Abstract
Abstract
In almost any engineering department, a laboratory is
an integral part of the educational process. The laboratory is a
key component in the field of engineering in general, and
electrical power engineering in particular. The virtual
laboratory (VL) is a simulated experiment run by students on a
computer station program; it can transform the conventional
laboratory experiments into an interactive virtual environment,
allowing simple and complex phenomena to be investigated by
students just by changing the parameters and conditions of the
experiments. This paper describes the development and the
implementation of a VL, named VLABPOWER, for
fundamentals on power systems. Mainly, electrical power
engineering students will using to increase their understanding
and to bridge the gap that exists between the theoretical part in
the class and the practical at the traditional (real) laboratory
and to better prepare before going to the traditional laboratory.
The purpose of this work is to develop and implement a VL in
order to enable students to have a better understanding of the
experiments done in the traditional laboratory and to familiarize
themselves with the different components used for those
experiments. It presents a virtual interactive experiment
environment that simulates the physical conditions on the
transmission line. Moreover, it discusses and explains different
types of short circuit faults such as symmetrical and
unsymmetrical faults, modeling of different type of lines, and
load condition analysis.