Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3099-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2014.6901100
