Lab Director: D. Fitzgerald
Courses Offered:
ECE109L, ECE207L, ECE310L, ECE468L, ECE469L, ECE421,
ECE422,
ETE152, ETE153, ETE253, ETE254, ETE355, ETE260, ETE479
Laboratory Size: 1226 square feet
Average # of students per year: 369
Lab Function:
Provides equipment for ECE Core Power lab (ECE360),
Power Electronics (ECE478L, ECE479L) , and can be used for lower
level networks (ECE129L, ETE153L) and for non-major (ECE251L) labs.
Lab Status:
The lab is set up with 12 Lab Volt
Machine test stands. All 12 benches have capability for 3-phase and
1-phase power experiments. Equipment (transformers, capacitors, etc.)
for a variety of labs is stored bin the room. Each bench is equipped
with a DC power supply, digital multimeter(s), a frequency counter,
signal generator, and a scope.
Current Problems with the Laboratory:
- The experiments currently use primarily analog meters
which are more vulnerable to damage, costly to repair , and generally
less accurate than modern digital power meters. The bench digital
meters are not suitable for many of the power experiments.
- There are not enough machine test stands which leads
to overcrowded conditions.
- The support equipment (variable loads, tachometers,
etc.) are insufficient or inadequate.
- The spare parts for the oscilloscopes can no longer
be obtained from the manufacturer.
Equipment Needs:
- The Lab
Volt Machine test sets should be retrofitted with a "stiffer" dynamometer
setup utilizing strain gauges and torque readouts.
- Five 3-phase Squirell cage Induction
motors.
- Five DC machines
- Ten Lab Volt virtual instruments
interface units for rotating machines.
- Ten computers
- Ten Digital Wattmeters
- Five Power factor meters
- Five Magtran training systems (Lab
Volt Magnetic experiments)
- Ten Digital RPM meters. The rpm
meters may be retrofitted into current and future sets.
- twelve oscilloscopes
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