King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Electrical Engineering Department

EE 306

Electromechanical Devices

Laboratory Manual

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 Table of Contents

Safety Guidelines……………………………………………………................. v

Experiment 1: Introduction To CASSY Lab Software…………................. 1

Experiment 2: 3-Phase Circuits and Power Measurements………............ 17
Experiment 3: Magnetic Circuits Characteristics…..……………............. 25
Experiment 4: Equivalent Circuit of Single Phase
Transformers……………………………………............... 31
Experiment 5: Voltage Regulation and Efficiency of Single Phase
Transformers………………………………………........... 37
Experiment 6: Load Characteristics of Shunt and Cumulative Compound
DC Generators………………………………………........ 43
Experiment 7: Torque Speed Characteristics of DC Shunt and Cumulative
Compound Motors ………………………………………. 51
Experiment 8: Determination of Parameters of Three-Phase
Synchronous Generators…………………………............. 57
Experiment 9: Torque - Speed Characteristics of 3- Induction Motors.. 65

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 SAFETY GUIDELINES

To develop a healthy respect for electricity, it is important to understand how it

acts, how it can be directed, what hazards it presents, and how these hazards can
be minimized through safe laboratory procedures.

How Shock Occurs

Electricity can travel only in a closed or looped circuit. Normally, travel is
through a conductor. Shock occurs when the body becomes a part of the electric
circuit. The current must enter the body at one point and leave at another.
Shock may occur in one of three ways; the person must come in contact
1. With both wires of the electric circuit;
2. With one wire of an energized circuit and the ground or
3. With a metallic part that has become “hot” by itself being in contact with
an energized wire, while the person is in contact with the circuit ground.
It is possible to receive a shock by touching only the energized wire, or an
energized metallic part, and the ground because of the nature of an electric circuit.
An electric circuit constitutes a completely continuous path. It starts at the
generator, flows through wires (conductors) to the transformer, and back to the
generator. In the transformer, the voltage is reduced (or increased) and flows into
the building, where it is used to do useful work, and then back to the transformer.
The generator and the transformer both have direct connections to the ground,
and the current will use these paths if its normal path of return is broken and if it
can get to the ground.
To receive a shock, a person must become part of an actual circuit; that is, the
current must flow through his body as it would through a conductor. Under
certain conditions, a person may be exposed to electricity but, unless his body
becomes part of a circuit, no harm results. If, for instance, a person is standing on
an insulating mat and touches only one wire of a 120-volt circuit, no complete
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circuit is established and he will feel no shock. If, however, a person should touch
both conductors of a circuit, even with the same finger, the finger becomes part
of the circuit, current flowing through the finger from one side of the circuit to
the other. For this reason, shock occurs when a finger is placed in a lamp socket
(It is difficult to touch the base of the socket without also touching the side.)

Severity of The Shock

The severity of the shock received when a person becomes a part of an electrical
circuit is affected by three primary factors. These factors are: (1) the rate of flow
of current through the body, measured in amperes; (2) the path of the current
through the body, and (3) the length of time the body is in the circuit. Other factors
which may affect the degree of shock are: the frequency of the current phase of
the heart cycle when shock occurs, and the physical and psychological condition
of the person.
Remember that electric shock is no joke - for three reasons:
1. A shock, even a small one, is more harmful if it passes through the heart.
Electrical leads should be handled with one hand only, while the other is
safely out of the way.
2. Under certain conditions, electricity can produce a painful burn.
3. A sudden, unexpected shock causes a fast reaction and the reaction can
result in injury, either to the person getting shocked, or a bystander. Be
especially cautious when the circuit contains coils and capacitors. These
can cause shocks after power has been turned off.
It is a good idea in any lab where electricity is used to learn where the master
disconnects is in case of emergency. All students should be aware of
elementary first aid and what to do if an accident occurs, either to themselves
or another student.

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Few suggestions are
• DON’T ever turn power on until the circuit is checked.
• DO be ready to turn the power off fast.
• DON’T ever clown around.
• DO make connections with one hand.
• DO turn the power off after every use.
• DO be prepared ahead.
• DO put everything carefully away after use.
• DO keep leads neat and area clean.
• DO follow instructions.
• Open and free wires shall be avoided before energizing the circuit.
• Do not energize any circuit until the instructor checks it.
• The supply voltage of the table is 220 VAC only. Please check the voltage
rating of any equipment before plugging into the table sockets. Use proper
supply voltage for all the equipments in the lab. If a 110 VAC supply is
needed then ask the technician to provide it
• The range of difference power equipments should be correctly selected in
right time. Do not overload any equipment / instrument
• Seek help of your instructor for any doubt about the circuit connection.
• Modification to the circuit may only be performed when the system is
switched off (zero voltage/ zero current )
• Always use the coupling and shaft end guards to protect against contact to
rotating parts.
• After finishing the experiment, turn off all the supply and bring them
back to zero reading before dismantling the circuit. The first
connections to be removed during dismantling the circuit are
connections from all the voltage supplies.

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• Normally it is not required to open the device’s housing. However, if
necessary to open the housing then it must be performed by lab technician
and under the condition only when the mains plug and all connecting leads
have been disconnected.
• Attention should be given to the proper routing of the cables related to
experiment when connecting the rotating machines. Cables should never
have a chance to come into contact with rotating components
• Machines are to be positioned immediately adjacent to one another with
their base please securely bolted together
• Connect the thermal switch of the motor to the “TEMP CONTROL”
on the control unit.
• Connect all the “PE” or ground connections present on the motor,
generator and the tacho generator panels to the “PE “connection of
the supply.
• Ground all the ground connections of isolation amplifier, CASSY and
profi-CASSY units.
• When a DC motor is removed from its power source then subsequently
driven by at the cradle dynamometer it ca go into generator operation, thus
producing voltage which will continue to be present at its terminals.
• Safety of working shall be strictly observed and maintained by one of the
group member throughout the experiment time.
• Push the emergency button “RED BUTTON” present on the
experiment table in case of any emergency or safety related events.
EE-Power Lab Regulations:
• Please adhere to the lab timings.
• Safety shoes and clothing is strictly enforced for any activities in the lab
• Keep good house keeping while working in the lab and place the wires and
other accessories at their specified locations after finishing the work.

