Smart Grid Technologies Training System
8010-CGallery
Description
The Smart Grid Technologies Training System combines a modular design approach with computer-based data acquisition and control to provide unrivaled training in smart grid technologies. The system features the Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply, Model 8960, and the Data Acquisition and Control Interface, Model 9063, two state-of-the-art USB peripherals that greatly enhance the learning experience of students.
Training begins with the Home Energy Production course. This course familiarizes students with the fundamentals of home energy production from renewable resources such as wind and sunlight. It covers both stand-alone home energy production and grid-tied home energy production. The course also explains and demonstrates how home energy production is an important contributor to the implementation of a smart grid. Students then continue with the following three courses dealing with smart grid technologies:
- Static Var Compensator (SVC)
- Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM)
- High-Voltage DC (HVDC) Transmission Systems
These courses introduce students to the fundamentals of SVCs, STATCOMs, and HVDC transmission systems. Students learn that SVCs and STATCOMs, which are examples of flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS), can be used in conjunction with HVDC transmission systems to greatly enhance the controllability and power transfer capability of a power network and are thus essential tools to the implementation of a smart grid. These courses also allow students to experiment with actual SVCs, STATCOMs, and HVDC transmission systems implemented with power electronics modules.
The Smart Grid Technologies Training System is part of the Electric Power Technology Training Systems, Series 8010. Each training system in Series 8010 is based on the Electric Power Technology Training Program and provides a turn-key solution dealing with some aspects of the wide field of electrical energy. The exhaustive courseware provided with each training system covers all the theory required to perform the laboratory exercises, while review questions and unit tests allow students to test the knowledge they have gained.
The Electric Power Technology Training Program is highly modular in both courseware and hardware. Because of this, courses and equipment from the program are available as required, either individually or in the context of a specific training system. The program covers several different subjects in the field of electrical energy, such as rotating machines, electrical power transmission, power electronics, home energy production from renewable resources (wind and sunlight), large-scale electricity production from hydropower and wind power, smart-grid technologies (SVC, STATCOM, HVDC transmission, etc.), storage of electrical energy in batteries, and drive systems for small electric vehicles and cars.
Features & Benefits
- The training system teaches the principles behind certain key technologies allowing the implementation of a smart grid. These technologies include home energy production, SVCs, STATCOMs, and HVDC transmission systems.
- Realistic control functions implemented using the Data Acquisition and Control Interface via the LVDAC-EMS software allow the implementation of complex devices such as an SVC and a STATCOM directly in the laboratory.
- The course curriculum of the Electric Power Technology Training Program is highly flexible and allows a multitude of different customized training solutions.
- The courseware includes student manuals and instructor guides with all the theory required to perform the hands-on experiments.
- All workstations, modules, and components are sturdy and protected against electrical damage to ensure a prolonged service life in a demanding environment such as a training laboratory.
- The modular design approach of the training equipment allows a large variety of courses to be performed using a small number of modules, without unnecessary duplication of equipment.
- All electrical components can be interconnected without electric shock hazard since all live parts of the connection leads are concealed and insulated.
- All electrical symbols representing the components used in a laboratory exercise are clearly silk-screened on the front panel of the modules.
- The training system includes two highly versatile USB peripherals:
- Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply, Model 8960-2. This module is used as a solar panel emulator with a large variety of configurable parameters.
- Data Acquisition and Control Interface, Model 9063. This module gives access to a large variety of computer-based measuring instruments and is used to control the various power electronics devices necessary for home energy production, as well as SVC, STATCOM, and HVDC implantation. All functions are implemented via the LVDAC-EMS software.
- The training system also includes four highly versatile power electronics modules controlled using the Data Acquisition and Control Interface:
- SVC Reactors/Thyristor Switched Capacitors, Model 8334. This module is used to implement the TCR and TSCs for SVC operation.
- Insulated DC-to-DC Converter, Model 8835. This module is used to implement a solar/wind power inverter with HF transformer topology.
