Communication requirements for future secondary substations to enable DSO functions

Ghanem, Kinan and Abdulhadi, Ibrahim and Kazerooni, Ali and McGookin, Chris (2020) Communication requirements for future secondary substations to enable DSO functions. In: CIRED Workshop 2020, 2020-09-22 - 2020-09-23.

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Abstract

Reliable and scalable communication technologies are required to securely integrate and utilise the flexibility offered by different smart grid solutions. Smart secondary substations can play a critical role in enabling the flexibility services for the DSO with more monitoring and control functions being deployed at these substations. However, there are a number of challenges associated with the deployment and integration of communications to enable future DSO functions. This paper defines the key requirements for future secondary substation communications and provides a number of recommendations to address future operator needs. A case study related to the deployment of a Smart Transformer for better utilisation of network assets and voltage regulation is presented to illustrate the applicability of aforementioned requirements.

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Ghanem, Kinan, Abdulhadi, Ibrahim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3657-8379, Kazerooni, Ali and McGookin, Chris;
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