A free simulator program for teaching power quality concepts

Author

McEachern, Alex

Author_Institution

Power Stand. Lab, Alameda

fYear

2007

fDate

9-11 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A free Windowsreg program for teaching power quality concepts is presented. The program uses interactive graphs and controls. Concepts include fundamental and reactive power, sequence vectors, voltage dip effects on single-phase and three- phase rectifier loads, flicker, harmonic concepts, harmonic power flow, harmonic sequencing, and distortion and source impedance. The program operates in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, and Polish, with Japanese and Malaysian expected soon.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; digital simulation; power engineering education; teaching; Windows program; distortion; flicker; harmonic concepts; harmonic power flow; harmonic sequencing; interactive controls; interactive graphs; power quality concepts; reactive power; sequence vectors; simulator program; source impedance; three- phase rectifier loads; voltage dip effects on single-phase; Education; Harmonic distortion; Impedance; Load flow; Phase distortion; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Voltage fluctuations; education; power quality; simulator; teaching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation, 2007. EPQU 2007. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-84-690-9441-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-84-690-9441-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPQU.2007.4424112

Filename

4424112