The educational role of personal computers in power system laboratories

Author

Hatziargyriou, Nicholas D. ; Vournas, Constantine D. ; Papadias, Basil C.

Author_Institution

Nat. Tech. Univ., Athens, Greece

Volume

32

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

123

Abstract

A set of power-system laboratory exercises performed on a microcomputer system is described. The interactive graphics environment is provided by a 16 bit microcomputer with 1 MB of main memory coupled to a color-graphics terminal. Three laboratory exercises are analytically described, involving economic generation scheduling, load flow studies, and fault calculations. The student reaction to the computerized laboratory exercises is commented on, and the potential problems are pointed out. The effect of these exercises in developing the engineering intuition and integrating the power-system analysis education of the electrical engineering student is outlined

Keywords

computer aided instruction; engineering graphics; interactive systems; load flow; microcomputer applications; power engineering computing; 16 bit; color-graphics terminal; economic generation scheduling; electrical engineering student; fault calculations; interactive graphics; load flow; microcomputer system; personal computers; power system laboratories; student reaction; Computer graphics; Environmental economics; Laboratories; Load flow analysis; Microcomputers; Power generation economics; Power system analysis computing; Power system economics; Power systems; Processor scheduling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.28043

Filename

28043