Implementation of an Educational Platform on Power Quality

This paper describes a laboratory setup that allows students to gain knowledge in Electrical Engineering and Electronics. In this paper, the developed lab for power quality (PQ) monitoring is described. The set is implemented using the National Instrument (NI) Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (ELVIS) and custom-made load boards. The software is based on the NI LabVIEW development environment. The set has been developed and employed for teaching electronic and instrumentation courses within the Master’s degree in Distributed Renewable Energies from the University of Cordoba. The paper shows different practical lessons that are designed to perform typical PQ measurements such as power, frequency, RMS or THD.