Instrumentation for Testing and Control of Laboratory Model Turbogenerator

This paper describes an automated measurement system for a micromachine, which is a laboratory model of a large turbogenerator, used for practical evaluation of proposed new control schemes involving on-line computer control. Rotor angle, slip, and various electrical quantities have to be measured rapidly and accurately, with immediate graphical display of outputs, and frequent updating for control purposes. The philosophy adopted is to present data to the computer in its most basic form, to be processed by efficient software routines.