Model-driven engineering applied to Smart Grid automation using IEC 61850 and IEC 61499

In order to guarantee a sustainable electric energy supply the power systems domain is currently in a transformation phase. Renewable energy sources have to be installed on a large scale causing a more complex operation of the power distribution grids due its stochastic behavior. Advanced automation and information technology approaches, concepts and algorithms are being applied to operate such complex systems. Interoperability and standardized interfaces are important topics which have to be considered realizing a Smart Grid. A standard-compliant formal approach for the modeling of power utility automation and control applications is missing up to now. This paper therefore introduces a novel approach using the well-known model-driven engineering concept from computer science for the development of Smart Grid automation applications. This method focuses on the usage of the power utility interoperability approach IEC 61850 and the distributed automation reference model IEC 61499 as basis for the proposed modeling concept. An overview of the engineering method, corresponding transformation rules as well as an explanatory example are provided.