Lab Manual POWER GENERATION Name: Nisar Ahmed

CMS ID: 50900

LAB NO. 1 27/09/2022

INTRODUCTION TO POWER GENERATION
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT.
Lab Objectives:
After completing this lab, students will be able to;
 To learn about the laboratory equipment which will be used in power generation
laboratory.

 Theory:

Power Generation:
The conversion of energy available in different forms in nature into
electrical energy is known as generation of electrical energy.
The process of producing electric energy or the amount of electric energy produced by
transforming other forms of energy into electrical energy.

 Lab Equipments:

Three-phase AC Power Supply Module (Constant/Variable):

Three-phase power is a three-wire AC power circuit with each phase ac signal 120
electrical degrees apart.

Fig.1: Three Phase AC variable power supply

Lab Manual POWER GENERATION Name: Nisar Ahmed
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Fig.2: Three Phase AC constant power supply

Variable DC Power Supply:

A variable power supply is one which includes some means for
the user to easily adjust the output voltage and sometimes the current.

Fig.1: Variable DC power supply

 Lab Manual POWER GENERATION Name: Nisar Ahmed
CMS ID: 50900

Power circuit breaker:

A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch
designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an
overload or short circuit. Its basic function is to interrupt current flow after a fault is detected.

Fig. 4: power circuit breaker

Synchronization indicator:
With six indicator lamps, white, for qualitative indication
of the phase relationship between mains and generator voltage (bright-dark circuit).

Fig.5: synchronization
indicator
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CMS ID: 50900

Synchronoscope:
In AC electrical power systems, a synchroscope is a device that
indicates the degree to which two systems are synchronized with each other. For two
electrical systems to be synchronized, both systems must operate at the same frequency, and
the phase angle between the systems must be zero.

Fig.6: synchronoscope

Switchable capacitor battery:

System, with which different capacitance values can be
connected to the mains for reactive power compensation. The capacitor battery contains 4
switching levels which can be connected and disconnected using power contactors. Each
switching level can be controlled separately, internally or externally. The switching levels
each consist of 3 capacitors in star connection with discharging resistors.
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CMS ID: 50900

Fig.7: switchable capacitor battery

Moving coil ammeter:

The D'Arsonval galvanometer is a moving coil ammeter. It uses
magnetic deflection, where current passing through a coil placed in the magnetic field of a
permanent magnet causes the coil to move.

Fig.8: moving coil ammeter

Double frequency meter:

Double frequency meters are highly accurate and compact.
Offering linear read-outs, they provide visual indication of frequency for manual
synchronization of generators to net (busbar).

Fig.9: Double frequency meter

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CMS ID: 50900

Double voltmeter:
The instruments have 2 independent moving iron movements to
measure the voltage for example between 2 generators or one generator and the net.

Fig.10: Double voltmeter

Conclusion:
In this lab we came to know about the basics of power generation and also got
the idea about the basic components of power generation.
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CMS ID: 50900

Rubrics:
Absent Student is Student can Student has Student has Student
unable to understand followed constructed perfectly
follow the the provided instructions the implemented
provided laboratory to construct functional/ a working
instructions instructions the working model/ logic/
properly. and familiar fundamental schematic/ circuit/ block
The student with the lab schematic/ model/ diagram/
can name the environment block block code and
hardware or (Trainer/ diagram/ diagram/ successfully
Demonstration
simulation software/ code/ model code, and executed the
platform, but IDE), but on the have lab objective
unable to cannot protoboard/ successfully in Realtime
implement implement trainer/ executed the or in a
anything on the simulation program/ simulation
practically or platform software. run circuit environment
on the practically on software and produced
software or on the platform the desired
software results
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Report not Plagiarized Requirements Observations Appropriate Correctly

submitted content are listed and are recorded computations drawn
presented or experimental along with or numerical conclusion
Laboratory incomplete procedure is detailed analysis is with
Reports submission presented procedure performed exact results
and complete
report in all
respects
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