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Laboratories |
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The computer simulation as well as theoretical and experimental
aspects of our research work are done in the EPPEC Laboratories facilities at the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department in Illinois Institute of Technology. These
laboratories are well equipped and provide sophisticated
instrumentation, test equipment, microprocessor hardware and
software development, and a collection of commercial software
packages. The specialized knowledge of the faculty as well as our
facilities with state of the art technology and support of Grainger
Electric Power Laboratories and Illinois Institute of Technology are
among other features that facilitate the progress and successful
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Machinery
Laboratory |
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The Machinery Laboratory focuses on teaching the fundamentals of
power engineering. This focuses on the following areas: review of
three phase circuit analysis, principles of electromechanical energy
conversion, fundamentals of the operation of transformers, DC
machines, synchronous machines, induction machines, and fractional
horsepower machines. Introduction to electronic motor drives.
Introduction to power network models. The per unit system. Newton-Raphson
power flow. Symmetrical three phase faults. The laboratory
includes the operation, analysis, and performance of transformers,
motors, and generators. The laboratory experiments also involve the
use of PC based software applied to power engineering analysis and
design. |
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Grainger Power Electronics Teaching Laboratory |
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There is a rapidly
growing demand towards power electronic converters/systems in
different high-tech applications. These applications include the
well-known switching power supplies, personal computers, UPS
systems, modern industrial automation systems, home appliances, and
flexible AC transmission systems. They also include some less
well-known applications such as robotics, telecommunication systems,
electronic drives, VLSI, active filters, computerized control
systems, electric and hybrid electric vehicles, and cordless drives.
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Grainger Electric Motor Drives Teaching Laboratory |
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One of the fastest growing areas in engineering and technology is
motor drives and their power electronic converters. Electric motor
drives enable smarter utilization of electric and electronic
systems. Such motor drives, in turn, help create a demand for
increased use of electric and electronic systems. Motor drives and
their power electronic converters are facilitating electric power
transfer systems, which are replacing conventional mechanical,
hydraulic, and pneumatic power transfer systems. They are used in a
broad variety of applications from low-power home appliances such as
washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioning, hand power tools,
and cordless drives, robots, fitness machines, and medical
instrumentation, to medium-power automotive applications such as
electric power steering, active suspension, brake by wire,
starter/alternator, and anti-lock braking systems, to high-power
industrial motor drives and automation systems, electric and hybrid
electric cars, propulsion systems for trains and locomotives, mass
transit, movers, machine tools, elevators, pumps, and compressors.
For all these applications, motor drives and their power electronic
converters have real and significant potential for improving
efficiency, reliability, performance, and safety.
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Grainger Special Electric Machines Laboratory (To be completed by
2006) |
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Grainger Advanced Power Engineering Laboratory (To be completed
by 2006) |
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Power Systems
Teaching Laboratory |
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The Power Systems Laboratory includes the following specialized
research and training equipment: Alstom ESCA Dispatcher
Training Simulator (DTS):
Alstom ESCA is a major worldwide vendor of Energy Management
System software for the electric power industry. The Alstom ESCA
Dispatcher Training Simulator (DTS) has all the functionality of
actual control center software with the addition of a power system
simulator that provides simulated signals to the control center
software. An entire "real-time simulation'' can be hosted on Alstom
ESCA's DTS. As the power system evolves in time, the DTS will
provide all the signals that a dispatcher would receive in an actual
control center.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) PSAPACK:
The EPRI Power System Analysis Package (PSAPACK) is used by
utilities and government/academic research laboratories to study
large-scale electric power systems. EPRI's PSAPACK includes the
following industrial-grade simulation suites:
- IPFLOW: Interactive Power Flow
- SSSP: Small-Signal Stability Program
- ETMSP: Extended-Transient and Mid-term Stability Program
- DIRECT: Direct Method Transient Stability Program
- LTS: Long-term Stability Program
- VSTAB: Voltage Stability
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