The primary goal of the project was to develop a set of experiments, which allow students to examine power systems in a realistic manner. Drexel University's Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory (IPSL) provides an interchangeable real-life power system network and a computer interface to the system in order to provide control and data capturing. The computer interface utilizes client/server and industry standard networking technology to help students visualize power system phenomena as seen by the system operator via an Energy Management System (EMS). This new laboratory is an important piece of the new Drexel University curriculum, which emphasizes computer-aided design and hands-on laboratory experience coupled with longitudinal courses. The following experiments have already been designed: AC power flow, transmission line parameters, symmetrical components, fault analysis, transformer modeling, and induction motor modeling.
The following papers illustrate our work on the IPSL:
1. S. Carullo and C.O. Nwankpa, “Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory: A Computer Automated Instructional Facility for Power System Experiments”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 17, No. 2, May 2002, pp. 215-222.
2. S. P. Carullo and C. O. Nwankpa, " Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory: Symmetrical Components Experiment", Proceedings of the 1998 North American Power Symposium.
3. S. P. Carullo, C. O. Nwankpa, and R. Fischl, " Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory: AC Power Experiments", Proceedings of the 1997 North American Power Symposium.
4. S. P. Carullo, C. O. Nwankpa, and R. Fischl, "Instrumentation of Drexel University's Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory", Proceedings of the 1996 North American Power Symposium.
5. S. P. Carullo, C. O. Nwankpa, and R. Fischl, "Integrating a Power Systems Laboratory into a Client/Server Based Computing Environment", American Society for Engineering Education 1996 Proceedings
6. S. P. Carullo, C. O. Nwankpa, et al, "Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory: A Computer Automated Instructional Facility for Power System Experiments", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4, November 1996, pp. 1913-1919. |
