Lab 1
Lab 1
Lab 1
Familiarization with Laboratory Equipment and
Safety
Precautions
Objectives
▪ To get familiarized with laboratory equipment.
▪ To get familiarized with safety precautions associated with this
laboratory.
Hardware
▪ Reactive Power Controller (745 0911)
▪ Universal Multifunction Meter (727 230)
▪ Three-Phase Supply Unit with FCCB (726 75)
▪ Control Unit for Magnetic Powder Brake (732 55)
▪ Magnetic Powder Brake (732 54)
▪ Switchable Capacitor Battery (745 095)
▪ Squirrel Cage Motor 230/400 V 1.0
▪ Excitation Voltage Controller (745 021)
▪ Synchronous Machine SC 1.0 (733 07)
▪ Pendulum Machine 1.0/2.0 (732 68)
▪ Control Unit for Pendulum Machine 1.0/2.0 (732 695)
▪ Incremental Tacho 1.0 (732 592)
▪ Resistive Load 1.0 (733 10)
▪ Inductive Load 0.1/0.3/1.0 (732 42)
▪ Capacitive Load (733 11)
▪ Moving Iron Meter (727 32)
▪ Single and Three Phase Measurements (68-100)
In-Lab Tasks
Reactive Power Controller 745 0911
The reactive power controller 745 0911 has four switching outputs with which
the capacitor blocks of the capacitor bank 745095 can be switched. It has two
different operating modes (manual and automatic) which are preselected with
BR 6000 touch panel on the unit. In the manual operating mode, the capacitor
13.The rocker switch for starting the automatic recording of the characteristic,
as well as for the interruption of any given operating state.
14.Torque input (MIN)
15.Extern control input (EXTERN)
16.Analog speed input (na IN)
17.Digital speed input (nd IN)
18.Temperature monitoring of the pendulum machine under test (𝜗𝐵𝑅𝐴𝐾𝐸)
19.Temperature monitoring of the machine under test (𝜗𝑀𝑈𝑇)
20.RESET
21.Analog speed output (nOUT)
22.PEN-LIFT output
23.Analog torque output (MOUT)
24.4 – quadrant display
25.Serial output (SERIAL OUT)
26.Fuse, control electronics T0.315
27.Fuse, excitation of the pendulum machine T1.0
Figure 1.11: Control unit for pendulum machine 1.0/2.0 (732 695)
Safety Precautions
1. Students are expected to work with high voltages in this laboratory. It is
therefore imperative that extra precautions be taken while handling the
equipment. Moreover, students must concentrate on their work and not
allow any distractions to ensure their safety. Any instances of non-serious
behaviour will be dealt with strictly and the offender may be asked to leave
the laboratory.
2. Students must show their connections to the lab instructor before powering
on the equipment to avoid any damages.
3. Students must pay attention to the measurement instruments along with
their equipment. Any erroneous or out of ordinary measurements must be
reported to the lab instructor immediately and the experiment must be
continued in his/her presence.
4. Shut down the equipment via proper breakers immediately if you smell or
see smoke rising from any of the equipment or hear unusual sounds and
report the issue to lab instructor or attendant. Do the same if you can feel
any machines overheating.
5. Ensure that the couplings and the exposed shaft ends are protected with
the corresponding guards so that no physical contact with rotating parts is
possible. Loose clothing must not be worn in lab as it might get stuck in the
rotating parts of machines and cause physical distress/harm.
6. When connecting the machines extra effort should be made to have the
connecting leads arranged in a clear and straightforward manner. These
parts must not come into contact with rotating parts under any
circumstances.
7. It is recommended that the measurements should be carried out on
"warmedup" machines to obtain reproducible experiment results.
8. In accordance with vendor stipulations, the metal parts which are off circuit
(e.g., the housing) must be connected to the protective conductor. The
protective conductor is exclusively designed for this function and must not
be connected to the neutral conductor N in the circuit.
9. When the machine-generator set is running then the load connected to the
stator terminals must not be removed or reconnected, since this will result
in disturbances for the control unit of the machine thereby triggering the
overcurrent protection mechanism and switching off the pendulum
machine.
10.Should modifications to the circuits be undertaken in the stator circuit when
the synchronous machine is running, then the excitation must be reduced to
zero before this can be carried out.
11.High induction voltages can occur at the reactors when the current is
interrupted. Before changing the experiment set-up (e.g., selecting a
different measurement range on a meter), the current is to be shut off using
the threepole cut-out switch.
Post-lab Task
Submit a report summarizing what you have learned about the laboratory
equipment.
Pre-Lab /5
In-Lab /5
Results /5
/25
Viva /5
Critical
/5
Analysis
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