Performance of R & D

The general direction of the Innovation Development Program for 2016–2020 with a perspective up to 2025, is the performance of R & D activities (development of breakthrough technologies for creating fundamentally new methods and methods, as well as applied topics towards improving the existing technologies and products).

R & D results obtained in 2018
Seq No. R & D Technical result
The transition to digital substations of different voltage classes
1. Development of IEC 61850 standard profilesIEC-61850 – is the standard of the International Electrotechnical Commission 'Communication Networks and Systems at Substations,' describing data flow formats, types of information, rules for describing power facility elements and a set of rules for organizing an event-based data transfer protocol. for devices and cabinets of relay protection devices and automatic process control systems ensuring their interchangeability.

There were worked out the following:

  • requirements for the implementation of the relay protection devices and automatic process control systems controls, based on the objects of the information model of IEC 61850 standard and distribution of the objects of this model according to physical devices;
  • requirements for the composition of logical devices and distribution of logical nodes according to logical devices;
  • requirements for the name of logical devices, logical nodes and other elements of the model standard IEC 61850;
  • requirements for the interaction model (structural interaction diagrams) of logical devices, nodes among themselves with the definition of a unique set of data, necessary and sufficient for interaction
2. Development of technical requirements for the computer-aided design system according to IEC 61850, algorithms and methods for verifying computer-aided design systems for compliance with technical requirements

There were worked out the following:

  • design workflow of digital substations in accordance with IEC 61850;
  • technical requirements for the computer-aided design system, ensuring the formation of SSD/SCD/SEDIn accordance with the standards IEC 61850-4 and IEC 61850-6, the design of secondary subsystems of digital substations should be accompanied by the development of electronic project documentation in SCL (see note below) in the form of SSD (System Specification Description) and SCD ( System Configuration Description – is a system configuration description. In addition, the standard defines a file format SED (System Exchange Description –data exchange system configuration), intended for the exchange of configurations of various design objects. files in accordance with the IEC 61850 standard;
  • technical requirements for the developed software and user workplaces;
  • procedures for testing the computer-aided design system according to IEC 61850 for compliance with technical requirements, as well as checking configuration files for compliance with SCLSCL - System Configuration Language – is a configuration description language. diagram of the corresponding version of the IEC 61850 standard and files syntax
Transition to the integrated efficiency of business processes and automation of management systems
3. Compensation of the consumption of fuel and energy resources through the use of renewable energy sources at the facilities of Kubanenergo PJSC

There were worked out the following:

  • feasibility study of energy-saving measures using solar photovoltaic panels and solar collectors;
  • recommendations on the application of power plants of solar photovoltaic panels and solar collectors at the facilities of Kubanenergo PJSC using a feasibility study methodology;
  • design documentation;
  • experimental-industrial sample of the design documentation for the combined solar collector installation (hereinafter - KGKU);
  • industrial collector installation (hereinafter - KGKU);
  • operational documentation
Program to improve systems and devices for lightning protection, increase the thunderstorm resistance and reliability of external insulation of OTLs and substations with a voltage of 6-750 kV
4. Creation of a computer-aided design for lightning protection of substations and high-voltage lines

There were worked out the following:

  • database of economically justified standard technical solutions for lightning protection of electric grid facilities;
  • method of verification of computer programs for use as a part of computer-aided design;
  • a computer program for calculating the protection of substation from OTL waves of thunderstorm origin
5. Development of methods and multifunctional software complex for calculating damage to power transmission lines by lightning based on a probabilistic approach Calculation module of the computer program created by calculating the damage to the power lines by lightning based on a probabilistic approach
The use of new technologies and materials in the power industry
6. The device of differential-phase protection of power lines with two-way power supply with the function of long-distance backup relay protection and switching devices of substations connected to the branches

There were worked out the following:

  • operational documentation;
  • design documentation
7. Development of a reflectometric complex for monitoring overhead transmission lines of 35–220 kV to determine the locations of their damage and ice deposits on them

There were worked out the following:

  • one prototype (the device prototype of installation works at the customer's site and commissioning work were completed);
  • technical conditions
  • operational documentation
8. Development of a hardware and software system for determining the location of damage for 35–750 kV lines with optical communication channels

There were worked out the following:

  • two sets of prototypes of damage location terminals;
  • operational documentation.