What is BS EN 61968-11 - Application integration at electric utilities about?
BS EN 61968 is a series on application integration at electric utilities. The electric utility is a company in the electric power company (often a public utility) that engages in electricity generation and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market. BS EN 61968-11 specifies the distribution extensions of the common information model (CIM) specified in IEC 61970-301. BS EN 61968-11 defines a standard set of extensions of the common information model (CIM), which support message definitions in IEC 61968-3 to IEC 61968-9, IEC 61968-13, and IEC 61968-142. The scope of BS EN 61968-11 is the information model that extends the base CIM for the needs of distribution networks, as well as for integration with enterprise-wide information systems typically used within electrical utilities. The information model is defined in UML which is a platform-independent and electronically processable language that is then used to create message payload definitions in different required formats. In this way, BS EN 61968-11 will not be impacted by the specification, development and/or deployment of next-generation infrastructures, either through the use of standards or proprietary means.
Who is BS EN 61968-11 - Application integration at electric utilities for?
BS EN 61968-11 on application integration at electric utilities is useful for:
- Telecommunication sector
- IT sector
- Software engineers
- Design engineers
Why should you use BS EN 61968-11 - Application integration at electric utilities?
The IEC 61968 series of standards is intended to facilitate inter-application integration as opposed to intra-application integration. Intra-application integration is aimed at programs in the same application system, usually communicating with each other using middleware that is embedded in their underlying runtime environment, and tends to be optimised for close, real-time, synchronous connections and interactive request/reply or conversation communication models. Therefore, BS EN 61968-11 is relevant to loosely coupled applications with more heterogeneity in languages, operating systems, protocols, and management tools BS EN 61968-11 is intended to support applications that need to exchange data every few seconds, minutes, or hours rather than waiting for a nightly batch run. BS EN 61968-11, which are intended to be implemented with middleware services that exchange messages among applications, will complement, not replace utility data warehouses, database gateways, and operational stores.
BS EN 61968-11 defines a distribution management system (DMS) consisting of various distributed application components for the utility to manage electrical distribution networks. These capabilities include monitoring and control of equipment for power delivery, management processes to ensure system reliability, voltage management, demand-side management, outage management, work management, automated mapping, and facilities management. Using BS EN 61968-11 you can specify the distribution extensions of the common information model (CIM) specified in IEC 61970-301.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 61968-11:2013 supersedes BS EN 61968-11:2010. BS EN 61968-11:2013 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 61968-11:2010. These include:
- Introduction of new classes to support flexible naming of identified objects (new classes available in base CIM, EN 61970-301)
- Introduction of new classes to support single line diagrams exchange (new classes available in base CIM, EN 61970-301)
- Consolidated transmission and distribution models for lines, transformers, switching, sensing and other auxiliary equipment (some Ed.1 classes slightly changed and moved from DCIM to base CIM, EN 61970-301, other new classes available in base CIM, EN 61970-301)
- Support for separate phase definitions, is typically needed for unbalanced network modelling (new classes available in base CIM, EN 61970-301)
- Support for temporary network changes through models of cuts, jumpers, and clamps (new classes available in base CIM, EN 61970-301)