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 EXPERIMENT # 1: INTRODUCTION TO CASSY LAB

Objectives:

• To learn and experiment the measurement of electrical variables through

the digital technology Cassy data acquisition in connection with Cassy Lab
computer interface.
• To measure, display and record DC and AC quantities then extract
subsequent quantities online and offline.
• To plot and analyze the results.
Apparatus:

• Variable DC Power Source 40….250V/10A.

• Three-phase AC Power supply. 0 – 400V/2.5A.
• Adjustable Resistive Load.
• Fixed Inductive Load.
• 1 Profi-Cassy.
• 1 Sensor-Cassy.
• 1 Isolation Amplifier.
• 1 Professional Digital Multimeter.
• 1 Cassy Computer Data Acquisition and processing Interface package.
• 1 PC.
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.

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Procedure:

A: Preliminary Measurements

1. Use the Professional Digital Multimeter to measure the load resistances and
enter the relevant data in Table 1.
Table 1: Load Resistance measurements
Resistance Load1() Load2() Load3()
control Position
(%)
Max (100%)

Min (0%)

2. Use the Professional Digital Multimeter to measure the inductance internal

series resistances and enter the data in Table 2.
Table 2: Inductance internal series resistances measurements
Inductance Load1() Load2() Load3()
Value(H),
Current Rating
(A)
1.2 H, 0.5 A

B: DC Measurements

3. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1 including Cassy measurement

Connection for the indicated load Voltage and load Current and fix the
rotating resistive curser at 100 % of R values.

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 Isolation Amplifier
600 Profi CASSY
OA UA
Input
A
OB To PC
IB
`
B

Variable DC
Supply
40….250V/10A

_
Load

Figure 1: Wiring Diagram for DC Measurements Sep Up.

4. Use channel A of the Isolation Amplifier for voltage measurement with /100
position and connect the channel output to input A of Profi-Cassy as shown
in icon 1:

5. Use channel B of the Isolation Amplifier for Current measurement with 1 V

/A position and connect the channel output to input B of Profi-Cassy as
shown in icon 1.

Icon 1
6. Run Cassy Lab which will automatically pop up the setting windows to
activate both channels UA1 and UB1 of Profi-Cassy namely UA1 and UB1.

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7. Click on the first red dot as shown on table 3 a), then Select the Average
Values and Zero point options in the input settings of UA1 as shown in
table 3 b) below then note the pop up of the Voltage UA1 meter appearing
on the data plotting area of Cassy lab.

Table 3: Activation Sequence of UA1

a) Activate b) Select the Average Values d) Note the UA1 Display
Channel UA1 c) Select the meter
Zero point options

8. To activate channel UB1 go on to Cassy lab menu and click on the change
settings option as shown in icon 2 below.

Icon 2
9. Repeat Step 7 for UB1 (for second red dot).
10. To change the name and the scale for each meter in Cassy Lab double click
on change settings option and select Parameters/Formula/FFT. Select the
New Quantity feature to change the name of UA1 to (Load Voltage),
then to change the value or the scale choose the Formula option and write
the formula in the space below (UA1*100) and continue with changing the

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 relevant symbol and corresponding unit as well as the plotting range as
shown in icon 3.

Icon 3
11. Click on the new appearing icon in Cassy lab menu up on the left which
carry the symbol defined in step 10, a new display meter carrying the name
of the new defined quantity (Load Voltage) pops up.
12. Repeat steps 10 and 11 to define the load current. The formula for the current
will be (UB1) since we used 1 V /A position in the isolation amplifier.
13. Ask your instructor to check your connections and CASSY Lab settings.
Do not proceed to the next stage unless your connections and settings
are completely examined by the instructor.
14. Turn ON the variable DC supply current control to maximum then increase
the DC supply voltage gradually to 60 V DC while watching the newly
defined Cassy lab display meters for Load Voltage and Load Current as
shown in icon 4, then reduce the supply voltage to zero then turn it OFF.

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 Icon 4

15. Click on the change setting option of Cassy and choose the display option.
Select n for X axis, VL and IL for Y axes, and all other choices are set in Off
position as shown in icon 5.

Icon 5

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16. Double Click on the change setting option of Cassy and select the Manual
Recording option as shown in icon 6.

Icon 6:
17. Use the mouse right click in the central white area of Cassy lab and take the
option of Select Line With and sub select the Medium Lines as shown in
icon 7.

Icon 7
18. Use the mouse right click in the central white area of Cassy lab and take the
option Select Value Display, then go to the Show Values and sub select
the Show Connecting Lines as shown in Icon 8.

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 Icon 8
19. Set the load resistance to 100 % of R and ask the instructor to check your
connections and CASSY Lab settings. Do not proceed to the next stage
unless your connections and settings are completely examined by the
instructor.
20. Turn ON the variable DC supply then increase the DC supply voltage
gradually to 100 V DC. (the student is now ready to start data collection).
21. Click ones on The Start/Stop Measurement icon as shown in icon 9 below
to record your first data points as demonstrated in icon 10.

Icon 9

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 Icon 10

22. Carry on the measurement and data recording of step 21 by varying the
resistive load from 100% to 30% in steps as follows 100%, 90%, 80%, 70%,
60%, 50%, 40%, and 30%. Important note: when the resistance value is
below 50% take the measurements quickly and return the resistive load
back to 100% to avoid damaging the resistors.
23. Bring the resistance rotating control back to 100% and save Cassy Lab file
under a different name and exit Cassy Lab environment, reduce the DC
supply voltage to zero and switch the power supply OFF.

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C: AC RL Circuit Measurements

24. Connect the circuit as shown in figure 2; note that the AC power supply must
be connected between line and neutral terminals.
Isolation Amplifier Profi CASSY
OA UA
Input
A
OB To PC
IB
`
B

L1

Three-phase AC
Power supply
0 - 400 V/2.5A 1.2 H, 0.5 A

N
Load

Figure 2: Wiring Diagram AC Measurements for Resistive Inductive Sep Up

25. Open a copy of the previous Cassy Lab file to activate both channels of Profi-
Cassy namely UA1 and UB1, and then CASSY settings should pop up.
26. Click on the first red dot as shown on Table 4 a), then Select the RMS Values
(cos1) in the input settings of UA1 as shown in Table 4 b), then note the pop
up of the Voltage UA1 meter appearing on the data plotting area of Cassy lab
as shown in Table 4 c).

