CONNEXION Information Model

Jean-François CABADI (ALSTOM)

Aurélie DEHOUCK (EDF)

Eric LAMBERT (EDF)

IEC context

IEC TC57 footprint in Bulk Power Generation

Electrical devices controlIEC 61850

Market interfaceIEC 62325

Grid interfaceIEC 60870-5

CONNEXION Project

4years

2012-2016

16 partners

11 Sub-projects

22 Created jobs

80contributors

“Nuclear digital control system for export and renovation”

R&D collaborative project funded by the French nuclear industry

36M€cost of the project

13M€financing industry &competitiveness ministry

CONNEXION PARTNERS

5

OP1 :

Requirement management and global design

OP2 :

Model driven engineering

OP3 :

Innovative services for operation

OP4 :

Semantic modeling and information management

OP5 :

Simulation and system integration

5 PROGRESS OBJECTIVES

6

Life cycle of I&C system

Proposal for implementation of a Support System

DesignOperation- Maintenance in operational condition- Implementation of V2

Commissioning V1

During operation phase of the system, theSupport System secures the updates oflocal configurators

During the commissioning of the system,the Support System and the localconfigurators are synchronized

During the Design phase of the system,there is no Support System. Localconfigurators are « fed » by engineeringtools

2

METHOD USED FOR THE ELABORATION OF THE MODEL

Demonstrations

Methods and tools

First perimeter Iterative modelisation

CONNEXION UML model

Existing standards analysis

Use cases

Existing modelsanalysis

Standards analysed : CIM, 61850, MIMOSA, ISA 88, ISA 95, ISA 106, CAEX, AP 929, AP913, ISO 15926…

Use cases : I&C design (supervision, automation, HMI…) I&C maintenance (Configuring I&C equipments all over the lifecycle)

CONCEPTION USING A METHODOLOGY SIMILAR TO TC57 CIM

CONNEXION UML Model

Data exchanges

(instances)

RDF/XML or

XML

Contextualisation

UML profile

Facette-1.xsd

Facette-2-UANodeSet.xml

Syntax : RDFS or XSD

Repository : « Support System »

Interface

conception

« Support

system »

conception

Methodology

similar to TC57

CIM

The Information Model is implemented in the SDS (“Support System” similar to a NMMS Network Model Management System). The SDS exchanges data with various control system components using XML and RDF profiles. These profiles are derived from the CONNEXION Information Model using a methodology similar to TC57 CIM.

CONNEXION Laboratory

CONNEXION demonstrations are setup at the CONNEXION laboratory hosted by EDF Lab Chatou (Ile-De-France)

All components in the Lab use data from a shared simulated power station (200 analogs, 600 discretes, 15 pumps, 145 valves, 400 pipes, 700 junctions…)

The CONNEXION Information Model is implemented in the following components of the Digital Control System :> Corys ALICES® : Process and Automation (simulated)> Atos ADACS-N™ : Control Room HMI> PREDICT KASEM® : Health monitoring> Decentralized HMI’s (mobile, remote…)

local panel, tablet, large screen

ADACS-N™®

Model sample 1 : Identification

Model sample 2 : Measurements

Model sample 3 : Equipment connectivity and topology

IEC CIM electrical network Thermal plant process

Network primary equipment

(ConductingEquipment)

Process primary equipment (valve, pump,

filter, heat exchanger, tank etc…)

Connectivity between equipment

(Terminal + ConnectivityNode)

Piping

Network secondary equipment

(Measurement)

Sensors

Network topology (TopologicalNode) Lignage et état de tranche

Currently the hydraulics equivalent to the electrical connectivity only is modelled.

The hydraulics equivalent to the electricaltopology is not yet modelled.

Model sample 3 : Equipment connectivity and topology

Samples where piping is not modelled as Equipment

Equipment

Valve

Pump

Port

input

output

input

output

Connectivity_node

pipe Equipement

Valve1

Valve2

Pump

Port

input

output

input

output

input

output

Connectivity_node

piping

Sample with Sensors

X

Z

Y

Equipment

Valve

Pump

Port

input

output

input

output

meas

Connectivity_node

pipe

Sensor

SensorX

SensorY

SensorZ

Model sample 4 : Diagram layout

CONNEXION Diagram Layoutmodel is based on W3C MBUI (Model-Based User Interface) WG work.

The model consists of : Task Model Context Model:

User Platform Environment

Abstract UI Concrete UI Mapping Final UI

CIM concepts CONNEXION

IEC 61970-453

Diagram Layout

Consensual concepts, e.g. :

- Graphical object existence

- Mapping between UI and Domain objects

Abstract

User

Interface

Some included in CIM Diagram Layout but

excluded from Abstract UI, e.g. :

- Graphical connections

- Display coordinates

- Objects orientation/rotationConcrete

User

InterfaceOut of scope Some out of scope of CIM but included in Concrete

UI, e.g. :

- Colors

- Symbols or icons

- Other significant graphical rendering attributes

Model sample 5 : Projects and modifications

Last steps planned to complete the CONNEXION project :

Assess the technical impact of the proposal

Assess the financial impact of the proposal

Assess the training effort

Propose strategies to migrate from existing and to develop new components

Organize the Information Model maintenance

Are there opportunities for continuing this work :

Elaborate further on Use Cases (within IEC SyC1) or contribute to TC57 IRM ?

Prepare a Technical Report « First Set of Use Cases for Generation » ?

Analyze models with the appropriate TC/WG ?

…and after ? reminder :IEC TC57 project 61970-458 « CIM extension to Generation » on hold since 2013

Conclusion and prospect