Interconnected power systems laboratory: a computer automated instructional facility for power system experiments

Author

Carullo, S.P. ; Nwankpa, C.O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

222

Abstract

This paper presents a unique facility capable of exhibiting the operation of modern day power system energy management systems (EMS). The purpose is educational with possible research applications. We present the design and construction of the laboratory facility. Key elements of the facility include a real-life, flexible power system network, signal conditioning hardware, data acquisition (DAQ) equipment, and client/server industry standard computer networking technology. The designed EMS system will allow students to get experience on the realistic operation and control of power systems and expose students to modern supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) equipment and procedures used by the power industry

Keywords

SCADA systems; client-server systems; computer aided instruction; energy management systems; power engineering education; power system interconnection; student experiments; EMS; SCADA; client/server industry standard computer networking; computer automated instructional facility; data acquisition equipment; energy management systems; flexible power system network; interconnected power systems laboratory; power system experiments; signal conditioning hardware; supervisory control and data acquisition equipment; Application software; Energy management; Hardware; Laboratories; Medical services; Power system control; Power system interconnection; Power system management; Power systems; SCADA systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2002.1007884

Filename

1007884