Title :
Test bed system to evaluate the efficiency of variable speed drives under varying load conditions
Author :
Walker, M.L. ; Diana, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Natal Univ., Durban, South Africa
Abstract :
This paper describes the hardware requirements for a user friendly, easy to use test bed system to evaluate the efficiency of variable speed drives under variable load conditions. The test bed will allow variable speed drives to be loaded with any desired load characteristic to enable measurement and comparison of the savings that can be achieved when replacing fixed speed drives with variable speed drives
Keywords :
DC motor drives; induction motor drives; invertors; machine testing; test facilities; variable speed drives; DC drives; VSI; efficiency evaluation; induction motor drives; test bed system; variable speed drive loading; variable speed drives; varying load conditions; voltage source inverters; Couplings; DC motors; Electrical equipment industry; Fluid flow; Hardware; Induction motors; Mechanical variables control; System testing; Variable speed drives; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 1998. Proceedings. ISIE '98. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pretoria
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4756-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.1998.707805
