UNE-EN IEC 61869-13:2021

Clause 1 of IEC 61869-1:2007 is applicable, with the following addition:

This part of IEC 61869 is a product standard and covers only additional requirements for stand-alone merging units (SAMUs) used for AC applications having rated frequencies from 15 Hz to 100 Hz. The digital output format specification is not covered by this document. It is standardized in IEC 61869-9 as an application of IEC 61850, which specifies the power utility communication architecture.

This document covers SAMUs having standardized analogue inputs (for example: 1 A, 5 A, 3,25 V / "3 or 100 V / "3) provided by instrument transformers compliant with relevant product standards (both valid and withdrawn e.g., IEC 61869-2 to IEC 61869-5, IEC 61869-10, IEC 61869-11, IEC 60044-1 to IEC 60044-6, IEC 60185, IEC 60186, IEEE C57.13), and aims to convert them to the digital output compliant with IEC 61869-9. Other input and output types are out of the scope of this document. Appropriate SAMU functionality can be combined with switchgear controller functionality defined in IEC 62271-3 or other IED functionality defined in IEC 60255 (all parts).

The general block diagram showing a typical SAMU application example is given in Figure 1302.

An application example showing a three-phase dead tank circuit breaker equipped with bushing type current transformers and a stand-alone merging unit mounted inside the breaker control cabinet is shown in Figure 1303.