A NEW TEACHING METHOD TO LEARN THE SMART GRID PLATFORM

With the advancement of technology, humanity began to focus on the problem of air pollution emissions as a result of industrial activity, increasing numbers of vehicles, et cetera. Air pollution does direct and indirect damage to humans and other living creatures. As evidence, the number of patients Asthma and respiratory system infections increased significantly in recent years. In addition, the greenhouse gases contributes to global warming - an increase of temperature on Earth, causing icebergs to melt and cause a rise of the water on Earth. In order to meet increasing power generation requirements, while minimizing the amount of air pollution caused by conventional power stations around the world, alternative resources of energy were used to build "alternative energy" sources.

Connecting alternative energy to the power grid caused an immediate reduction of air pollution emitted from power stations. Nevertheless, air pollution was not significantly diminished, because the electrical energy that entered the network was "waiting" to be consumed. In order to cause a significant reduction in air pollution, a new solution was found: the Smart Grid. The Smart Grid was invented to implement proper management of energy in the power grid. Through Smart Grid, the amount of energy was guided effectively to consumers at any given time. As a result, there was a significant reduction in the amount of pollution from power stations. For the operation and maintenance of the Smart Grid, electrical engineers are required. To this end, the Institute "HIT – Holon Institute of Technology" has developed an interactive and modern teaching method which teaches electrical engineering students about the Smart Grid system in the laboratory.
This article presents the latest teaching method developed in HIT College and the results and conclusions obtained in experiments conducted on the system platform.