Hasan Abobakr is a second-year Electrical and Electronic Engineering student at the HAN and, together with fellow students Sander, Mihnea, Fleur, Justin and Sasha, he has chosen an innovative project with Lucas Nülle panels. We’re curious, what exactly can you achieve with these panels in terms of simulation?

Hasan: “I chose this project because it seemed very interesting to me personally, to see how the electricity network (smart grid) actually works. Also because in the first year of study, something was done with AC power, but nothing else with three-phase or with calculations thereof.”

The students got the task to simulate wind farm Koningspleij in Arnhem by means of the panels of Lucas Nülle. They then had to make a document describing how to simulate this in relation to other solar parks.

“The project was a really fun brainteaser, where you have to come up with a solution for everything,” laughs Hasan. “However, we didn’t expect that we would need a lot of time to get familiar with the panels. As a result, we couldn’t start on the real job straight away.”

Through this project, Hasan has learned that anything can still go wrong, no matter how well protected everything is. “I also learned a lot about the electricity network, even though much of it remains a mystery.” In addition, the group of students did a lot of research into the relationship between generators and consumers.

What tips does Hasan give students who will soon be working with the electricity network?

“Read everything carefully, especially the data sheets, to make sure that you know what everything means on the board. So that if things go wrong, you can reason out why they went wrong.”

Ultimately, the trick is to always keep in mind what the priorities are for the project. Hasan: “Yes, that’s true, because you can easily spend the whole day working on a small part of the project without realising at that moment that you don’t need to go into the matter so deeply for the bigger picture.”

Source: HAN University