Features & Benefits

• The training system teaches the principles behind certain key technologies allowing the implementation of a smart grid. These technologies include home energy production, SVCs, STATCOMs, and HVDC transmission systems.
• Realistic control functions implemented using the Data Acquisition and Control Interface via the LVDAC-EMS software allow the implementation of complex devices such as an SVC and a STATCOM directly in the laboratory.
• The course curriculum of the Electric Power Technology Training Program is highly flexible and allows a multitude of different customized training solutions.
• The courseware includes student manuals and instructor guides with all the theory required to perform the hands-on experiments.
• All workstations, modules, and components are sturdy and protected against electrical damage to ensure a prolonged service life in a demanding environment such as a training laboratory.
• The modular design approach of the training equipment allows a large variety of courses to be performed using a small number of modules, without unnecessary duplication of equipment.
• All electrical components can be interconnected without electric shock hazard since all live parts of the connection leads are concealed and insulated.
• All electrical symbols representing the components used in a laboratory exercise are clearly silk-screened on the front panel of the modules.
• The training system includes two highly versatile USB peripherals:
  • Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply, Model 8960-2. This module is used as a solar panel emulator with a large variety of configurable parameters.
  • Data Acquisition and Control Interface, Model 9063. This module gives access to a large variety of computer-based measuring instruments and is used to control the various power electronics devices necessary for home energy production, as well as SVC, STATCOM, and HVDC implantation. All functions are implemented via the LVDAC-EMS software.
• The training system also includes four highly versatile power electronics modules controlled using the Data Acquisition and Control Interface:
  • SVC Reactors/Thyristor Switched Capacitors, Model 8334. This module is used to implement the TCR and TSCs for SVC operation.
  • Insulated DC-to-DC Converter, Model 8835. This module is used to implement a solar/wind power inverter with HF transformer topology.
  • + IGBT Chopper/Inverter, Model 8837-B. This module is used to implement the solar/wind power inverter for home energy production and the three-phase PWM rectifier/inverter for STATCOM operation.
  • Power Thyristors, Model 8841. This module is used to implement the TCR and TSCs for SVC operation and the thyristor converters for HVDC operation.
• Software upgrades for LVDAC-EMS and firmware upgrades for the Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply and Data Acquisition and Control Interface are available for download free of charge on the Festo Didactic website.