided for on-site
modifications of the control devices. This service unit shall be used for testing and
commissioning.
The PC- based service & engineering workstation system shall be used for the following
purposes:
- System configuration
- System testing
- Help functions
- Program documentation
- System commissioning
- Data base management
- Changing peripheral parameters
9. Guarantee
During guaranty period, the Contractor shall take continual actions to ensure the
guaranteed availability and shall make available all the necessary resources such as
specialist personnel, spare patts, tools, test devices etc. for replacement or repair of all
defective patts and shall have prime responsibility for keeping the system operational.
10. Testing
The Contractor shall submit test cettificates required to demonstrate that the equipment to
be supplied under this specification meets the electrical and mechanical duties required
herein and by the referenced codes and standards. The contactor shall submit test
procedures before testing to be reviewed I approved.
Contractor shall submit a complete test certificate for the same offered type of equipment
in addition to the certificate of automation system compliance with IEC 61850 protocol.
All data obtained from receiving, storage, maintenance, and testing of the equipment shall
be recorded and submitted to the Employer.
Test rep01ts shall include the following:
Summaty of the test
Date that testing was performed
Test procedure followed by reference number
Description and identification of the equipment tested
Test equipment used and due date of next calibration
Test results
Conclusions
Contractor shall perform the following tests and allow the authorized representatives of
Employer to witness them.
Actual End to End test shall be done between substation field and control centre
(NECC&CRCC)
)> Factory Acceptance Test (FAT):
The contractor should petform a combined FAT for SCS & protection.
Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) is a complete test of an integrated system at the
Contractor facility with functions, database, HMI, displays, protection relays, feeder
managers and logs.
IEC 61850 communication conformance and interoperability shall be met. The Contractor
shall comply fully with the logical nodes described in the standard for the devices where
they are required.
The manufactUrer shall submit the test procedures and test fonns for factory -acceptance
test which will be performed for the protection relays & Substation Automation System
components, and approved by the EETC prior to the start.
The manufacturer shall be able to show the test plan and rest result executed on the system
architecture similar to the one in the project.
The equipment shall be subjected to Contractor's routine shop tests in compliance with
requirements of applicable codes and standards and specified additional tests.
In addition, performance and functional tests for the supplied equipment shall be
conducted on a system basis to demonstrate that all functions are available & performance
is guaranteed.
Contractor shall notifY Employer at least 60 days in advance of such tests, trials, assembly
and nomination letter to EETC central project protection sector, giving the date and place
where such tests will be made, to permit three (3) EETC engineers to be present to witness
the factory tests at the place of manufacturer for a combined FAT for SCS & protection
(the same engineers to attend the FAT for SCS & protection).
The three (3) EETC engineers: one from central protection sector, one from central project
protection sector & one :fi·om electric zone.
13. Submittal
Soft and hard copies of all detailed drawings, calculations, test procedures, test reports, and
literature are pertaining to specified items. The submittals shall include but not limited to
the following:
~ Three sets of hard copy and four sets of CD ROM containing all the as built
documents/drawings should be provide