Design of an analysis virtual tool for PV sourced microgrid systems

Nolasco, Juan José Martínez; Padilla-Medina, José A.; Gutiérrez, Alejandro Israel Barranco; Pérez-Pinal, Francisco J.; Prado-Olivarez, Juan; Ramírez, Carlos Alonso Herrera

doi:10.1002/cae.22001

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“…ese results coincide with those reported by Martinez et al [37], who developed a virtual tool for the design and analysis of the administration and control of the energy of photovoltaic systems in a DC microgrid, obtaining as a result that the tool allows the dynamic simulation of different control algorithms. On the other hand, Chen et al [11] in their proposal for simulator hardware in the loop used a satisfaction survey applied to the 30 students, which indicates that they totally agree that it is an effective educational tool.…”

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Development of a Didactic Educational Tool for Learning Fuzzy Control Systems

Aguilera-Alvarez

Padilla-Medina

Martínez-Nolasco

et al. 2021

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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This paper presents the development of a virtual didactic tool for students of mechatronic engineering taking an intelligent system course. The objective of the tool is for students to learn the structures for fuzzy control systems. This tool makes it easier for students to understand the behavior of the membership functions of input and output variables, the evaluation of the set of fuzzy rules, and the method of defuzzification, giving the students the possibility of applying a fuzzy controller in industrial processes using a data acquisition board. The proposed tool was developed with the virtual instrumentation software LabVIEW. It has the advantage that students can manipulate the internal structure of the fuzzy logic control system in a unique window where students can analyze the behavior of internal signals by looking at the response graphs. The fuzzy controller can be easily translated to a real application by using LabVIEW compatible hardware. To have feedback from students on the use of the tool and to understand if this tool allows an improvement in their academic performance, a 2-hour workshop on the proposed application was given to a group of 93 students. At the end of the workshop, a knowledge assessment and a perception survey were applied to the participants. The academic performance achieved by students who were given the workshop using the proposed teaching tool was compared with the academic performance of students who witnessed the workshop using Matlab tools. The statistical analysis of the results obtained for the knowledge assessment shows that the students that had taken the workshop using the proposed teaching tool had better compression of the topic compared to the students that had taken the workshop using the Fuzzy Logic Toolbox provided by Matlab MathWorks. The students that had taken the workshop using the proposed teaching tool obtained a mean grade of 89.63/100, while students that had taken the workshop using Matlab’s tools obtained a mean grade of 69.85/100. Also, the students’ perception of the proposed tool was that it allowed the design of fuzzy control systems in a simple and intuitive way.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Development of a Didactic Educational Tool for Learning Fuzzy Control Systems

Aguilera-Alvarez

Padilla-Medina

Martínez-Nolasco

et al. 2021

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Development of a photovoltaic panel emulator and LabVIEW‐based application platform

Gürkan

Karapınar

Sorgunlu

et al. 2020

Comp Applic In Engineering

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In this study, a photovoltaic (PV) panel emulator was developed based on a single diode model of a PV cell, and four prototypes of this kind emulator have been produced. In addition, an electronic potentiometer and a central control unit were developed to be used in experimental studies. Each of the developed emulators was planned to be at least 16 W in power. LabVIEW‐based interfaces were designed to reveal the electrical characteristics of the PV panel emulator and compare them with that of an actual PV panel, and the acquired electrical data were graphical analyzed with Matlab program. Results show that the developed PV panel emulator and actual PV panel characteristics are consistent with each other. A low‐cost system which does not need light source for experimental studies has been developed to be used in renewable energy laboratories, and to give psychomotor and cognitive behaviors to students.

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