A GRAPHICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION LABORATORY FOR POWER-SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAMS

The recent availability of Electromagnetic Transient Programs with gra phical front ends now makes it possible to put together models for cir cuits and systems in a manner similar to the connection of components in a laboratory. In the past, the non-graphical EMT Programs required considerable expertise in their use and thus distracted the students i nto the details of simulation. The introduction of a graphical simulat ion based laboratory into Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Progr ams is presented, based on the PSCAD/EMTDC program, The philosophy beh ind the design of suitable example cases is presented within the frame work of an Undergraduate Power Electronics Course, an HVdc Transmissio n Course and a course on Power System Protection.