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Plant Growing Control With Modicon M580, Brittany M.Y. Won, Eileen T. Tran
Plant Growing Control With Modicon M580, Brittany M.Y. Won, Eileen T. Tran
Electrical Engineering
Currently, the Industrial Power and Controls lab is being developed by the Cal Poly Electrical Engineering department. The lab is equipped with recently donated Modicon M580 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) from Schneider Electric. In addition to PLCs, Schneider Electric also donated Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and input/output modules. This project focuses on the creation of a lab experiment that will give future Cal Poly electrical engineering students hands-on experience with this equipment. To show students the broad range of PLCs and the role that electrical engineering plays in various industries, this experiment focuses on the agriculture industry, but more specifically, …
Microgrid Protection Student Laboratory: Human-Machine Interface And Scada Database, Nathan P. Martinez
Microgrid Protection Student Laboratory: Human-Machine Interface And Scada Database, Nathan P. Martinez
Electrical Engineering
The electric utility system, a ubiquitous and fundamental component of modern life, has changed more in the last 20 years than the last 100. With more homes and businesses installing distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar panels, battery storage, and other intermittent sources, massive changes need to take place in the electric transmission and distribution systems. Engineers must develop a new skill set for a modern utility industry. This project summarizes a component for a new laboratory class aimed at power engineering students at Cal Poly which supports the laboratory through the creation of a human-machine interface (HMI) and …