Modular Substation Automation Systems

GE’s Integrated Protection and Control Modular Automation System is a pre-engineered, pre-packaged and pre-tested system that is:

• Designed using GE’s modular Multilin UR and UR^Plus relays connected with Multilin HardFiber Bricks.
• A communication architecture built on industry leading MultiLink Ethernet switches that can deliver higher network availability, redundancy with Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) and high throughput.
• An automation System built on GE’s cyber secure Multilin D400 gateway delivering IED station bus integration with capabilities to integrate the substation to an enterprise Energy Management or Distribution Management System.
• Cyber security compliant across the entire system design.

• Reduced engineering, testing and maintenance requirements with highly reliable and virtualized P&C schemes
• Increased network communications reliability with built in redundancy and abstracted communication technology in the P&C system
• Advanced cyber security automation complying to NERC® CIP standards and providing advanced substation interlocking and alarm systems
• Improved situational awareness through the advanced Human Machine Interface (HMI)
• Up to 30% reduction in engineering resources, up to 70% reduction in design and construction resources and up to a 40% reduction in project cycle time.

GE’s Integrated Automation System provides the next generation substation system with a pre-designed, pre-packaged and pre-tested automation system designed for transmission and distribution-type applications in new substation builds and retrofit projects.

Built on industry leading gateways, RTUs and communication products, the Integrated Automation System provides:

• A highly available and reliable network for connecting substation IEDs using MultiLink Ethernet switches.
• Automation gateways that can integrate modern IEDs to legacy IEDs to electromechanical devices for collecting both operational and non operational data.
• Flexible and secure WAN communications utilizing GE’s MDS industrial wireless devices and Lentronics JungleMUX Multiplexers for SCADA EMS integration as well as teleprotection applications.
• A modern HMI which delivers real time view and control of the substation and IT assets complying to IEC 61850 and other standards.

• Improved service restoration
• Enhanced network visibility and control
• Secure and highly available communications network with PRP support that is simple and easy to configure
• Pre-configured to accommodate legacy systems
• Simplified system alarms and complex substation interlocking throughout the system
• Compliant NERC CIP architecture

Approximately 30% of global transmission and distribution systems around the globe have been automated utilizing a variety of GE technology, allowing customers to capitalize on GE’s deep domain knowledge in systems resulting in accelerated implementations and cost savings.

GE's Modular Protection and Control System provides a flexible and fully integrated modular solution set comprised of engineering, design, manufacturing assembly, wiring, testing and commissioning support for protection and control of power system applications. The system is built on an advanced GE product base and features seamless integration with legacy and multi-vendor devices and systems.

For more information on GE’s modular Protection and Control system, visit the Packaged Solutions webpage.

Based on years of experience and several deployments across multiple applications and industries, GE has developed a Professional Services Process that allows us to partner with our customers for successful grid automation project implementations.

GE’s Professional Services Process is an approach based on a common set of building blocks, utilized and tailored for each customer’s unique systems requirements. It is a comprehensive process designed to be application-specific.