{"id":{"repo_id":"utc","oai_identifier":"oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1391"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/utc/oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1391","repository":{"repo_id":"utc","name":"University of Tennessee - Chattanooga","base_url":"https://scholar.utc.edu/do/oai/"},"display":{"title":"Design and implementation of POTT protection scheme using IEC-61850","abstract":"This study is an attempt to implement the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - 61850 to protect a transmission line using Generic Object Oriented Substation Events (GOOSE) messaging. IEC 61850 describe rules for integration of protection, control, measurement and monitoring functions within a power system network at the process and station control levels. Earlier envisioned for substation automation, IEC 61850 has shown its potential in eliminating substation wiring, enhanced interoperability between vendors and systems. Thus efforts are now being made to expand it to cover substation to control center and substation to substation automation. In this paper, GE D90 Plus Line Distance Protection relays were used to protect an assumed transmission line scheme through Permissive Overreach Transfer Trip (POTT) communication scheme. Different types of faults were calculated for different locations and tested. GOOSE messages carrying trip signals were transmitted by the relays. The relays operated in the expected tripping zone and picking up right elements thus validating the results. The time delay between tripping the relays at each end of transmission line was found to be ranging between 3 microsecond to 2.9 millisecond.","abstract_html":"This study is an attempt to implement the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - 61850 to protect a transmission line using Generic Object Oriented Substation Events (GOOSE) messaging. IEC 61850 describe rules for integration of protection, control, measurement and monitoring functions within a power system network at the process and station control levels. Earlier envisioned for substation automation, IEC 61850 has shown its potential in eliminating substation wiring, enhanced interoperability between vendors and systems. Thus efforts are now being made to expand it to cover substation to control center and substation to substation automation. In this paper, GE D90 Plus Line Distance Protection relays were used to protect an assumed transmission line scheme through Permissive Overreach Transfer Trip (POTT) communication scheme. Different types of faults were calculated for different locations and tested. GOOSE messages carrying trip signals were transmitted by the relays. The relays operated in the expected tripping zone and picking up right elements thus validating the results. The time delay between tripping the relays at each end of transmission line was found to be ranging between 3 microsecond to 2.9 millisecond.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Doad, Kirpal Singh"],"institution":"University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Eltom, Ahmed H.","College of Engineering and Computer Science"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":null,"date_issued":"","date_published":null,"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:46:19Z","subjects":["Electric power systems -- Automation"],"languages":["English","eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":["https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/251","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Eltom, Ahmed H.","College of Engineering and Computer Science"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Doad, Kirpal Singh"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2010-08-01T07:00:00Z"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","Chattanooga (Tenn.)"]},{"key":"dc:relation","label":"Dc Relation","values":["Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Masters theses","Text"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Electric power systems -- Automation"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["English","eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/251"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Dept. of Electrical Engineering","M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science."]},{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This study is an attempt to implement the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - 61850 to protect a transmission line using Generic Object Oriented Substation Events (GOOSE) messaging. IEC 61850 describe rules for integration of protection, control, measurement and monitoring functions within a power system network at the process and station control levels. Earlier envisioned for substation automation, IEC 61850 has shown its potential in eliminating substation wiring, enhanced interoperability between vendors and systems. Thus efforts are now being made to expand it to cover substation to control center and substation to substation automation. In this paper, GE D90 Plus Line Distance Protection relays were used to protect an assumed transmission line scheme through Permissive Overreach Transfer Trip (POTT) communication scheme. Different types of faults were calculated for different locations and tested. GOOSE messages carrying trip signals were transmitted by the relays. The relays operated in the expected tripping zone and picking up right elements thus validating the results. The time delay between tripping the relays at each end of transmission line was found to be ranging between 3 microsecond to 2.9 millisecond."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Design and implementation of POTT protection scheme using IEC-61850"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Eltom, Ahmed H.","College of Engineering and Computer Science"],"dc:creator":["Doad, Kirpal Singh"],"dc:date":["2010-08-01T07:00:00Z"],"dc:description":["Dept. of Electrical Engineering","M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science."],"dc:description.abstract":["This study is an attempt to implement the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - 61850 to protect a transmission line using Generic Object Oriented Substation Events (GOOSE) messaging. IEC 61850 describe rules for integration of protection, control, measurement and monitoring functions within a power system network at the process and station control levels. Earlier envisioned for substation automation, IEC 61850 has shown its potential in eliminating substation wiring, enhanced interoperability between vendors and systems. Thus efforts are now being made to expand it to cover substation to control center and substation to substation automation. In this paper, GE D90 Plus Line Distance Protection relays were used to protect an assumed transmission line scheme through Permissive Overreach Transfer Trip (POTT) communication scheme. Different types of faults were calculated for different locations and tested. GOOSE messages carrying trip signals were transmitted by the relays. The relays operated in the expected tripping zone and picking up right elements thus validating the results. The time delay between tripping the relays at each end of transmission line was found to be ranging between 3 microsecond to 2.9 millisecond."],"dc:identifier":["https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/251"],"dc:language":["English","eng"],"dc:publisher":["University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","Chattanooga (Tenn.)"],"dc:relation":["Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations"],"dc:rights":["https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en"],"dc:subject":["Electric power systems -- Automation"],"dc:title":["Design and implementation of POTT protection scheme using IEC-61850"],"dc:type":["Masters theses","Text"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:46:19Z"}