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 Table 4: AC Activation Sequence of UA1
a)
c)
Activate b) Note the UA1
Select the RMS Values (cos1) display meter
channel UA1

27. Repeat Step 26 for UB1 AC activation (second red dot).

28. Make sure that three meters are popped up for AC measurements UA1, UB1,
and for cos1 as shown in icon 11.

Icon 11

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29. Click on the change setting option of Cassy and choose the display option.
Select n for X axis, VL, IL and (cos1) for Y axes, and other choices are set
in Off.
30. Repeat steps 16, 17, and 18.
31. Set the load resistance to 100 % of R and ask the instructor to check
your connections and CASSY Lab settings. Do not proceed to the next
stage unless your connections and settings are completely examined by
the instructor.
32. Turn ON the AC power supply and adjust the voltage to 100 V for line to
neutral voltage.
33. Repeat steps 21 and 22.
34. Bring the resistance rotating control back to 100% and save Cassy Lab under
different name.
35. In the actual Cassy lab file, double click on Cassy Measuring Parameters
setting and select the Automatic recording for Cassy measuring parameters
with the measuring interval of 100 sec and the xNumber to 500. Tick 

trigger, UA1 , 0.00 V Rising as shown in icon 12

Icon 12
36. Click on the change setting option of Cassy and choose the display option.
Select t for X axis, VL and IL for Y axes, and all other choices are set in Off
position as shown in icon 13.

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37. Click on start the measurements and record the instantaneous values for
voltage and current and save the time domain file under different name (e.g.
RL_100).
38. Change the resistance to 60% and click on start the measurements and
record the values and save the time domain file under different name (e.g.
RL_60).
39. Change the resistance to 30% and click on start the measurements and
record the values and save the time domain file under different name (e.g.
RL_30). Important note: when the value of resistor is at 30%, make sure
to take the measurements quickly and return the rotating control back
to 100% to avoid damaging the resistive load.

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Report

1. Display the recorded data of table 1 and table 2.

2. Display the plot of the recorded data from the circuit of Figure 1.
3. Use the first Cassy lab saved file to plot the load Power versus the load
current.
4. Use Cassy Lab Set Marker feature as shown in icon 14 to find the slope of
the relation between the load power and the load current and verify your
result by using the mathematical relevant relation. Show your plot and
results.

Icon 14
5. Plot the load Power versus the load resistance then use Cassy Lab Fit
Function as shown in icon 15 to find the relation between the load power
and the load resistance by choosing the appropriate Cassy lab fitting function
and verify your result through using the mathematical relevant relation.
Show your plot and results.

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 Icon 15
6. Display the plot recorded data from the circuit of Figure 2.
7. Use the recorded data from the RL circuit of figure 2 to plot the equivalent
series impedance, the equivalent resistance, as well as the load real power
versus the number of measurements n.
8. Use Cassy Lab Set Marker as shown in Icon 14 to find the measured power
factor for each case of step 37, 38 and 39 and compare it with its
corresponding recorded power factor by direct Cassy measurements. Show
your time domain plot and results for each case.

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 THREE PHASE CIRCUITS AND
EXPERIMENT # 2:
POWER MEASUREMENTS

Objectives:
• To connect the three-phase loads as wye (Y) and delta (Δ) connections.
• To measure the power in three-phase circuits.
• To determine the power factor of three-phase circuits.

Apparatus:
• 1 AC power supply 400V (constant voltage supply).
• 1 Resistive load.
• 1 inductive load.
• 1 capacitive load.
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.
• Isolation Amplifier, Profi-CASSY unit, Sensor-CASSY unit, and PC.

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Theory :

a M
A A
V1
V Three
b
B Phase
Load
c V1
C
M

Figure 1: Two Wattmeter Connection

In a Y-connection, the line and the phase quantities are related by:
Vp=VL/√3 (1)
Ip=IL (2)
Whereas the relationships for a -connection are
Ip=IL/√3 (3)
Vp=VL (4)
The real and reactive powers for a 3 Φ circuit (either Y or Δ connection) are given
as
P=√3 VL IL cos θ (5)
Q=√3 VL IL sin θ (6)
Where θ is the power factor angle of the balanced load
If two wattmeters are connected to measure the power of any 3 load, it can be
shown that the CASSY wattmeters will read Vab, Ia, Vcb, and Ic.
P1 = VL IL cos (30 + ) (7)
P2 = VL IL cos (30 - ) (8)
Where  the power factor angle of the load. From (7) and (8) we can show that
the total power
PT = P1 + P2 = 3 VL IL cos (9)
QT = 3 ( P2 – P1 ) = 3 VL IL sin (10)
Tan  = 3 ( P2 – P1 ) / ( P1 + P2 ) (11)

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Procedure:

Case A: Y – Connection, Inductive Load

Connect the three phase Y-connected inductive load as shown in Figure 2. Note
that the AC voltage source used is the constant 400 V supply, please follow the
following steps carefully:
Isolation Profi Sensor
Amplifier Cassy Cassy
OA IA A A A
1 V/A
U To PC
OB UB B B
/100

OC IC C B `
1 V/A
U
UE E
OE /100

AC Source
L1

VLL = 400 V
L2
60 Hz

L3
R

N
R

L=0.6 H

L=0.6 H
L=0.6 H

Figure 2 Y-Connected Inductive Load

NOTE: Any time you are using the isolation amplifier channel for current
measurement, you should set the Range Selection Switch to "1 V/A"; and in
the case you are using the isolation amplifier channel for voltage
measurement, you should set the Range Selection Switch to "/100".
1. Make sure that AC source is OFF. Switch ON the Isolation Amplifier and
Profi-CASSY. From the PC, run the CASSY lab Software.
2. From the “Profi-CASSY”, define channel A (UA1) and Channel B (UB1).
From "Sensor-CASSY" define channel A (UA2) and Channel B (UB2).
Select “RMS” value option for UA1, UB1, UA2, and UB2.

