Electric Machines Lab
Electric Machines Lab
- Magnetic Characteristics.
- Electromechanical Characteristics.
- Determination of working characteristics.
- The external characteristics of a compound generator for level, under and over compounding.
- Efficiency determination.
- External characteristics.
- Determination of working characteristics.
- Three phase slip ring induction motor
Specifications
- Stator windings could be connected in Y or Δ schemes.
- The motor can be used as slip ring or squirrel cage motor if the rotor brushes is short circuited.
- Input voltage 220/380 volt Δ/Y.
- Input frequency 50 Hz.
- Nominal speed 3000 rpm.
- Nominal Power 300 W.
- Safe 4mm sockets for input.
- Safety earth connection provided
Typical experiments
- Winding resistance measurements.
- Short Circuit test.
- No Load test.
- Efficiency determination.
- External characteristics.
- Determination of working characteristics.
- Star / Delta Starting.
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- Starting three phase induction motor with a starting rheostat.
- Speed control of a squirrel cage induction motor.
- External characteristics.
- Determination of working characteristics.
Typical experiments
- Winding resistance measurements. U٢ V٢ W٢
Specifications
- The tacho-generator is a DC Generator which produce a DC
voltage that is directly and linearly proportional to the speed.
- Used to measure the rotating machines speed by measuring
the produced voltage and convert it to rpm.
- Ratio is 20 V DC per 1000 rpm.
- Nominal speed 3000 rpm.
DC Motor starter
Specifications
- Used to start DC shunt excited motor and control its speed.
- The dc motor starter protected with a fuse and thermal switch.
- The excitation and armature connection are performed using safe 4mm sockets.
- The adjustment potentiometer varies the armature voltage and current while the excitation voltage and
current are fixed.
- Armature voltage from 0 to 200 VDC.
- Excitation voltage 200 VDC.
Loads
- Resistive Load
Specifications
- Three resistive switched load banks controlled by three rotary switches with an “Off” plus 7 positions.
- Nominal DC voltage 220 volt.
- Nominal star voltage 380 V AC.
- Nominal delta voltage 220 V AC.
- Nominal power 100 W per bank.
- Load value from 547 Ohm to 3770 Ohm, Fuse protected.
- Safe 4mm sockets for connection.
Typical experiments
- Winding resistance measurements.
- Short Circuit test.
- No Load test.
- Efficiency determination.
- External characteristics.
- Determination of working characteristics.
- Inductive Load
Specifications
- Three inductive switched load banks controlled by three rotary switches with an “Off” plus 7 positions.
- Can be connected in series, parallel, star or delta configuration.
- Nominal star voltage 380 V AC.
- Nominal delta voltage 220 V AC.
- Nominal frequency 50 HZ.
- Nominal power 100 VAR@220V AC per bank.
- Load value from 3H to 12 H, Fuse protected.
- Safe 4mm sockets for connection.
- Capacitive Load
Specifications
- Three capacitive switched load banks controlled by three rotary switches with an “Off” plus 7 positions.
- Can be connected in series, parallel, star or delta configuration.
- Nominal star voltage 380 V AC.
- Nominal delta voltage 220 V AC.
- Nominal frequency 50 HZ.
- Nominal power 116 VAR@220V AC per bank.
- Load value from 1 µf to 7 µf, Fuse protected.
- Safe 4mm sockets for connection.