Microcomputer based power network control center simulator for education

A microcomputer-based power network control simulator designed to be used as a teaching aid for students in power engineering courses is introduced. The system is an offline version of control systems actually used in power utilities. It includes functions such as steady-state security analysis and security monitoring, online load flow, and contingency analysis. Using a special feature implemented in the system called perturbation scheduling, different events can be set up to occur at different times before the simulation takes place. Also available to the user are other functions, such as short-circuit study and transient stability analysis, that are normally used for planning or study purposes. Following a detailed description of the system, software integration in an undergraduate power system operation course is illustrated, and students responses are discussed