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3. Click on Tool Box Button and from “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option,
use new quantity to define Ia as UA1 from the “formula” option.
Accordingly adjust the symbol, unit, range etc.
4. Repeat above step to define Vab as UB1*100, Ic as UA2, and Vcb as
UB2*100 respectively.
5. From the “Display” option, select X-axis as the time and Ia, Vab, Ic, and Vcb
as Y-axis. Switch off all other signals. You can be able to see the phase
currents and the line voltage simultaneously with respect to time.
6. Double click on Tool Box Button, make sure the automatic box is checked
and then change the sampling rate to 100 s and select “trigger” option as
UB1 rising.
7. After you finish connecting the circuit please ask your instructor to
check your connections.
8. Make sure that the resistive load is at 100% and turn the power supply ON.
9. Click on the clock icon to acquire the current and voltage waveforms. You
will observe the waveforms of voltages and currents like oscilloscope.
10. Save the file containing the waveforms.
11. Double click on Tool Box Button, tick on the “manual recording”.
12. Vary the load resistance as shown in Table 1 and record the line voltages,
line currents, and the cosine by pressing F9 on the keyboard for each step.
13. After you finish the measurements and the recording, save your
measurements in file as YRL and return the position of R to 100% and
switch the power supply OFF.
Table 1: Results for Y-connection (Inductive Load L=0.6H)
R VAB (V) IA (A) Cos(30+) VCB (V) IC (A) Cos(30-)
100%
70%
50%

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Case B: Y – Connection, Capacitive Load

14. Now, replace the three phase inductors by three phase capacitors to the load
as seen in Figure 3, then repeat steps 5-11.
15. Now, repeat step 12 as shown in Table 2.
16. After you finish the measurements and the recording, save your
measurements in file as YRC and return the position of R to 100% and
switch the power supply OFF.
Isolation Profi Sensor
Amplifier Cassy Cassy
OA IA A A
1 V/A A
OB To PC
UB B B U
/100

OC IC C B `
1 V/A
U
UE E
OE /100

AC Source
L1

VLL = 400 V
L2
60 Hz
C=16 F

C=16 F

C=16 F

L3
R

N
R

Figure 3 Y-Connected Capacitive Load

Table 2: Results for Y-connection (Capacitive Load C=16F)

R VAB (V) IA (A) Cos(30+) VCB (V) IC (A) Cos(30-)
100%
70%
50%

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Case C: Δ – Connection, Inductive Load

17. Modify the circuit setup as shown in Fig. 4 for the inductive load as -
connection, then repeat steps 5-11.
18. Now, repeat step 12 as shown in Table 3.
19. After you finish the measurements and the recording, save your
measurements in file as DRL and return the position of R to 100% and
switch the power supply OFF.
Isolation Profi Sensor
Amplifier Cassy Cassy
OA IA 1 V/A A A
A
OB To PC
UB B B U
/100

OC IC C B `
1 V/A U
UE E
OE /100

AC Source 1
3
L1 2
VLL = 400 V 4 5 6
L2
60 Hz

L3
R

N
R

L=0.6 H

L=0.6 H
L=0.6 H

Figure 4 -Connected Inductive Load

Table 3: Results for -connection (Inductive Load L=0.6 H)

R VAB (V) IA (A) Cos(30+) VCB (V) IC (A) Cos(30-)

100%
70%
50%

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Case D: Δ – Connection, Capacitive Load

20. Now, replace the three phase inductors by three phase capacitors to the load
as seen in Figure 5, then repeat steps 5-11.
21. Now repeat step 12 as shown in Table 4.
22. After you finish the measurements and the recording, save your
measurements in file as DRC and return the position of R to 100% and
switch the power supply OFF.
Isolation Profi Sensor
Amplifier Cassy Cassy
OA IA 1 V/A A A
A
To PC
OB UB B B U
/100

OC IC C B `
1 V/A U
UE /100 E
OE

AC Source 1
3
L1 2

VLL = 400 V
L2 4 5 6
60 Hz
C=16 F

C=16 F

C=16 F

L3
R

N
R

Figure 5 -Connected Capacitive Load

Table 4: Results for -connection (Capacitive Load C=16 F)

R VAB (V) IA (A) Cos(30+) VCB (V) IC (A) Cos(30-)

100%

70%
50%

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Report
Using the recorded measurements of Ia, Vab, cos1, Ic, Vcb, and cos2, run the
CASSY-software and define a new quantity to calculate P1 and P2 as given
in equations (7) and (8) using "formula" option.
Define a new quantity to calculate the total active power PT, reactive power QT,
and the power factor angle  as given in equations (9-11) using "formula"
option.
Hint: Use arctan function to find .
For all cases A, B, C, and D, show by using CASSY software the relation between
PT, QT, and  versus three values of load resistance.

Your results should be presented like the table below for each case.
R % Vab Ia cos1 Vcb Ic cos2 P1 P2 PT QT 
100
70
50

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 MAGNETIC CIRCUIT
EXPERIMENT # 3:
CHARACTERISTICS

Objectives:
• To determine the B-H characteristics of an iron core
• To find the relative permeability of core material (μr)
• To calculate the iron core reluctance (R)

Apparatus:
• Laminated core
• Coil
• Single-phase variable AC supply 0…400 V / 2.5 A
• Isolation Amplifier, Profi-CASSY, and PC
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.

Theory:

I


E N A

LC
Fig. 1: A magnetic circuit

If a current of I A flows from a supply of E volts through a coil of N turns as

shown in Fig. 1, the magnetic field intensity H can be written as:

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 NI
H =
LC (AT/m) (1)

where LC is the mean length of the magnetic core in meters.

From faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction, the rms values of the induced
voltage across the coil E is
E = N  = NAB (2)
where  = 2f is the frequency in rad/s, A is the cross section area of the core in
m2, and B is the magnetic field density in Tesla. B can be expressed as
B = H = 0 r H (3)
where, μr is the relative permeability of the core material and μo is the permeability
of the air. Note: μo = 4 π  10-7 (H/m).
From (1), (2) and (3), it is clear that B  E and H  I. Therefore, E-I characteristic
of the core is equivalent to the B-H characteristic. Further, it can be shown that

 N 2 A 0  r I
E = (4)
LC
Then μr can be determined as
ELC
r =
 N 2 A 0 I (5)

The reluctance of the magnetic core can be expressed as:

NI LC
R= =
 0 r A (At/Wb) (6)

Substituting from (2) or (5) in (6) gives

N 2 I
R= (7)
E

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Procedure:
Please follow the following steps carefully:
1. Read and take the coil nameplate data. Verify the following specifications:
LC = 40 cm, N = 400 turns, and A = 9 cm2.
2. Make sure that the source is off.
3. Connect the circuit as shown in the wiring diagram of Fig. 2.

