Field Testing Comed Utility Use-case Applications over PLTE

Abstract Description: ComEd is deploying a PLTE network as a solution that can provide additional flexibility to current network design and deployment with fiber optics communication. An Ericsson PLTE lab environment was established at ComEd’s Maywood Technical Center facility with both an indoor lab facility in Maywood, IL and an outdoor test site in Kent, IL.
In its first iteration, tests were conducted at ComEd’s Maywood lab facility with utility equipment such as reclosers, capacitor banks, voltage regulators, and substation relays which comprise many of the use-cases that an advanced communication infrastructure would be enabling. Test cases consisted of peer-to-peer recloser communication using IEC 61850 GOOSE and IntelliTeam (S&C’s proprietary DNP3 protocol), SCADA DNP3 communication, Direct Transfer Trip (DTT), failover from a fiber primary path to a secondary PLTE path, and IP camera video streaming for equipment monitoring and security applications.
To test use-cases in a more realistic environment, ComEd leveraged an outdoor testing site in Kent, IL. This session will present the setup of testing in an outdoor environment and expand on the use-cases that were tested through varying weather and environmental conditions.