A multipurpose problem-based learning platform for education and research under smart grid umbrella

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Haidar, Ahmed M. A., Smith, Vic and Elphick, Sean. 2021. "A multipurpose problem-based learning platform for education and research under smart grid umbrella." International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education. 58 (1), pp. 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020720918816001
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A multipurpose problem-based learning platform for education and research under smart grid umbrella

ERA Journal ID4477
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsHaidar, Ahmed M. A. (Author), Smith, Vic (Author) and Elphick, Sean (Author)
Journal TitleInternational Journal of Electrical Engineering Education
Journal Citation58 (1), pp. 3-32
Number of Pages40
Year2021
Place of PublicationUnited kingdom
ISSN0020-7209
2050-4578
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0020720918816001
Web Address (URL)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020720918816001?journalCode=ijea
Abstract

Developing user-friendly learning platform tailored to illustrating the integrative nature of specific subjects can be very effective in enhancing the involvement of students in the classroom. The focus of this paper is twofold; first, highlighting a specific project from a teaching perspective for the design and implementation of a multipurpose experimental test facility for plug-in electric vehicle, renewable energy and energy storage management in the smart grid context. Second, proposing the application of this project as an interactive tool to assist in demonstrating the system behaviour, when teaching the new emerging subjects in power engineering courses particularly, Smart Grid. Indeed, the scope of the test facility with the developed simulation tool is specially structured and oriented to education, training and research studies, where problem-based learning can be easily implemented. The electrical test hardware in this design can be operated independently as a multipurpose experimental setup for plug-in electric vehicle. In addition, it can also be interconnected with a small size wind or photovoltaic system to facilitate a complete hybrid integrated platform for testing and model verification. A variety of illustrative examples are presented to show the features of the test facility with its operation and how the components of this facility were selected. Additionally, several test scenarios are depicted using the developed simulation tool, which cover the assessment of grid integration with its components in the event of unforeseen circumstances. A recommendation that can be drawn from this paper is to motivate academics who are actively involved in conducting research on smart grid, to make use of their hardware or software designs in the process of teaching and learning
so that undergraduate students can get the opportunity of observation and experimentation.In this sense, suggestions for future work are proposed.

Keywordssmart grid education, problem-based learning, plug-in electric vehicle, power conversion, energy storage management system
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020400805. Electrical energy transmission, networks and systems
399999. Other education not elsewhere classified
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University of Wollongong
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