L1
Variable
AC source
0 - 400V /
2.5 A

Isolation Amplifier Profi Cassy

UA Input Output
/ 100 A
OA A

1 V/A B B
OB IB To PC `

Fig. 2: Wiring diagram for magnetic circuit measurements

4. Switch on the Isolation Amplifier and the Profi-CASSY. Note that the
channel A measures the voltage and channel B measures the current.
5. In the Isolation amplifier, adjust the scale of channel A as “/100” and the
scale of channel B as “1 V/A”.
6. From the PC, activate the CASSY Lab software and select “RMS Values”
option for both channels. Note that UA1 and UB1 represent the voltage E
and current I respectively.
7. From “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option, use new quantity to define E as
UA1*100 from the “Formula” option. Accordingly, adjust the symbol, unit,
range, … etc.

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8. Repeat Step 7 to define I as UB1.
9. From the “Display” option, select I as X-axis and E as Y-axis. Switch off all
other signals.
10. Adjust the scale of Y-axis from 0 to 200 V and X-axis from 0 to 4 A.
11. Double click on the “Setting” icon to activate the Measuring Parameters.
Select the “Manual Recording” option.
12. Ask the instructor to check your connections and CASSY Lab settings.
Do not proceed to the next stage unless your connections and settings
are completely examined by the instructor.
13. Make sure that the supply voltage is set at 0 V position. Switch ON the
supply.
14. Increase the voltage from 0 to 160 V in 10-15 steps. Record the
measurements of E and I at each step by clicking on Clock icon or F9.
15. Reduce the voltage to 0 V, switch OFF the supply, and save your CASSY
Lab file.

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Report:
1. If B, H, r and R are expressed in terms of E and I as follows. H = K1  I, B
= K2  E, r = K3  E / I, and R = K4  I / E, calculate K1 - K4 and complete
the following.
K1 =
K2 =
K3 =
K4 =
Hint: use Equations (1)-(7) along with the coil and core specifications
N
given above, for example from (1), K 1 = .
LC

2. Based on the recorded values of E and I, define H, B, r and R as new

quantities in CASSY Lab.
3. Plot E vs. I, B vs. H, r vs. H, and R vs. H.
4. Write a formal report that includes all measurements and calculations as
given in the following Table along with all plots.
5. Comment on similarity and report the differences, if any, between E vs. I
and B vs. H plots.
6. Comment on variation of r and R as H increases.
7. Conclude on your results.

Table 1: Magnetic circuit measurements and calculations

E I H B μr R

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 EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT OF 1-
EXPERIMENT # 4:
PHASE TRANSFORMER

Objectives:
• To determine the equivalent circuit of a single phase transformer
• To verify the voltages and currents transformer ratio.

Apparatus:
• 1 Single-phase transformer. (N1 = 847, N2 = 456, N3 = 456)
• 1 Variable AC power supply 0 – 400V/2.5A.
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.
• 1 Professional Digital Multimeter
• Isolation Amplifier, Profi-CASSY unit, Sensor-CASSY unit, and PC.

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Theory

Equivalent Circuit Parameters:

The approximate equivalent circuit referred to primary of a transformer is given

in Figure 1.
Xeq Req

Rc Xm

Figure 1 Equivalent Circuit of Single Phase Transformer

Where, Rc =1/g and xm =1/b. These quantities are obtained from the open circuit
power, voltage and current measurements. These are
V12
Rc = (1)
P0

V1
Ic = (2)
Rc

I m = I 02  I c2 (3)

and,
V1
Xm = (4)
Im

The equivalent resistances and reactances (Req, Xeq) are obtained from the current,
voltage and power measurements in the primary winding when the secondary is
shorted. These are written as
Req = Psc / I2sc1 (5)
|Zeq| = Vsc1 / Isc1 (6)
2
X eq = Z eq  Req2 (7)

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Procedure
Check the single-phase transformer and record the number of turns, the rated
current, and the rated voltage for the primary and secondary and then calculate
the turn ratio a as shown in Table 1.
Table 1
N1 Rated I1 Rated V1
N2 Rated I2 Rated V2
a

A: NO Load Test

Figure 2 shows open circuit single phase transformer, connect the circuit as seen
in the Fig. 2.
Isolation Amplifier Profi Sensor
Cassy Cassy
OA IA A A
1 V/A
UA
OB UB B B
/100

OC UC C
/100

1.1 2.1
Variable L1
AC-Voltage
Source 2.2

0-400V/ 3.1
2.5A
N 3.2
1.2

Figure 2 Circuit for measuring voltage transformation in a single-phase

transformer
NOTE: The transformer to be investigated is to be operated with no-load (open
secondary circuit).

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NOTE: Any time you are using the isolation amplifier channel for current
measurement, you should set the Range Selection Switch to "1 V/A"; and in
the case you are using the isolation amplifier channel for voltage
measurement, you should set the Range Selection Switch to "/100".
1. From the PC, run the CASSY lab Software.
2. From the “Profi-CASSY”, define channel A (UA1), Channel B (UB1), and
from "Sensor-CASSY" channel A (UA2).
3. Select “RMS” value option for UA1, UB1, and UA2.
4. Click on Tool Box Button and from “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option,
use new quantity to define I0 as UA1 from the formula option. Accordingly
adjust the symbol, unit, range etc.
5. Click on Tool Box Button and from “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option,
use new quantity to define P0 as 100*UA1*UB1*cos&j1 from the formula
option. Accordingly adjust the symbol, unit, range etc.
6. Repeat above step to define V1 as UB1*100 and V2 as UA2*100,
respectively.
7. After you finish connecting the circuit and software setup, please ask
your instructor to check your connections and setup.
8. Turn ON the power supply and increase the voltage until you reach the rated
voltage of the primary side (i.e. V1  230V).
9. Measure the no-load current I0, no-load power P0, no-load primary voltage
V1, and no-load secondary voltage V2 and fill the table below. Note:
Calculate the turns ratio a from the V1 and V2.
V1 V2 a
P0 I0
10. Compare the turns ratio calculated in step 9 to the turns ratio calculated in
Table 1.
11. Reduce the variable voltage source to 0, then turn the power OFF.

