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Get a Better Picture of Your Changing Electrical Network Renewable generation, energy storage, plug-in electric vehicles, interconnects, and increasing demand are just some of the challenges grid owners face today. These challenges require increased flexibility and new measurement technology to improve grid control and asset use. The Grid Automation System helps utility companies and utility suppliers with the intelligent grid information they need now and in the future as new problems emerge. Lower the Cost of Grid Information The Grid Automation System is a customizable intelligent electronic device designed to simplify substation monitoring and upgrades while improving measurement visibility. This approach to grid instrumentation uses a common set of hardware with software-designed measurements and communication protocols. With this approach, the Grid Automation System can deliver new measurements to operators and power system engineers while integrating with existing systems. Additionally, the software-based measurements can be upgraded in the future as standards, research, and needs evolve. ni.com/gridautomation 3
Get Better Information
Decisions from the control room that rely on information gathered from the grid are
limited by the capabilities of deployed instrumentation. With the Grid Automation System,
capabilities can change as the needs of the grid change. Full access to the streaming
waveform data is available for inline processing, online monitoring, and storage on the
device. You can program the Grid Automation System to intelligently select which data to
monitor, store, or transmit to reduce storage and bandwidth requirements. The analog
input channels that are designed for potential transformer and current transformer inputs
use high-speed, high-resolution converters that sample at up to 1,000 samples per cycle
with 24 bits of resolution. The quality of this system goes beyond the specifications
because NI has nearly 40 years of experience in measurement instrumentation.
Get the measurements you
want with a customizable,
software designed
instrument.
Simplify Your Upgrade Plan
Using a hybrid, customizable device like the Grid Automation System can help simplify the
transition between technologies by bridging your existing setup with new technology and
minimizing the need for excess equipment. For example, the Grid Automation System
programmed as a remote terminal unit can collect data from slave devices communicating
over one protocol and output to the SCADA/EMS system over another. This prevents
upgrading more equipment than needed and allows power engineers to selectively
replace systems that are legacy or outdated.
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Solve Your Problems You can use the Grid Automation System as a ready-to-run device with a default personality, a ready-to-program “clean slate,” or anything in between. This is possible because of the open approach to software. NI applications feature code that is freely available for modification with a current version of LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite installed on a development machine. If you need a ready-to-run personality without the development, NI and NI Alliance Partners deliver turnkey solutions designed to contract specifications. Contact NI today to learn more about these solutions. ni.com/gridautomation 5
Hardware Specifications Voltage Input Channels 8 (2-bus configuration) ADC Spec 24-bit, 50,000/sec/channel Input Range 0-250 VRMS nominal, 500V pk. Thermal Withstand 500 VRMS (continuous), 600 VRMS (10 seconds) Current Input Channels 8 (2-bus configuration) ADC Spec 24-bit, 50,000/sec/channel Input Range 0-20 ARMS (continuous), 100 ARMS (10 Seconds) Thermal Withstand 500 ARMS (1 sec), 1250 ARMS (1 cycle) Binary Input Channels 8 Input Range 0 – 250 VDC Crossing Threshold Ratiometric. Set at (2/3) * VDC Input GPS, Power, Processing & Comm. GPS Type-F connector, 5V supply for antenna Power Input Universal: 110-300 VDC, 100-240 VAC 50/60Hz Comm. Ports Dual ENET (1x Fiber, 1x Copper) Comm. Protocols Software Defined: DNP3, 61850, EN 60870, C37.118, Modbus Core Processor 667 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 Processor Co-Processor (FPGA) Xilinx Artix-7 Standards Testing The NI Grid Automation System was designed and tested to EMC standards such as IEC 61000- 4-X and C37.90.X. See the hardware manual online for the full list. ni.com/gridautomation 6
Software Specifications The Grid Automation System is shipped with phasor measurement unit capability that makes the system ready to install/commission as a PMU out of the box. The software code for this personality is available from NI for modification. PMU Software Features (inclusive of HW capabilities) C37.118.1a-2014 Compliant TVE < 1% GPS time synchronization to within ±100ns Power measurements – RMS, P, Q, S, PF Symmetrical Components - Positive, Negative, and Zero Sequence Digital reporting Up to 1 frame/cycle reporting rate 2-bus configuration (single reference frequency) The Grid Automation System PMU software uses a web-based configuration utility. For non-web configuration and multidevice commissioning, a standard format JSON file is used for all device settings. You can configure this file offline and then transfer it to the device. ni.com/gridautomation 7
NI Technology for Grid Measurements
NI CompactRIO
The core technology of the Grid Automation System is a CompactRIO reconfigurable
embedded control and acquisition system from NI. CompactRIO systems combine
advanced processing components with modular input/output circuitry to help embedded
designers build intelligent control or measurement systems. NI and third-party companies
offer more than 200 input/output modules to connect CompactRIO to a variety of sensors,
signals, actuators, and networks.
