Low cost laboratory micro-grid hardware and control for electrical power systems teaching

P. Titmus; D. Strickland; A. Cross

doi:10.23919/EPE17ECCEEurope.2017.8098945

Low cost laboratory micro-grid hardware and control for electrical power systems teaching

P. Titmus, D. Strickland, A. Cross

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Abstract

There is a growing trend within education establishments to teach electrical power system theory within lectures and back this up with software simulation laboratory sessions. This allows the courses to be taught at a lower cost than if real hardware was implemented. However, the students that are graduating from these programs are missing out on the opportunity to learn about real equipment and issues such as health and safety of voltages above 50V, mismatching component sizes and accuracy. Bespoke electrical power systems teaching equipment is expensive to buy. This paper details a low cost hardware setup that can be used to enforce electrical power system theory. The proposed equipment employs real off-the shelf equipment with some interfacing units which can be reproduced by laboratory technicians to enhance the student learning experience by offering students experience of real machines operating on an electrical power systems network.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2017 ECCE Europe
Publisher	IEEE
Volume	2017-January
ISBN (Electronic)	9789075815276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE17ECCEEurope.2017.8098945
Publication status	Published - 6 Nov 2017
Event	19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2017 ECCE Europe - Warsaw, Poland Duration: 11 Sept 2017 → 14 Sept 2017

Conference

Conference	19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2017 ECCE Europe
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Warsaw
Period	11/09/17 → 14/09/17

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Keywords

«Microgrids»
«Power Engineering»
«Power System Control»
«stability»
«supervised learning»

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