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Virtualization of protection and control – what does it mean?

Before virtualization What is virtualization? After virtualization

The term virtualization broadly describes the

separation of a resource or request for a service
from the underlying physical delivery of that
service

Technology is not new – well proven and widely

used - Only thing changing now is the fact that
virtualization platforms can guarantee real-time
performance

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From a conventional to a
centralized and virtualized approach
Increasing penetration of Distributed Energy resources (DERs) is making
electric power system increasingly complex but more flexible and dynamic.

Protection and control of power systems is essential for interconnection of

utility and DERs thereby assuring dependable and secure delivery of
electricity to consumers.

Centralization and Virtualization help attain adaptability and enhanced

flexibility.

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From a conventional to a
centralized and virtualized approach

ADMS / DCS / SCADA ADMS / DCS / SCADA

Station HMI RTU Virtualized protection system

Protection relays Merging units

Conventional protection and Virtualized protection

control and control

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High Performance with Workload Consolidation / Standardization
Running real-time (e.g. Protection) and non-real-time (e.g. SCADA) workloads together

Identical latency between bare metal and VMware hypervisor configured for low-latency performance

1 Virtual Machine 2 Virtual Machines 3 Virtual Machines

bare metal with ESXi hypervisor

• Histograms above show time added by hypervisor (measurements with Cyclictest)

• VMware enables real-time performance with a simple GUI selection
• VMs are isolated - real-time workloads can run adjacent to non-real-time on the same host
• Keeping maximum hypervisor latency under 120µs
• Long-duration tests (30, 60, 180 days) are continuously being performed
 Emergence of Bi-Directional Grid
Modernization of power grid is critical for meeting Sustainability Goals

Energy Demand Quadruple's

Microgrid’s

Solar Farm
Data Center’s

Rooftop &
Wind Farm Parking lot Solar

Power Storage
Grid Scale
Power
Storage
Electric Cars

Net Zero 2050

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 Utility Driven Innovation
Collaborate, Innovate and Accelerate
Strategy to Accelerate Intelligent Edge Adoption in Power Sector

Collaborate, Innovate and Accelerate

▪ Applying virtualization technologies for transformation
▪ Driving Collaboration and Innovation
- Devices - Consolidating devices, enhancing security and manageability
- Networking - Integrating HSR/PRP and SRIOV
- AI - Enabling self learning advance control systems
▪ Accelerating ecosystem to deliver next generation solutions

Network and Edge Business Unit 10

Software-Defined Protection & Control System
for Utilities
Enhence Reliability, Safety, Security, Manageability and Edge Analytics
Substation in 2020 Future Substation
IED
IED
Rugged Servers
IED
(IEC – 61850 – 3 class 2
IED
& ANSI 1613)
IED
Firewall
Security
Router

Partition Isolation Encapsulation Hardware Independence

Standardize Hardware Platform Improve Reliability, Safety and Security Reduce Capital Investment Reduce Operation and Maintenance Cost

50% Reduction in Devices 76% Reduction in O&M Cost

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 Virtualization over “zero loss” networks for RT control
IEC 61850 Network
SMV
Disaggregation
of intelligent GOOSE
SSC600 SW (Control & Protection)
algorithms from HSR/PRP Networks ECU-1522 HSR/PRP Ethernet Adapter
remote equipment ✓ 2 x 10/100/1000M & fiber SFP
Standard Ethernet ✓ PCI Express
enabled by
Edge Compute Stack
real-time network
Network A

EKI-9926
Ethernet
Switches
ECU-579 Substation Server
✓ Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family
✓ Up to 24 cores
✓ 4 x PCIe + 1 x ECUP IO slots
Network B ✓ Hot-swappable redundant storage, power & fans

ABB SMU615 Merging Unit

✓ Simplicity with no excess functions included
✓ Easy-to-use web browser-based HMI

End-to-end substation hardware certification

 vPAC Alliance – Founding members
enhance Reliability, SAFETY, Security, manageability and Add Edge Analytics

Network and Edge Business Unit 13

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Centralized protection and control
Two options

Smart Substation Control Smart Substation Control

and Protection SSC600 SW and Protection SSC600

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What is the difference?