For over 10 years, CompactRIO
has reliably served a variety of
industries for measurement and
control.
Processing and Controller Specifications
Core Processor 667 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9
Co-Processor (FPGA) Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA Fabric
Operating System NI Linux Real-Time (open source, email license@ni.com)
Storage 1 GB (nonvolatile)
Memory 512 MB DDR3 RAM
Supported Development Languages LabVIEW, C, C++, Linux-supported scripting languages
(processor)
Supported Development Languages LabVIEW
(FPGA)
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NI Technology in Action
National Grid UK Improves Operational Data
National Grid UK, the transmission system operator for nearly 20 million people in the UK,
is deploying an advanced, upgradable grid measurement system to provide better
operational data for the state of the UK grid. With the challenges of today and the
unforeseen challenges of the future, National Grid UK is focusing on developing a flexible
solution that can be upgraded with new software as the measurement needs of the grid
and amount of data available evolve.
National Grid UK built a solution
using CompactRIO to manage
data visibility issues now and in
the future.
The Solution
National Grid UK selected the NI platform to develop a flexible, powerful, and connected
measurement system capable of gathering and analyzing large amounts of data to better
detect grid-wide trends. Compared to its existing infrastructure, implementing a smarter,
more connected system allows National Grid UK to manage change, optimize energy
sources, and plan for the future grid. The new system also takes advantage of the high-
processing power of CompactRIO to offer grid-wide visibility while providing more in-
depth data then the previous system.
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NI Technology in Action
LocalGrid Increases Reliability & Security with MicroGrids
LocalGrid Technologies, a spin-off of National Instruments Alliance Partner Prolucid
Technologies Inc., along with National Instruments, is leading the development of “smart”
distributed power generation and MicroGrids. Changing to a decentralized approach to
power management enables distributed generation by making renewable energy available
that is either utility or state owned, or available through feed-in-tariff (FIT) programs.
Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited (Toronto Hydro) has been a participant in this
project. Toronto Hydro is one of the largest municipal electricity distribution companies in
Canada and has approximately 1,600 feeder lines and 719,000 customers, according to
their website. Making the most effective use of multiple generation sources requires a
dynamic and flexible distribution grid. This is a key driver for grid modernization. Toronto
Hydro hopes to use intelligent monitoring and control to help overcome many restrictions,
and the Intelligent Node Project with LocalGrid is their first effort in this important area.
“We standardized our design on the CompactRIO
platform because it is a highly modular off-the-
shelf, software-designed controller that provides
us the I/O and processing flexibility we need.”
-Bob Leigh, CEO LocalGrid Technologies
The Solution
Using the NI cRIO-9068 controller and LocalGrid DataFabric software built on the NI
LabVIEW platform, utilities and power providers can now quickly and cost-effectively
deploy MicroGrid solutions that are modular and standards based so they can be
easily customized for future growth and expansion. This solution enables secure and high-
resolution communications over existing and low-bandwidth networks seamlessly, and
can be used to manage distributed grid assets, develop better network “stress” insight,
and optimize generation dispatch.
ni.com/gridautomation 10NI Tools for Grid Measurements LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite • Power and Energy Calculations (IEC 61000-4-30) • Unbalance (IEC 61000-4-30) • Flicker (IEC 61000-4-15) • Event detection and aggregation (IEC 61000-4-30) • Harmonic Analysis (IEC 61000-4-7) • Phasor Measurements (C37.118.1a-2014 PMU) • COMTRADE File Format • Protection Curves (50, 51,27, 59, and custom) LabVIEW Programmable NI Linux Real-Time Protocols • Integrate applications from the Linux • DNP3 community • IEC 61850 (MMS, GOOSE) • Run compatible scripting code • IEC 60870-5 • Open source code available from • C37.118.1-2011 (PMU) license@ni.com C/C++ Code Integration • Run C code, LabVIEW, or both on the core processor • Use Eclipse, or preferred IDE, to develop, debug and deploy to device ni.com/gridautomation 11
About NI
Four Decades of Progress
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the most challenging questions. Through these pursuits, NI customers have brought
hundreds of thousands of products to market, overcome innumerable technological
roadblocks, and engineered a better life for us all. If you can turn it on, connect it, drive it,
or launch it, chances are NI technology helped make it happen.
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