GE Advanced Software
GE Advanced Software
GE Advanced Software
Machine
Interfaces
Substation
Automation
Distribution
Automation
Communications
At GE Energy Services, our mission is to champion our
distribution operations.
PowerLink Advantage is a powerful and flexible tool that gives operators detailed and timely supervision and
control of all substation equipment, including intelligent electronic devices, with clear graphical, alarm and
dynamic text displays, plus power quality and digital fault event data. The historical and real-time databases are
excellent resources for analyzing events and generating reports critical to making more informed operating and
business decisions. With this impressive list of capabilities, you can avoid the typically required but bulky and
costly mimic panels and dedicated chart recorders used in substation installations.
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Chart Recorder Graphical User Interface
Replace all those paper, pen and ink charts in a substation or dispatch center! The Chart Recorder GUI,
based on the PowerLink, provides screens that look like real paper charts. It operates independently of
the energy management system to graphically display trend data and digital data archival, with full
redundancy as necessary. In historical mode, the system allows the operator to accurately examine and
analyze electrical disturbances from the archived data. The Chart Recorder GUI directly replaces
existing standalone chart recorders or local display of data on an operator’s desk.
Virtual Connection
Virtual Connection With a Virtual Connection you gain access to your meters, relays, and other substation devices
anytime, anyplace. Run configuration programs for targeted intelligent electronic devices, log into the
GE maintenance utility, or retrieve data for any attached IED in the substation just like you were
plugged right into it. This seemingly direct interface is called the Virtual Connection. With a Virtual
Connection you can locally or remotely communicate with any system IED through a single network
connection. Access is secure and easy to use.
Virtual Substation
Bring your substations on-line via your utility’s intranet. Any authorized user can access real-time,
trending and historical substation data at any time and from any place using a standard web browser
on a PC. With one-line displays and powerful graphics, users can view substation operations and
maintenance information such as the condition of transformers, breakers and relays, line status, and
fault and SOE records. This secure interface runs on a high performance server that features robust
Virtual Substation
system-management tools for enterprise scalability, reliability and responsiveness.
changes due to LV transformer tapping. Automatic control can be switched out remotely to allow manual
transformer control whenever needed. “Our system employs the
Calculator application to
Calculator create and supply to our
This convenient soft logic utility can perform applications such as substation level interlocking, feeder EMS master a single
interlocking, and converting digital inputs to control outputs for driving a map board. Program the system to
control analog inputs and outputs and digital inputs and outputs based on the result of configured Trip/Close pseudo control
mathematical and logical expressions. Create expressions using a library of constants, operators and point for substation IEDs that
references to system database points, as well as comparison operators, logic operators, logic bit operators, do not normally provide the
math operators, sign operators and expression delimiters.
OPEN and CLOSE command
Several visual simulation tools allow you to test and troubleshoot your
projects before downloading to the final GE automation platform. Discover
how easily you can automate key station functions such as voltage control,
Transformer with delayed breaker reclosing, load tap changer control, auto source transfer and
Load Tap Changer transformer monitoring. No more writing code or installing costly hardwired
programmable logic controllers!
“A recent GE Energy Services analysis revealed that the fiscal justification of feeder complex distribution
automation can put $US1.9 million annually back into the utility’s pocket!” network, and identifies
faults 60% faster than the
ANNUALIZED ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF FEEDER AUTOMATION original system. The system
$ 2,000 presents faults and network
Penalties Averted ($US1,819,980)
$ 1,600 interconnections to
thousands of $US
Reduced O & M ($US1,272,000)
Fault Location Cost Reduction ($US42,750) $ 1,200 dispatchers on graphical
Energy Loss Reduction ($US11,910) user interface displays.”
$ 800
Deferred Investment ($US10,000)
Increased Revenues ($US8,433) $ 400 TXU,
BENEFITS Texas, USA
$0
COSTS Annual O & M for feeder SCADA ($US178,080) $ 400
Feeder SCADA Capital Cost ($US984,741)
$ 800
System and product specifications subject to change without notice. Typical benefits and cost reductions are estimates only.
Actual results may vary depending on customer specific systems.
