Title :
Combined research and curriculum development for power plant intelligent distributed control
Author :
Lee, Kwang Y. ; Edwards, Robert M. ; Hiyama, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An NSF project, combined research and curriculum development for power plant intelligent distributed control, was conducted from 1992 to 1996, and expanded to a power system intelligent coordinated control project. Two new graduate courses were developed for power plant control. The capstone power plant intelligent distributed control course covers: (1) real-time large scale power plant simulations using UNIX network programming; (2) distributed implementation of advanced controls in an architecture of workstations and microprocessor-based controllers; and (3) intelligent controls using fuzzy logic, neural networks and genetic algorithms. Along with the curriculum development update, a summary of significant research activities is presented in order to provide a complete overview of the results of the projects
Keywords :
control engineering education; distributed control; educational courses; intelligent control; power engineering education; power station control; NSF project; UNIX network programming; USA; capstone course; combined research/curriculum development; distributed implementation; fuzzy logic; genetic algorithms; microprocessor-based controllers; neural network; power plant intelligent distributed control; real-time large scale power plant simulations; research activities; universities; workstations; Control systems; Curriculum development; Distributed control; Intelligent control; Intelligent networks; Intelligent systems; Power generation; Power system control; Power system simulation; Power systems;
Journal_Title :
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