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B: Short-Circuit Test

12. Connect the circuit as shown in Fig. 3.

Isolation Amplifier Profi Sensor
Cassy Cassy
OA IA A A
1 V/A
UA
OB UB B B
/100

OC IC 1 V/A C

1.1 2.1
Variable L1
AC-Voltage
Source 2.2

0-400V/ 3.1
2.5A
N 3.2
1.2

Figure 3 Circuit for measuring short-circuit voltage

13. Click on Tool Box Button and from “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option,

use new quantity to define ISC1 as UA1, ISC2 as UA2, VSC1 as UB1*100,
and Psc as 100*UA1*UB1*cos&j1 and accordingly adjust the symbol, unit,
range … etc.
14. After you finish connecting the circuit and software setup, please ask
your instructor to check your connections and setup.
15. Turn ON the variable voltage source, beginning from zero, slowly increase
the voltage of the variable transformer until the current flowing in the
primary side reaches its rated value (i.e. Rated I1 in Table 1). Important
note: be careful and note that by applying around 5% of input voltage
(i.e.  7V ) the current in the transformer will approach the rated
current.

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16. Now record the values of ISC1, ISC2, VSC1 and Psc and fill the table below.
Note: Calculate the turns ratio a from the ISC1 and ISC2.

ISC1 ISC2 a

VSC1 Psc
17. Compare the turns ratio calculated in step 16 to the turns ratio calculated in
Table 1.
18. Reduce the variable voltage source to 0, then turn the power OFF.

Report
From the measurements made:
1. Calculate Rc, Xm, Req and Xeq from the open circuit and short circuit tests.
2. Draw the approximate equivalent circuit referred to primary side and label
the parameter values.

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 VOLTAGE REGULATION AND
EXPERIMENT # 5: EFFICIENCY OF 1-PHASE
TRANSFORMER

Objectives:

• To determine the voltage regulation of a single phase transformer

• To determine the efficiency of a single phase transformer

Apparatus:

• 1 Single-phase transformer. (N1 = 847, N2 = 456, N3 = 456)

• 1 Variable AC power supply 0 – 400V/2.5A.
• 1 Resistive load.
• 1 inductive load.
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.
• 1 Professional Digital Multimeter
• Isolation Amplifier, Profi-CASSY unit, Sensor-CASSY unit, and PC.

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Theory

The voltage regulation of transformer at rated load is defined as:

VR = (VNL – VFL) / VFL (1)

If the approximate equivalent circuit of a transformer is used then for a lagging pf load

V1 = Vnoload = Vrated 0 o  I  (cos  j  sin )(Req  j  X eq ) =

(2)
Vrated 0 o  I  ( Req  cos  X eq  sin  )  j  I  ( Req  sin   X eq  cos )

Neglecting the imaginary part on the right hand side,

I  ( Req  cos  X eq  sin  )

VR = (3)
Vrated

The efficiency of the transformer can be written as

η = Power Output / Power Input (4)

Or
Power Output
=
Power Output  Loses

The losses are,

Core loss = No load power input – No load copper loss

Copper loss = I22 Req
I2 P0
Note: the efficiency max will occur when =
I rated Psc

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Procedure
You need to use the equivalent circuit parameters found from experiment 4.

Connect the transformer as shown in figure 1.

Profi Sensor
Isolation Amplifier Cassy Cassy
OA IA A A
1 V/A
UA
OB UB B B
/100

OC IC C
1 V/A UB
OE UE
/100 E

1.1 2.1
Variable L1
AC-Voltage
Source 2.2

0-400V/ 3.1
2.5A
N 3.2
1.2

Figure 1: Circuit for investigating voltage behavior with resistive load and for
evaluating efficiency

NOTE: Any time you are using the isolation amplifier channel for current
measurement, you should set the Range Selection Switch to "1 V/A"; and in
the case you are using the isolation amplifier channel for voltage
measurement, you should set the Range Selection Switch to "/100".

A: Voltage Behavior with Resistive Load

1. From the PC, run the CASSY lab Software.

2. From the “Profi-CASSY”, define channel A (UA1), Channel B (UB1), and
from "Sensor-CASSY" channel A (UA2), Channel B (UB2).
3. Select “RMS” value option for UA1, UB1, UA2, and UB2.

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4. Click on Tool Box Button and from “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option, use
new quantity to define I1 as UA1 from the formula option. Accordingly adjust
the symbol, unit, range etc.
5. Repeat above step to define V1 as UB1*100 and I2 as UA2, and V2 as
UB2*100 respectively.
6. Click on Tool Box Button and from “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option, use
new quantity to define P1 as 100*UA1*UB1*cos&j1 from the formula
option. Accordingly adjust the symbol, unit, range etc.
7. After you finish connecting the circuit and setting up formulas, please
ask your instructor to check your connections and setup.
8. First set the resistive load to a value of 100% and then turn the power supply
ON.
9. Double click on Tool Box Button, tick on the manual recording.
10. Set the variable voltage source to maintain a voltage of 230V and maintain
this value during all the measurements.
11. Reduce the load R from 100% to in 10-15 steps until reaching the rated
current in the primary side (i.e., I1=0.73 A), for each setting, measure the
corresponding values for voltage V1, current I1 and power factor cos1 on the
primary side as well as voltage V2 and current I2, and cos2 on the secondary
side as well as P1 and record it in Table 1. Important note: When primary
current I1 reaches 0.73 A, the measurements should be made
expeditiously in order to avoid overloading the transformer.
12. Reduce the variable voltage source to 0, then turn the power OFF.

