The Substation Automation Trainer is a small model of a distribution substation. It includes small-scale modules for switchgears, busbars, circuit breakers, transformers, and loads. It allows studying the basics of the substation automation systems. It allows investigating how the monitoring and control (RTU) system is implemented in hardware using the NI myRIO platform.
The educational trainer is a part of a real SCADA system.
– contains a theoretical part
This option of the Traditional Power Generation Trainer can work in both off-grid and on-grid modes. It consists of a 3-phase synchronous generator moved by an asynchronous motor using a VFD. With the manually controlled excitation current and motor, it allows investigating the generator performance in different mechanical energy. In off-grid mode, it allows investigating the supply of local loads, as well as voltage and frequency regulation. In on-grid mode, it allows implementing the synchronization with the mains power grid.
The Fuel Cell Energy Trainer mainly consists of a PEM fuel cell stack with a controller, hydrogen cylinder, a hydrogen flow meter, a pressure meter, resistive load, a power supply module, and a control and measurement module programmable through LabVIEW.
This trainer includes electromechanical relay protections and microprocessor-based relay protection. The Electromechanical Relay Protection is a combination of different types of electromechanical relays and a DC generator. This trainer allows concentrating on different protection circuits that are used in different points of the real power networks. It allows to investigation the relays as separate equipment, as well as their use in advanced protection circuits with and without the generator.
The microprocessor-based relay is implemented on myRIO. It allows to investigate the logic behind every protection as well as adding new types of custom algorithms using graphical programming language LabVIEW.
The Power Transmission Trainer consists of step-up and step-down transformers, overhead line models, and loads. It allows to simulate real AC transmission lines and investigate mechanisms of decreasing the losses on the lines, protection from real-simulated earth-short circuits and line-to-line short circuits, and reactive power compensation. It allows also for the investigation of the power transformer characteristics.
The Power Distribution Trainer is a combination of physical models of power busbars and switchgears. It allows investigation of the control mechanisms of different buses and investigates the system behavior in case of different emergency situations.