Tutorial 6
26 Nov 2025, 13:30 - 16:30 | MR110B
"IEC61850, Process Bus and Digital Substation: Concepts and Real-Time Simulation Testing"
Synopsis
IEC 61850 is the international Protection, Automation, and Control Systems (PACS) standard. The scope of IEC 61850 implementation continues to grow in a wide range of areas, including protection, automation, system control and data acquisition (SCADA), metering, and condition monitoring. IEC 61850 is considered an enabler for meeting power system challenges because it provides a standardised framework for communication and automation in electrical substations and power systems. It supports interoperability between devices from different manufacturers, enabling seamless integration and efficient operation. Flexibility, efficiency, scalability and cost effectiveness are the key features that make the IEC an enabler in the energy transition race. Those capabilities help utilities and operators meet the demands of modern power systems, including increased energy consumption, environmental concerns, and the need for rapid technological advancements. The IEC 61850 is revolutionising the industry by introducing the concept of a Process Bus and enabling the Digital Substation.
Francisco M. Gonzalez-Longatt
Founder and leader of the DIgEnSys-Lab
Speaker
Francisco M. Gonzalez-Longatt is currently a professor in electrical power engineering and Founder and leader of the DIgEnSys-Lab (Digital Energy Systems Laboratory) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Cybernetics, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Norway. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Electrical Power Systems at Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering and a member of the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) at Loughborough University, UK. Also, he is Chief Scientist & Co-Founder of the engineering and energy consultancy services company fglongatt LTD https://fglongatt.com/.
His main area of interest is empowering energy systems' secure and resilient operation by taking advantage of digital technologies. His research is or has been supported by the Royal Society, British Council, UK India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) -UK and USN in Norway. He is the author or editor of several books (Spanish and English). He has written 30+ book chapters, 60+ journal and magazine papers and 100+ conference papers. His work has over 5.6k+ citations, and his h-index is 33 (August 2023), according to Google Scholar. He has been an invited professor in several MSc programs worldwide, UNSA (Peru), UPS (Ecuador), the Master on Renewables at the University of Seville, Spain, Master of Renewable at University Carlos III Madrid, Spain, University of Seville, Spain, etc. He has supervised +100 BSc projects, +50 MSc theses, +10 PhD students and an assessor of +50 PhD theses worldwide. He received the Outstanding Engineer Award 2022. IEEE UK and Ireland PES Chapter in 2022.