Introduction The quality of education in theoretical and practical electrical engineering subjects is increased by using computer-aided educational tools.1–4 Topics which are difficult to be computed by students became more visual with the aid of some computer programs.5–7 Computer-aided teaching approach has increased the interaction between student and educator and enhanced the learning process of students.8 The field of electrical machines includes the design, analysis and control of several types of electrical machines. Among them, the most common in power systems are the three-phase synchronous machines. Operating as generators they are widely used for power generation and they can also be met in large motor drive systems when acting as synchronous motors. A synchronous machine exhibits quite complex dynamic behaviour. In turn, this behaviour influences on the entire power system to which the machine is connected. In order to analyse different problems of the power system, a suitable mathematical model of the synchronous machine is needed.9 The basic theory and the corresponding performance of synchronous machines can be found widely in literature. Their modelling and analysis, however, is not always an easy task. There are many commercially software solutions available nowadays for simulation, control and scientific visualization of the relevant results. PowerWorld Simulator, SimPow, PSAT, Power Factory are only some of commercially available paradigms for this kind of tasks, e.g. as it can be found in Kaur and Kumar.10 Despite this plethora, the aforementioned tools present a low “learning to using” ratio, which is a drawback for short (semester type) studies and also the corresponding high purchasing and maintenance cost is almost prohibited for every day laboratory use. Mathematical modelling of a synchronous machine may use models of different orders, i.e. second, third, fifth and seventh order models, regarding the number of the differential equations which can be used to describe the synchronous machine more or less accurately (e.g. with or without exciter, with or without damper windings, etc.). Li et al.11 used a third-order mathematical model, by choosing the improved Euler method, provided by Visual C to create a complete simulation program. Then, this third-order mathematical model is used to analyse and compare the simulation results of the tests. Also, Hassan12 and Spoljaric et al.13 used the mathematical model of third and seventh order, using Matlab software and particularly through a special toolbox called SimPowerSystems. A third order model is also proposed by Dehghani and Nikravesh14 for nonlinear state space model identification for synchronous generators. In this method, theoretical relations of machine parameters are used as well as the Prony method, to find the state space model of the system, which can be further used for controller design and stability tests. Continuing the literature review, it is seen that non-specific simulation software for control and scientific visualization of the results have been used. Some of the most widely used so far are: Authorware, Labtech, Visual C, Visual Basic, LabVIEW and Matlab/Simulink. From the above packages, Matlab and the underlying Simulink toolkit is the main simulation tool in several of relevant2 International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education 0(0)works,15,16 as well as LabVIEW by National Instruments.17,18 Among the capabilities provided by LabVIEW is the data acquisition from the real world, their processing in the block diagram form and the easy result transfer to the interface outputs.19,20 These capabilities are very useful for engineers desiring to interact and control events in the real-world. Based on the above, LabVIEW is used in this work as a powerful software for simulations and visualizations. The applications developed in the LabVIEW’s environment are called “virtual instruments (VIs)”.21 Due to its graphical environment, simulation programs developed in LabVIEW need smaller development time compared to other simulation programs. This is another reason for which it has become an industrial standard in creating new device prototypes.22,23 The aim of this work is towards the stimulation of students’ interest in advanced electrical machines topics and to motivate them to do their own research in synchronous machine dynamic stability studies. The teaching tool presented in this paper involves both the machine operational characteristics by means of an iterative procedure based on analytical equations and the verification of this behaviour through a computer-aided educational tool.
Introduction The quality of education in theoretical and practical electrical engineering subjects is increased by using computer-aided educational tools.1–4 Topics which are difficult to be computed by students became more visual with the aid of some computer programs.5–7 Computer-aided teaching approach has increased the interaction between student and educator and enhanced the learning process of students.8 The field of electrical machines includes the design, analysis and control of several types of electrical machines. Among them, the most common in power systems are the three-phase synchronous machines. Operating as generators they are widely used for power generation and they can also be met in large motor drive systems when acting as synchronous motors. A synchronous machine exhibits quite complex dynamic behaviour. In turn, this behaviour influences on the entire power system to which the machine is connected. In order to analyse different problems of the power system, a suitable mathematical model of the synchronous machine is needed.9 The basic theory and the corresponding performance of synchronous machines can be found widely in literature. Their modelling and analysis, however, is not always an easy task. There are many commercially software solutions available nowadays for simulation, control and scientific visualization of the relevant results. PowerWorld Simulator, SimPow, PSAT, Power Factory are only some of commercially available paradigms for this kind of tasks, e.g. as it can be found in Kaur and Kumar.10 Despite this plethora, the aforementioned tools present a low “learning to using” ratio, which is a drawback for short (semester type) studies and also the corresponding high purchasing and maintenance cost is almost prohibited for every day laboratory use. Mathematical modelling of a synchronous machine may use models of different orders, i.e. second, third, fifth and seventh order models, regarding the number of the differential equations which can be used to describe the synchronous machine more or less accurately (e.g. with or without exciter, with or without damper windings, etc.). Li et al.11 used a third-order mathematical model, by choosing the improved Euler method, provided by Visual C to create a complete simulation program. Then, this third-order mathematical model is used to analyse and compare the simulation results of the tests. Also, Hassan12 and Spoljaric et al.13 used the mathematical model of third and seventh order, using Matlab software and particularly through a special toolbox called SimPowerSystems. A third order model is also proposed by Dehghani and Nikravesh14 for nonlinear state space model identification for synchronous generators. In this method, theoretical relations of machine parameters are used as well as the Prony method, to find the state space model of the system, which can be further used for controller design and stability tests. Continuing the literature review, it is seen that non-specific simulation software for control and scientific visualization of the results have been used. Some of the most widely used so far are: Authorware, Labtech, Visual C, Visual Basic, LabVIEW and Matlab/Simulink. From the above packages, Matlab and the underlying Simulink toolkit is the main simulation tool in several of relevant2 International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education 0(0)works,15,16 as well as LabVIEW by National Instruments.17,18 Among the capabilities provided by LabVIEW is the data acquisition from the real world, their processing in the block diagram form and the easy result transfer to the interface outputs.19,20 These capabilities are very useful for engineers desiring to interact and control events in the real-world. Based on the above, LabVIEW is used in this work as a powerful software for simulations and visualizations. The applications developed in the LabVIEW’s environment are called “virtual instruments (VIs)”.21 Due to its graphical environment, simulation programs developed in LabVIEW need smaller development time compared to other simulation programs. This is another reason for which it has become an industrial standard in creating new device prototypes.22,23 The aim of this work is towards the stimulation of students’ interest in advanced electrical machines topics and to motivate them to do their own research in synchronous machine dynamic stability studies. The teaching tool presented in this paper involves both the machine operational characteristics by means of an iterative procedure based on analytical equations and the verification of this behaviour through a computer-aided educational tool.<br>
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