PLC based operation of three natural gas generator models- a learing aid for undergraduate students

Author

Khan, P. K Shadhu ; Abdullah-Al-Noman ; Dey, Rajib Kumar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Chittagong Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Chittagong, Bangladesh

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper present a PLC based learning tool for operation of three natural gas generator sets. The generators are modeled as three small motors installed in an experimental board in an undergraduate power engineering laboratory. All criteria for safe starting, synchronization, protection against electrical and mechanical faults of the generators are taken into consideration in the software used for the PLC. This laboratory facility enhances the method of teaching and learning of PLC based power systems operation and control at undergraduate level.

Keywords

natural gas technology; power engineering education; programmable controllers; PLC based operation; learning aid; power systems operation; small motors; three natural gas generator models; undergraduate power engineering laboratory; undergraduate students; Education; Laboratories; Natural gas; Power engineering; Power generation; Power system control; Power system faults; Power system protection; Programmable control; Software safety; PLC; automatic operation of generator; manual operatin of generator; power engineering laboratory; protection of generator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems, 2009. ICPS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharagpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4330-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4331-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWS.2009.5442778

Filename

5442778