Use of a graphical user interface approach for digital and physical simulation in power systems control education: application to an HVDC transmission system model

The authors present the design of a laboratory with software and hardware structures for digital and physical simulation in the area of power systems control education. The hardware structure includes a physically based model of the power system. The software structure includes a special man-machine interface designed with a graphical user interface approach. This interface allows the user full control over the simulation and provides facilities for the study of the response of the simulated system. This approach is illustrated with the design of a control system for a physically based high-voltage DC transmission system model