Design and Construction of Controls for a Kv/Mva Class Power Electronics Testing Facility

In order to facilitate research and testing of kV/MVA class power electronics systems, Virginia Tech has constructed the High-Power lab facility. This lab supports testing of equipment operating at up to 1.3 MW, with maximum supply ratings of 4,160 V or 480 A, depending on how the system is configured. When operated as a recirculating power ring, the system will make minimal demands on utilities. An industrial supervisory, control, and data acquisition (SCADA) system will be used to control the facility. In this paper we will detail the lab design and give insight to the decisions behind it, with an aim toward helping the reader in their own similar effort.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Perdue, Clinton L.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Wang, Fei Fred

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Ramu, Krishnan
• Burgos, Rolando

• Power Electronics Test Facility
• SCADA
• Recirculating Power Ring

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09212006-221926

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35138