Course: Measurement and testing of electric machines

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Course title Measurement and testing of electric machines
Course code KEV/MZS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Skala Bohumil, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures 1 Type test of induction machine 2 Methods and instruments 3 Non-electrical magnitudes measurement, sensors, transducers for temperature, pressure, airflow 4 Project, measurement preparation 5 Electric and magnetic magnitude measurement 6 Insulation measurement 7 Cooling of machines, load test, warm up test 8 Vibration, rotor balancing 9 Noise and vibration measuremen 10 Loading methods of electrical machines 11 Testing of AC rotary machines 12 Transformers and choke tests 13 Revision measurement, earth current Laboratory classes 1 safety rules, credit condition, Instruments errors calculation, 2 Measurement of hysteresis losses of rotor índuction machine 3 Connection of induction machines (reversing, run-up, star-delta switching, contactors 4 Loading of induction machine via dynamometer 5 Effeciency measurement by direct and undirect method 6 Voltage shape of synchronous generator 7 Power measurement in three wires network 8 Induction machine as self operated generator 9 Moment of inertia calculation 10 Moment of inertia measurement 11 Star delta switching with a delay 12 Induction machine description 13 Induction machine faults, credit

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
describe the principles of electrical resistance, voltage and current measurement
explains the marking of electrotechnical quantities and their physical units
describes the principle of operation of transformers and rotating machines
Skills
Draw up a equivalent circuit of transformers and rotating machines
Shows the phase diagram of the transformer and rotating machines
applies torque equations and machine characteristics
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
explain the principles of operation of special transformers and chokes
explains the principle of the activity of special rotary machines, machines with permanent magnets and reluctance machines
Applies the relationships needed to calculate the solution
suggests the machines connection of load test machines
Skills
apply the knowledge of the measurement in DC current circuits and perform the analysis of the electrical drive, summarize the requirements posed on it
sketch out the scheme of a given existing connection of an electrical machine and perform the analysis of the electrical drive, summarizing the requirements placed upon it
Performs a warming test of the transformer and the asynchronous motor
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Laboratory work
Practicum
Competences
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • BARTOŠ, V. Elektrické stroje. skripta ZČU v Plzni, 2000.
  • Bartoš, Václav; Skala, Bohumil. Měření na elektrických strojích. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2002. ISBN 80-7082-896-X.
  • Hrabovcová, Valéria. Moderné elektrické stroje. 1. vyd. Žilina : Žilinská univerzita, 2001. ISBN 80-7100-809-5.
  • Juha Pyrhönen, Tapani Jokinen, Valéria Hrabovcová. Design of rotating electrical machines. Chichester, 2014. ISBN 978-1-118-58157-5.
  • Skala, Bohumil. Měření a zkoušení elektrických zařízení : využití počítače pro řízení experimentů a sběr dat. Vydání: 2., upravené. 2015. ISBN 978-80-261-0546-6.


Study plans that include the course
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