- + IGBT Chopper/Inverter, Model 8837-B. This module is used to implement the solar/wind power inverter for home energy production and the three-phase PWM rectifier/inverter for STATCOM operation.
- Power Thyristors, Model 8841. This module is used to implement the TCR and TSCs for SVC operation and the thyristor converters for HVDC operation.
- Software upgrades for LVDAC-EMS and firmware upgrades for the Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply and Data Acquisition and Control Interface are available for download free of charge on the Festo Didactic website.
Topic Coverage
- Stand-Alone Home Energy Production
- The Single-Phase Grid-Tied Inverter (PWM Rectifier/Inverter)
- Grid-Tied Home Energy Production Using a Solar or Wind Power Inverter without DC-to-DC Converter
- Grid-Tied Home Energy Production Using a Solar or Wind Power Inverter with DC-to-DC Converter
- Large-Scale Energy Storage: A Step in the Implementation of the Smart Grid
- Voltage Regulation and Displacement Power Factor (DPF) in Thyristor Three-Phase Bridges
- Basic Operation of HVDC Transmission Systems
- DC Current Regulation and Power Flow Control in HVDC Transmission Systems
- Commutation Failure at the Inverter Bridge
- Harmonic Reduction using Thyristor 12-Pulse Converters
- Main Components of a Static Var Compensator (SVC)
- Voltage Compensation of AC Transmission Lines using an SVC
- Dynamic Power Factor Correction Using an SVC
- Voltage compensation of AC transmission lines using a STATCOM
- Dynamic Power Factor Correction Using a STATCOM
List of equipment
| Qty | Description | Model Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tabletop Workstation | 8134-2 |
| 1 | Resistive Load | 8311 |
| 1 | Inductive Load | 8321 |
| 1 | Filtering Inductors/Capacitors | 8325-A |
| 1 | Three-Phase Filter | 8326 |
| 1 | Line Inductors | 8326-A |
| 2 | Three-Phase Transmission Line | 8329 |
| 1 | Capacitive Load | 8331 |
| 1 | SVC Reactors / Thyristor-Switched Capacitors | 8334 |
| 2 | Three-Phase Transformer Bank | 8348-4 |
| 2 | Three-Phase Regulating Autotransformer | 8349 |
| 1 | Transformer | 8353 |
| 1 | Three-Phase Transformer | 8354 |
| 1 | AC Power Network Interface | 8622 |
| 1 | Lead-Acid Battery Pack | 8802-1 |
| 1 | Variable Three-Phase Power Supply | 8821-2 |
| 1 | Insulated DC-to-DC Converter | 8835 |
| 1 | IGBT Chopper/Inverter | 8837-B |
| 2 | Power Thyristors | 8841-2 |
| 1 | Connection Lead Set | 8951-L |
| 1 | Connection Lead Set | 8951-N |
| 1 | Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply | 8960-G |
| 1 | Data Acquisition and Control Interface | 9063 |
| 1 | Data Acquisition and Control Interface | 9063-H |
| 1 | Home Energy Production (Workbook) | 86361 |
| 1 | Home Energy Production (Workbook (Instructor)) | 86361-1 |
| 1 | Static Var Compensator (SVC) (Workbook) | 86370 |
| 1 | Static Var Compensator (SVC) (Workbook (Instructor)) | 86370-1 |
| 1 | Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) (Workbook) | 86371 |
| 1 | Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) (Workbook (Instructor)) | 86371-1 |
| 1 | HVDC Transmission Systems (Workbook) | 86380 |
| 1 | HVDC Transmission Systems (Workbook (Instructor)) | 86380-1 |
| 1 | Electric Power Technology Training Equipment (User Guide) | 38486-E |
| 1 | Computer-Based Instruments for EMS (User Guide) | 86718-E |
Additional equipment required to perform the exercises (Purchased separately)
| Qty | Description | Model Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digital Multimeter | 8946-2 |
Software
| Qty | Description | Model Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCADA for LVDAC-EMS | 8973 |
| 1 | Software Development Kit (SDK) | 9069-9 |
