Laboratory for teaching synchrophasor measurements and applications

Author

Rajapakse, A.D. ; Almiron, Eduardo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

4-7 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

An experimental synchrophasor network and a set of instructions were developed for introducing synchrophasor technology and its applications to graduate and senior undergraduate students. In the laboratory setup, a power system simulated in a RTDS real-time digital simulator provides analog voltages and currents to phasor measurement units (PMUs). Time synchronizing signals for the PMUs are supplied from a GPS clock. The PMUs send synchrophasor data to a phasor data concentrator (PDC) through Ethernet, and the PDC provides outputs to applications. Students are allowed to test several applications such as phasor data visualization, transmission line parameter monitoring, and fault location.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; further education; laboratories; local area networks; phasor measurement; power engineering education; power system simulation; synchronisation; teaching; Ethernet; GPS clock; PDC; PMU; RTDS real-time digital simulator; fault location; phasor data concentrator; phasor data visualization; phasor measurement unit; power system simulation; senior undergraduate student; teaching synchrophasor measurement network; time synchronization signal; transmission line parameter monitoring; Data visualization; Frequency measurement; Laboratories; Monitoring; Phasor measurement units; Real-time systems; Synchronization; phasor measurement units; synchrophasor applications; synchrophasors; teaching laboratory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3099-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2014.6901100

Filename

6901100