Auto-Sectionalizing
Auto-sectionalizing is proven to reduce your outage frequency rate. The scheme works automatically to isolate
faults on distribution circuits and keep the lights on for as many customers as possible. When there is a load side
fault, the feeder IEDs, located at motor-operated switches up to ten miles apart along a distribution network, will
immediately detect and locate the over current, and automatically open the necessary sectionalizing switches to
isolate the faulted section of the feeder, and try and correct the fault. Since this application resides on the feeder
IED, the auto-sectionalizing acts with or without communication with the master station, and it can be
implemented at new or existing switches. Utility field data demonstrates that auto-sectionalizing adds more than
four months to Sustained Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) performance. This application is a
migration path to our auto-restoration application which targets reduced outage duration.
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Auto-Restoration
Ideal for large commercial or industrial facilities that rely on a constant power supply, our auto-
restoration scheme can reduce outages to less than a minute. This patented load transfer scheme
automatically locates and isolates faults on a feeder, qualifies the ability to restore load based on
substation and feeder data then quickly restores power to unfaulted sections by supplying power from
another source. System operators are kept informed of switch operations. Auto-restoration supports
multiple seasons, modes of operation, circuit groups and complex feeder topologies.
Fault Localization
Locate and isolate faults in seconds – not hours – and greatly reduce customer outage times! The Fault
Localization application is a fully configurable software package that provides fault detection, location
and graphical animation information within a GE system. In a typical system, the Fault Localization
application will query information retrieved from remote GE feeder IEDs concerning fault detection to
determine the state of a particular power distribution network. The application maintains an updated
state of the entire distribution network; this allows the information to be accessed by a user through a
graphical user interface to visually determine the condition of the distribution network.
Standards-Based Protocols
Industry standard protocols are our standard. Using industry standard technology gives you the flexibility to adapt to changing
and growing business needs.
Internet Protocols
The Internet Protocol (IP) suite over Ethernet is an inexpensive and widely available approach to achieving an open local area
network within your substation. Choosing the almost universally used IP suite facilitates the integration of substation protection
and control, and real-time and historical data with the utility’s existing applications for the storage and analysis of data across
the enterprise. The open LAN solution provides improved operational efficiency through fast, dependable, retrieval of data over
the network.
GE Energy Services offers further reliability by including dual redundant LAN interfaces as a standard option on all our integrated
Substation Control Systems. Our implementation includes TCP, IP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, TFTP, BOOTP, PPP and Telnet. In today’s
quickly changing environment, GE’s open LAN solution provides a flexible migration path for future expansions and upgrades.
DNP3
The Distributed Network Protocol (DNP) offers the flexibility and functionality that goes well beyond other utility communication
protocols. Developed by GE Energy Services in the early 1990s, and now under the control and stewardship of an independent
users group, DNP3 has been adopted by hundreds of utilities around the world, is implemented by over 200 vendors, and is
an IEEE® recommended practice (RP-1379) for intelligent electronic device communications. DNP3 is an effective and reliable
protocol for a wide range of communications media, including over serial or LAN/WAN. GE Energy Services continues to
contribute to the DNP Technical Committee to ensure our leadership in implementing new features as they are developed.
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IEC 60870-5
The IEC® 60870-5 suite of protocols is being used around the world for communications from master station to substation, as
well as within the substation. GE Energy Services supports a comprehensive set of applications and a superior implementation
of the functions that this international standard protocol suite provides, including:
• IEC® 60870-5-101 Telecontrol (controlling or controlled station)
• IEC® 60870-5 FT1.2 Balanced and unbalanced mode (data link layer)
• IEC® 60870-5-103 Protection equipment (controlling station)
• IEC® 60870-5-104 LAN/WAN access
GE Energy Services remains in touch with changes to the IEC® 60870-5 standards, implementing amendments and users group
conventions as they are issued.
UCA™ 2.0
GE Energy Services was one of the first suppliers to demonstrate a Utility Communications Architecture (UCA™) implementation
and continues to be a leading contributor to the development and demonstration of this protocol suite. GE Energy Services is a
national representative on the committees developing IEC® 61850, the international standard version of UCA™ 2.0. Our
implementations include both IP and OSI versions of the protocol suite and support a wide variety of object models to ensure
interoperability as the protocol matures. Our soon to be released UCA™ data-processing application will include support for the
Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP, also known as TASE.2 or IEC® 60870-6).
