Spring 2017

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS TO BE PERFORMED FOR POWER SYSTYEM LAB

Electrical Machine Laboratory:
1. Synchronous Machine:
To study the power angle characteristics of the given synchronous machine by synchronizing it to the
grid
2. Induction Generator:
To study the phenomenon of Generation employing an Induction Machine run at super synchronous
speeds and study the loading characteristics
3. 3 -3 windings Transformer
To determine the equivalent circuit of 3 - 3 winding transformer.
Relay Laboratory:
4. Overcurrent Relay and Under voltage Relay:
Study the Overcurrent relay and Under voltage relay. Observe and determine characteristics of the
relay for two plug settings and two time settings for each.
5. Directional Relay and Digital distance relay
Study the given directional relay and determine the characteristic of the relay
Study on distance protection scheme with a Digital Relay.
6. Percentage biased Differential Relay protecting a Transformer
Determine the characteristics of percentage-biased relay for at least two bias settings
High Voltage Laboratory:
7. High Voltage ac power frequency test on transformer
Study the generation and measurement of high ac voltages using a ac power frequency test
transformer. Determine the breakdown characteristics and observe phenomenon of Corona using (a)
Sphere Gap - a uniform field gap (b) Point Plane a non uniform field gap
8. Impulse Voltage Generation
Study the Impulse voltage generator. Observe the Impulse waveform. Determine critical flashover
voltage of the given sphere gap.
Energy System Laboratory:
9.

Solar PV: Study the performance of Solar PV modules under artificial variable insolation conditions
in the lab. Study of 100 kW solar PV plant installed at main building rooftop.

10. Wind turbine generator: Study the performance of Wind turbine generator system under variable load
Wind sped and pitch angle.
11. Fuel Cell: To determine the voltage-current characteristics of the Fuel Cell (FC50) and to investigate
the effect of the following on the characteristic curve of the fuel cell. i) Increased internal resistance
using FC hardware setup only. ii) Reduced air supply using the FC50 software. iii) Increased FC stack
temperature using FC50 software.