Project Description

The ABB Ltd. Medium Voltage Switchgear system is an electricity power transmission system used for controlling, regulating, and switching on or off the electrical circuit in an electrical power grid or distribution center. Due to the amount of voltage and current running through these systems, the energizing and de-energizing or them can lead to a failure known as an Arc Flash event. Whenever one of these events occur it is of extreme danger to any personnel in the immediate area. Our sponsor, ABB Ltd., tasked us with creating two solutions to controlling the system from a distance. A wired, hand-held solution, and a more advanced software based controller that could be used remotely by authorized personnel.

Sponsor

The sponsor of this project is ABB Ltd. A Switzerland based company with a division for their US based switchgear products here locally in the Lake Mary area. They presented the project to us, introduced us to their system, and guided us through development and integration with their existing system.

Contact: Michael Christian, Global Product Manager at ABB Ltd.

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Documentation and Assets

Below are links to download or view our documentation, presentations, and source code.

Initial Project Documentation

Our initial project documentation write-up from the first semester of the course.

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Final Project Documentation

Our final project documentation write-up from the second semester of the course, updated for any changes to parts of the project.

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Critical Design Review Presentation

This presentation was given in front of our peers for an open discussion and review of our project and approach.

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Committee Presentation

This is the final presentation was given in front of Dr. Richie and a board of professors for a final review and evaluation of our project.

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Conference Paper

A shorter, conference style paper that summarizes the higher level design and information related to our project.

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Software Source Code

A zip folder containing all source code related to the Advanced Controller, MCU, and the Django API.

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Hardware Schematics

A zip folder containing all of the schematics for the two PCBs we designed to complete our project.

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About Us: Christopher Miller

Christoper started his engineering journey after transferring to the University of Central Florida in the Spring of 2015. His interests include modeling and simulation, military technology development, and AI/Machine learning. After graduating with his bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Christopher will be continuing his full-time position as a Computer Programmer II for the Naval Air Warfare Center here in Orlando.

About Us: Huy Tran

Huy is a 26-year-old graduating as an electrical engineer from the University of Central Florida. His interests include circuit design and control systems. After graduation, he wants to work as a circuit designer for Texas Instruments.

About Us: Michael Dean

Michael is graduating the University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in Computer Engineering. His interests are computer architecture and computer science. He currently works as a contractor at Kennedy Space Center doing IT security but hopes to work for a company like Amazon, Microsoft, or Intel in the future.