Smart Substation Control and Protection SSC600 Smart Substation Control and Protection
SSC600 SW

All-in-one turnkey Centralized Future-proof Hardware Centralized Future-proof

solution functions and flexible independent functions and flexible

• Type-tested hardware • Centralized PAC functionality • According to • Freely select • Same protection • According to
and software • Extensive application coverage international standards commercial off-the- and control international standards
• Advanced protection shelf hardware functionality as the
• ABB’s warranty • Compatible with open-
capability turnkey solution
and global support source and commercial
• Station-wide single line
diagram vendors for the virtual
• Centralized fault and machine layer
disturbance recording

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Components of virtualized
protection and control

Hardware of your Virtual machine

choice environment

SSC600 SW Connectivity
 Software-Defined
Software-Defined Solutions
Solutions for for
the Power Grid
Management and operations from Data Center to Primary and Secondary Substations
the Power Grid
Management and operations from Data Center to Primary and Secondary Substations
Enterprise Edge
Management
Central Primary Substation Workloads
WAN
Workloads
Automation Asset Real-time
Grid Cyber vFire-wall vPAC
Device Edge & Control Mgmt Apps
Aria Ops Security
Operations Secondary Substation
Wide Area
Workloads Data
ADMS SCADA vPAC
Mgmt ... Analysis

Data Lake
Aria Analysis
Data Mgmt TKG Workload Physical Cyber
Collection vPAC
Log Insight AI/ML Service Cluster Security Security

VM and Container Runtime Container Runtime (+RT) VM and Container Runtime

(+RT) (+RT)

VMware Cloud Foundation VMware Edge Compute Stack VMware Edge Compute Stack

Intrinsic Security and Lifecycle Management

Data Center/Control Room Substation (IEC 61850-3 hardware)

 Next Generation Substation Automation &
Control System Architecture

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 Protection AND Control Virtualization
enhance Reliability, Safety, Security, Manageability AND Edge Analytics

Current Architecture New Architecture using virtualization

Edge Server

Edge Server

Edge Server

Data Data vIED

Electrical Systems
IED Merging Unit Merging Unit
Control Control Control

Message Switch
vIED
Time Sync
IED Protection
TS

Data Data vIED

IED Merging Unit Merging Unit
Busbar
Control Control
Security

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 Protection & Control Digitalization using
Virtualization Technology
Protection Control Work Loads
Linear Protection Virtualization Software

Distance Protection Real-Time Virtualization Software

Differential Protection

IEC 61850 – 3 Class 2

Feeder Protection OT Applications
Transformer Protection High Voltage Protection & Control
Motor Protection Medium Voltage Protection & Control
Fault Analysis and Classification
Generation Protection
Event Correlation
Bus Protection
Advance Restoration Schemes
CapBank Protection
Analytics using ML
Advanced Restoration Schemes IT Applications
Fault Type Classifications
vFirewall, vRouter, vSwitch, Log Analysis, Security
Event Correlation

Network and Edge Business Unit 22

 Benefits of Software-Defined automation &
Control System for utilities
enhance Reliability, SAFETY, Security, manageability and Edge Analytics

Benefits for Utilities Benefits for OEMs

Standardize the Hardware Platform Reduce Development Cost
Improve Reliability, Safety and Security Accelerate Time to Market
Reduce Capital Investment Increase Profitability
Reduce Operation and Maintenance Cost Increase Revenue from Software and Services

Scale
Educate Awareness Transform
Driving ecosystem
Teaching and leading Challenging current Starting a change
through working
customer to Intel’s assumptions & reframe reaction through POC &
Group’s, thought
strength thinking Pilots
leadership, ISB Events

Network and Edge Business Unit 23

 Purpose-Built Substation Solutions

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HSR/PRP Industrial
Fan-less Servers Scalable Servers
Ethernet Adapters Ethernet Switches

ECU-4784 ECU-579 ECU-1522 EKI-9926G

• Up to 6 Xeon Cores (Coffee Lake) • Up to 24 Xeon Cores • 2x HSR/PRP Gigabit SFP ports • 20 x Gigabit SFP + 6 x Gigabit RJ-45 ports
• Virtualization-ready • Virtualization-ready • 1x RJ-45 10/100/1000M • 1U wide temp rack mount
• 2U wide temp. rack mount • 2U wide temp. rackmount • Low profile PCI Express • Redundant power
• 8 x GbE &10 x Isolated Serial Ports • GbE &10 x Isolated Serial Ports • IEEE 1588 Packet Timing • Security: 802.1x, HTTPS, SSH and SNMPv3
• 2 x IO cards, including HSR/PRP • 2 x IO cards • Extended temp. range • Management: SNMP, WEB, Telnet, Std. MIB
• Redundant power supplies • Redundant power supplies
• Redundant, hot-pluggable fans