Communication Interfaces
Communications are the backbone of your SCADA system. All GE systems operate effectively within all communications
networks to reliably transmit and receive data when needed as needed.
“Tacoma Power has
• Leased-line telephone • Dial-up telephone • Licensed/unlicensed UHF/VHF upgraded D200 and
• Packet Switching Network • CDPD (cellular digital packet data) • Analog cellular
D25 based Ethernet LANs
• Satellite • Power line carrier • Ethernet LAN/WAN
• Wireless in transmission and
distribution substations to
Master Station/Host Protocols a company-wide SCADA
We provide the communications gateway from your central station to the rest of your transmission and distribution network. WAN. The WAN, which
ABB Indactic 33/41 (16-bit)
®
Conitel C2100M Pert 26/31 enables remote access to
ABB® Indactic 35 Conitel C3000 PG&E® (Rev. 11)
all substation IEDs through
ABB® Systems Control SC1801 Datap DCP-1 QEI
ADLP-180 ESCA/WELCO Rockwell® a Virtual Connection from
AMTRAK™ SDLC Ferranti® Mark IIA SANGAMO
anywhere in the utility,
Allen-Bradley® ANSI® X3.28 Ferranti® TRW 9550 SCADA Consultants (Sensa)
ASW Ferranti® TRW S9000 SES®-91 helps us improve
BBC 7200 Ferranti® Vancomm SES®-92
operational efficiency
Boeing™ BETAC/GETAC® 7020 GETAC® 7020 Siemens® Sinaut® 8FW-1024 (DPDM)
CDC® 44-500 Type I GETAC® 7020 LP Siemens® Sinaut® 8FW-512 (PCM) and increase system
CDC® 44-550 Type II Georgia Power Company Telegyr® TG809
reliability by efficiently
Cegelec® HNZ Harris® HR5000 Valmet® TEJAS V
Conitel C0300 Harris® HR6000/XA-21 Valmet® TEJAS III transferring information to
Conitel C0200 Harris® Micro II Westinghouse® REDAC 70H operations staff.”
Conitel C2000 Landis & Gyr® 8979 Westinghouse® WESDAC 4F
Conitel C2020 Megadata MD3000 Westinghouse® WISP+
Conitel C2025 Modbus® (RTU & ASCII modes) Tacoma Power Company,
Conitel C2100H MPS 9000 Washington, USA
Submaster
Communicate reliably with legacy remote units and systems.
ABB®Indactic 33 Ferranti® Vancomm Megadata MD3000
ABB®Systems Control 1801 Landis & Gyr® 8979 Modbus® (RTU & ASCII modes)
CDC® Type II Harris® HR6000 Rockwell®
Cegelec® HNZ Harris® Micro II Siemens® Sinaut® 8FW-512 (PCM)
IED Interfaces
GE Energy Services excels in concentrating data to/from intelligent electronic devices from many manufacturers using
industry standard or proprietary protocols. Extend your monitoring and control abilities by reaching out to the remote
devices at the outer limits of your transmission and distribution system.
ABB® Power T&D Foxboro Process Systems Inc.
ABB® Systems Control – GE Fanuc Reinhausen™
Advanced Control Systems GE Industrial RFL Electronics
Allen-Bradley® Alstom™ GE Power Management Rochester Instruments
APT Power Technologies GE Syprotec Schlumberger®
Arga Controls GPI Mexicana Alta Tech. Schweitzer Engineering
Basler® Electric H&L Instruments Laboratories (SEL®)
Beckwith® Electric® Hathaway Automation Technologies Scientific Columbus®
Bitronics® Inc Itron® Inc. Second Wind®
Cellnet® Data Systems Landis & Gyr® Siemens® Energy & Automation
Cooper Power Systems® Mehta Tech U.S. Power
Electro Industries Modicon® The Valley Group
Energyline® Systems Nu-Lec Group VA Tech™
Envic Ontario Hydro Valmet® Automation
Fluke® Power Measurement Ltd.