WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education
Print ISSN: 1790-1979, E-ISSN: 2224-3410
Volume 13, 2016
A Novel Web-Based Laboratory for Remote Control of Power Lighting Processes
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Abstract: The novel Web-Based Laboratory (WBL) presented in this paper is a multimedia framework for engineering education practice. It is designed and built for remote control of power lighting processes via Internet. The real lighting plant consists of : fluorescent lamps associated with dimmable electronic ballasts, a controllable lighting disturbance, a working space for visual activities, a light sensor, two wireless IP video cameras, and an Ethernet multifunction data acquisition board. In addition, a wireless router is used as a centralized access point for local IP equipments (wireless Internet link, web server computer, data acquisition board). For the sake of easy implementation of automated control tasks, Labview is used as an integrated tool for building the digital control software. From a virtual instrumentation panel of the application software, a variety of experiments could be remotely conducted via Internet. A sample of experimental results obtained and captured by independent authorized remote users operating from Cameroon and from France are presented. These results show the effectiveness of the proposed WBL, for remote experimentation of most control engineering concepts (e.g. open loop test, input time delay, PC-based PID controller, stability, and robustness), from anywhere in the world wide web via Internet.
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Keywords: Traditional Laboratory, Web-Based Laboratory, Lighting Processes, Experimental Modeling, Time Delay System, PC-based PID controller, Remote Control, Disturbance Rejection, Robustness
Pages: 7-19
WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-1979 / 2224-3410, Volume 13, 2016, Art. #2