Measurement setup for a power laboratory motor generator station

Author

Walsh, Patrick J. ; Hancock, Garwin C. ; Zeng, Yuming ; Malik, Om P.

Author_Institution

Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

157

Abstract

A measurement set up developed for autonomous motor generator stations for an undergraduate power laboratory is described in this paper. Methods used to measure and display the various electrical and mechanical quantities for easy observation by the students during the experiment are described. A microcontroller-based instrument to measure speed, frequency, load-angle and slip has been developed. The setup minimizes the tangle of wires on the work table. It also allows the students to devote their time more usefully to the experiment and observation of the characteristics itself. The setup has proven to be safe, functional durable and instructive

Keywords

automatic test equipment; automatic testing; electric generators; electric motors; frequency measurement; load (electric); machine testing; power engineering computing; power engineering education; slip (asynchronous machines); student experiments; torque measurement; velocity measurement; electrical quantities; frequency; load-angle; measurement; mechanical quantities; microcontroller-based instrument; motor generator; slip; speed; testing; undergraduate power laboratory; Displays; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Instruments; Laboratories; Mechanical variables measurement; Power generation; Power measurement; Velocity measurement; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.387217

Filename

387217