Modeling an earthing system using labview

Author

Rajkumarsingh, B. ; Goolaup, S.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

fYear

2013

fDate

13-15 March 2013

Firstpage

763

Lastpage

768

Abstract

One of the major drawbacks of teaching electrical installation course in Electrical Engineering program is the inability for students to conduct actual experiment due to safety risks associated with high voltage lines. Virtual laboratory simulation is one solution, which enable student to implement concepts taught in their coursework in an “actual” system and see the end-result. In this work, we have conceived and implemented a virtual laboratory experiment for the study of a specific earthing arrangement. Students are able to simulate different scenarios and understand why proper sizing of the protective device is critical to avoid any electrical accident.

Keywords

earthing; educational courses; electrical safety; high-voltage techniques; power engineering education; risk analysis; teaching; virtual instrumentation; LabVIEW; coursework; earthing system modelling; electrical engineering program; electrical installation course teaching; high voltage line; protective device sizing; safety risk; virtual laboratory simulation; Circuit faults; Conferences; Earth; Engineering education; Grounding; Laboratories; Mathematical model; Earthing; Labview; Modeling; TN system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Berlin

ISSN

2165-9559

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6111-8

Electronic_ISBN

2165-9559

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EduCon.2013.6530193

Filename

6530193