Table 1:
Measured
R/% V1 I1 cos1 V2 I2 cos2 P1

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B: Voltage Behavior with Inductive Load
13. Replace the resistive load with an inductive load and change the circuit to
match Fig. 2. Here too, the inductive load elements are to be connected in
parallel to increase current handling capability.
Isolation Amplifier Profi Sensor
Cassy Cassy
OA IA A A
1 V/A
UA
OB UB B B
/100

OC IC C
1 V/A UB
OE UE
/100 E

1.1 2.1
Variable L1
AC-Voltage
Source 2.2

0-400V/ 3.1
2.5A
N 3.2
1.2

Figure 2 Circuit for investigating voltage behavior with inductive load

14. After you finish connecting the circuit and setting up formulas, please
ask your instructor to check your connections and setup.
15. Set the transformer powering the circuit for 230V and maintain this value
during all the measurements.
16. First measure no-load voltage in the secondary side.
17. Take measurements for secondary current and secondary voltage with
inductive loads set to the values prescribed by Table 2.
18. Perform the measurement quickly, particularly when small inductive load
values are used, as this causes a rather high load current! Furthermore, the
circuit's supply voltage should be turned off prior to making each change

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 to the inductive load. This is done to prevent large voltage surges when
the secondary circuit is opened.

Table 2: Voltage behavior for an inductively loaded single-phase

transformer
Lindiv. (H) 6.0 4.8 2.4
Ltotal (H) 2.0 1.6 0.8
I2 (A)
V2 (V)

Report
After the measurements have been taken, calculate the effective power on the
Effective power on the secondary side with the equation: P2 = V2  I 2  cos2
P2
From the results, determine the efficiency:  = 100  and the voltage
P1
𝑉(𝑝)
−𝑉(𝑠)
𝑎
regulation: 𝑉𝑅 = 𝑎 is the turns ratio determined from No Load Test and
𝑉𝐹𝐿(𝑠)

complete the Table A .

Table A: Performance of a Resistively Loaded Single-Phase Transformer.

Measured Calculated
n V1 I1 cos1 V2 I2 cos2 P1 P2  VR%

1. Plot efficiency, output voltage V2, and VR as function of load current I2.
2. Verify the maximum efficiency condition based on your measurement.

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 EXPERIMENT # 6: LOAD CHARACTERISTICS OF DC
SHUNT AND COMPOUND
GENERATORS

Objectives:
• To experiment the open circuit characteristics of a separately excited DC
generator with the field variation at different speed.
• To study load characteristics of a DC Shunt Generator.
• To observe and record the behavior the DC cumulative Compound
generator under loading conditions.
Apparatus:

• DC generator
• DC Motor
• Variable DC Power Source 40…250V/10A
• Variable DC Field Supply 0…250V/2.5A
• Tachogenerator
• 1 Isolation Amplifier, Profi-CASSY unit, Sensor-CASSY unit, and PC
• 1 Professional Digital Multimeter
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.
Theory:

The terminal voltage of a shunt generator is written as:

Vt = Ea – Ia Ra (1)
Where
Ia = If + IL (2)
If is the shunt current and
IL is the load current
For a short shunt compound generator, the terminal equation is modified to
Vt = Ea – Ia Ra - IL Rs (3)

Where Rs is the resistance of the series winding.

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Procedure:

A: Preliminary Measurements

1. First read and enter the rating plate data of the DC Generator in Table 1.
Table 1: Generator Plate Data
Nominal Voltage (V)
Nominal Current (Armature and Series Winding) (A)
Nominal Current field (Shunt Winding) (A)
Nominal Speed (RPM)
Nominal Power (W)

2. Use the Professional Digital Multimeter to measure the Generator resistances

to be entered in Table 2.
Table 2: Generator Winding Resistances
RA1,A2 RB1,B2 RC1,C2 RD1,D2 RD1,D3 RD2,D3 RE1,E2 RE1,E3 RE2,E3

3. Read and enter the rating plate data of the DC Motor in Table 3.
Table 3: Motor Plate Data
Nominal Voltage (V)
Nominal Current (Armature and Series Winding) (A)
Nominal Armature Current (Shunt Winding) (A)
Nominal Speed (RPM)
Nominal Power (W)

B: Generator Open Circuit Charactiristics

4. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1 using Cassy measurement

Connection for the indicated field current, open circuit voltage, and rotor
speed.

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 Isolation Amplifier Profi CASSY Sensor CASSY
OA UA I
Input
A UA
OB IB
B
UB

 A1 A1 
C1 C2 B1 B2 B2 B1 C 2 C1
E1
Tacho E1
DC Power 
Supply + DC Field Supply
0….250V/10A
E2
M -
G 0….250V/2.5A

E2

 A2 A2 

Figure 1: OCC DC Generator Set Up

5. Activate Cassy lab for Open circuit voltage as UA1, field current as UB1 and
rotor speed as UA2. For the quantity UA1, UB1, and UA2 select the
Averaged Values and the Zero point left options for the sensor input setting.
6. Adjust channel A of the Isolation Amplifier for /100 position and channel B
for 1 V /A position.
7. Select the New Quantity feature to define the no Load Voltage, as
(UA1*100), to define the field current as (UB1) and to define rotor speed as
(UA2*1000).
8. Fix the Manual Recording option in Cassy lab Measurement parameters
settings.
9. Go to Cassy lab display option and adjust it to conduct the online plotting for
Open circuit voltage versus field current.
10. Ask your instructor to check your connections and CASSY Lab settings.
Do not proceed to the next stage unless your connections and settings are
completely examined by the instructor.
11. Make sure that the DC motor power supply is OFF and the voltage control
knob is at zero position. Also, make sure that the current control knob of the
DC Motor power supply is set at maximum position (10 A).

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12. Gradually apply the DC Motor power supply voltage to start the motor till
reaching a speed of 2040 rpm.
13. Vary the field excitation from zero till reaching a field current of 0.32 in 10-
15 steps using the field supply voltage control. Start recording the
measurements after each step. At every step, the rotor speed has to be fixed
at 2040 rpm by slightly adjusting the motor DC power supply voltage before
taking the measurement.
14. Once you reach the data of a field current of 0.32 A, bring the excitation
voltage and the motor DC supply voltage back to zero and switch OFF all
sources.
15. Save your Cassy Lab file.

