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Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids

Authors :
Juan Roberto López Gutiérrez
Pedro Ponce
Arturo Molina
Source :
Future Internet, Vol 13, Iss 9, p 237 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

In the science and engineering fields of study, a hands-on learning experience is as crucial a part of the learning process for the student as the theoretical aspect of a given subject. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, educational institutions were forced to migrate to digital platforms to ensure the continuity of the imparted lectures. The online approach can be challenging for engineering programs, especially in courses that employ practical laboratory methods as the primary teaching strategies. Laboratory courses that include specialized hardware and software cannot migrate to a virtual environment without compromising the advantages that a hands-on method provides to the engineering student. This work assesses different approaches in the virtualization process of a laboratory facility, diving these into key factors such as required communication infrastructure and available technologies; it opens a discussion on the trends and possible obstacles in the virtualization of a Real-Time (RT) laboratory intended for Microgrid education in a power electronics laboratory course, exposing the main simulation strategies that can be used in an RT environment and how these have different effects on the learning process of student, as well as addressing the main competencies an engineering student can strengthen through interaction with RT simulation technologies.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19995903
Volume :
13
Issue :
9
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Future Internet
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.00194bb271c04ba6b471d44d79a06f5e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13090237