Utilizing IEC 61850 for a Power Management System of an Offshore Platform: Copyright Material IEEE, Paper No. PCIC-2017-34

摘要

Second only to safety, the most critical aspect related to electrical power on an offshore platform is reliability. Reliability can be broken down into three subcategories; availability, stability, and quality. Availability mainly pertains to the status of the primary equipment. Stability is achieved by having an effective Power Management System (PMS) to regulate voltage and frequency even during abnormal conditions (e.g. the sudden trip of a generator). Quality is a diverse topic, but the fundamental point is that the power delivered must be suitable for the loads and continuously monitored. By optimizing each of these subcategories, the reliability of the electrical power is maximized. This paper will cover technical details related to design and testing of an offshore platform PMS which uses many of the benefits of the IEC 61850 Standard, including Generic Object Oriented Substation Event (GOOSE) messaging between Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) and controllers to achieve fast power-based load shedding and load inhibition in a real application.