Electric Drives Laboratory EE 4703 Electric Drives Lab, Fall Semester, 2003 TA: Ted Brekken 5 Experiments 45 Students

23 students meeting every other week for 2 hours. Some experiments required 2 meetings.

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Exp 1: Introduction to Simulink. Task: Build and simulate a DC motor model Goals: Familiarize students with Matlab/Simulink as a simulation tool. Learn about DC machines and equations.

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Exp 2: A simple second order real-time system, programmed with Simulink. Task: Build a simple second order system in Simulink for implementation on dSpace DSP. Goals: Familiarize students with Matlab/Simulink as a DSP programming tool. Learn about dSpace, ControlDesk, and how to build control layouts. Compare simulation and real-time results

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Exp 3: Full-bridge control and using it to drive a no load DC motor. Task: Program the DSP with Simulink to control the output of the power board. Goals: Familiarize students with drives setup hardware. Get the motors spinning. Measure no load DC motor data.

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Exp 4: Characterization of a DC machine. Task: Experimentally derive DC machine parameters. Goals: Illustrate the process of parametizing machines for control. Learn more advanced Matlab tools for data analysis. Lots of time spinning the motors.

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Exp 5: V/f control of Induction Machine. Task: Run an induction machine over a wide speed range. Goals: Familiarize students with induction machine drives. Learn about V/f control. Spin an induction machine over a wide speed range.

Electric Drives Laboratory Setup

Electric Drives Laboratory Setup

Electric Drives Laboratory Setup

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Control Desk

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Control Desk

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Position Tracking

Advanced Electric Drives Laboratory

Repeat first couple experiments from first drives lab. DC motor control: focus on how to derive controller gains and tuning. Apply to elevator control. Induction machine transient behavior. Induction machine vector control simulation and implementation. PMAC/Brushless DC machine simulation and control. Direct Torque Control. Switched reluctance machines.

Advanced Electric Drives Laboratory

Advanced Electric Drives Laboratory

Advanced Electric Drives Laboratory

Advanced Electric Drives Laboratory

Advanced Electric Drives Laboratory

Advanced Electric Drives Laboratory

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Position Tracking - Elevator

Electric Drives Laboratory Experiments

Controller Tuning