In this paper, the development of an educational tool to improve the learning process about electrical power distribution and utilization systems in power system courses is presented. Usually, power system courses cover several concepts from the generation of electrical energy, transportation, interconnection, transformation, protection, distribution to final consumption. Most concepts are taught using theoretical circuit analysis, mathematical models and simulations in the classroom and laboratories. To improve the learning of some concepts, some technical tours to power stations and substations are made whenever possible. However, experimental exercises in power system courses are very difficult to implement due to safety reasons since most power equipment operates with high voltages. To mitigate this problem and motivate students in this area, a new power system educational tool to simulate electrical power distribution and utilization systems is proposed. The proposed system was developed using a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and other industrial equipment. The proposed pedagogical activities of the educational project and the results achieved with this new update are discussed in this study.

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一种远程和现场教育工具，可改善配电和用电系统的学习过程


本文提出了一种教育工具的开发，以改善电力系统课程中配电和利用系统的学习过程。通常，电力系统课程涵盖从电能的产生、运输、互连、变压、保护、分配到最终消耗的几个概念。大多数概念都是在课堂和实验室中使用理论电路分析、数学模型和模拟来教授的。为了加强对一些概念的学习，只要有可能，我们都会对发电站和变电站进行一些技术参观。然而，由于大多数电力设备在高电压下运行，出于安​​全原因，电力系统课程中的实验练习很难实施。为了缓解这个问题并激励该领域的学生，提出了一种新的电力系统教育工具来模拟电力分配和利用系统。所提出的系统是使用可编程逻辑控制器（PLC）和其他工业设备开发的。本研究讨论了教育项目拟议的教学活动以及这一新更新所取得的成果。