C: Shunt DC Generator Load Characteristic

16. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 2 using Cassy measurement

Connection load voltage, for the load current, and for rotor speed. Note that
at this stage the load resistance value has to be at 100%.
17. Activate Cassy lab for open circuit voltage as UA1, load current as UB1 and
rotor speed as UA2. For the quantity UA1, UB1, and UA2 select the
Averaged Values.
18. Select the New Quantity feature to define the Load Voltage (UA1*100), to
define the load current (UB1) and to define rotor speed (UA2*1000).
19. Fix the Manual Recording option in Cassy lab Measurement parameters
settings.
20. Go to Cassy lab display option and adjust it to conduct the online plotting for
load voltage versus load Current.
21. Ask your instructor to check your connections and CASSY Lab settings.
Do not proceed to the next stage unless your connections and settings are
completely examined by the instructor.

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 Isolation Amplifier Profi Cassy Sensor Cassy
OA UA I
Input
UA
A
OB IB
B U
B

A1
 A1 B2 B1 C 2 C1
C1 C2 B1 B2
E1 E1
Tacho
DC Power
Supply +
40….250V/10A M -
G
E2 E2

 A2 A2
Load

Figure 2: Load Characteristic Set Up for Shunt DC Generator

22. Make sure that the current control knob of the DC Motor power supply is set
at maximum position (10 A) then gradually apply the DC motor power supply
voltage to start the motor till reaching the rated speed of the generator (2040
rpm) and take the measurements for no load voltage first.
23. Carry on the measurement and data recording by varying the resistive load
from 100% to 20% in steps as follows 100%, 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%, 50%,
40%, 35%, 30%, 25 %, and 20%. At every step the rotor speed has to be fixed
at the rated generator speed of 2040 rpm by slightly adjusting the DC motor
power supply voltage before taking the measurement.
24. Reduce the DC motor supply voltage to zero.
25. Switch all power supplies OFF and Bring the resistance rotating control back
to 100%.
26. Save your Cassy Lab file but do not close it.

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D: Cumulative Compound DC Generator Load Characteristic

27. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 3. Note that at this stage the load
resistance value has to be at 100%.
28. With the CASSY file still open, go to Cassy lab Measurement parameters
settings; choose both the Manual Recording and Append new
Measurement Series options.
29. Ask your instructor to check your connections and CASSY Lab settings.
Do not proceed to the next stage unless your connections and settings are
completely examined by the instructor.
30. Repeat steps 22 to 26.
Isolation Amplifier Profi Cassy Sensor Cassy
OA UA I
Input
UA
A
OB IB
B U
B

A1
 A1 B2 B1 C 2 C1 D1 D2
C1 C2 B1 B2
E1 E1
Tacho
DC Power
Supply +
40….250V/10A
E2
M -
G
E2

 A2
A2
Load

Figure 3: Cumulative Compound DC Generator Set Up

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Report:

1. Display the recorded data of Tables 1, 2, and 3.

2. Display the recorded Open Circuit Characteristics at a speed of 2040 rpm.
Then, generate and display also the OCC plot for the speed of 1700 rpm.
3. Display the load current versus terminal voltage characteristics for both shunt
and cumulative generators.
4. Give your explanation of the sharp decline behavior of load characteristics in
shunt generators.
5. In your report, include all recorded figures and comment on the results.
Include sound conclusions.

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 EXPERIMENT # 7: TORQUE SPEED
CHARACTERISTICS OF DC SHUNT
AND COMPOUND MOTORS

Objectives:

• To study speed versus load torque characteristics of a DC Shunt motor.

• To observe and try the behavior the DC Compound motor under loading
conditions.

Apparatus:

• DC Motor.
• Magnetic Powder Break
• Control unit
• Variable DC Power Supply 40…250V/10A.
• Tachogenerator.
• Isolation Amplifier, Profi-Cassy, and Sensor-Cassy.
• 1 Control Unit.
• 1 Professional Digital Multimeter.
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.
• 2 Couplings with coupling guards
• 2 Shaft end guards

Theory:

For DC shunt and long shunt compound motors, current and flux are related by:

Vt = Ea + Ia Ra (1)

Ea = K a  m  (2)

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Which gives

Vt  I a Ra
m = (3)
K a
Using the equation

Ia = Tdev / (Ka) (4)

We can write

1 Ra
m = Vt  Tdev (5)
K a ( K a )2

Equation (5) shows the relation between torque, speed, terminal voltage and flux
of the motor.

Procedure:

A: Preliminary Measurements

1. First read and enter the rating plate data of the DC Generator in Table 1.

Table 1: Motor Plate Data

Nominal Voltage (V)

Nominal Current (Armature and Series Winding) (A)

Nominal Armature Current (Shunt Winding) (A)

Nominal Speed (RPM)

Nominal Power (W)

2. Then use the Professional Digital Multimeter to measure the machine

resistances and enter it in Table 2.

Table 2: Motor Winding Resistances

RA1,A2() RB1,B2() RC1,C2() RD1,D2() RD1,D3() RD2,D3() RE1,E2() RE1,E3() RE2,E3()

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B: DC Shunt Motor

3. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1 using Cassy measurement

Connection for the indicated armature current, applied voltage, rotor speed
and applied torque.

Control Unit Isolation Amplifier Profi Cassy Sensor Cassy

OA UA Input I
UA
A
OB IB
B U
B
Torque
TACHO Output

A1
B2 B1 C 2 C1 

E1
Tacho DC Power
Supply
+
40….250V/10A
MPB -
M E2

A2 

Figure 1: Shunt DC Motor Sep Up

4. For the Control Unit setting, do the following:

i. Set the torque scale to 10 which gives maximum torque of
10 N.m.
ii. Select the manual control mode of the load, i.e., set the load
to “MAN/EXT” mode at position 1.
iii. Set nmin% to 10. This will prevent the motor speed to drop
below 10% of the rpm of the speed scale.
iv. Set Mmax % to 60. This will limit the maximum torque to
60% of 10 Nm, i.e., 6 N.m.

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 v. Connect the motor thermal protection to the "TEMP.
ALARM" in Control Unit.

5. Activate Cassy lab for applied voltage as UA1, armature current as UB1, rotor
speed as UA2, and the load torque as UB2.
6. Select the Averaged Values and the Zero point left options for the sensor
input setting for the four parameters.
7. Select the New Quantity feature to define the applied Voltage, as
(UA1*100), to define the armature current as (UB1) and to define rotor speed
as (UA2*1000) then to define the applied torque as (UB2).
8. Fix the Manual Recording option in Cassy lab Measurement parameters
settings.
9. Go to Cassy lab display option and adjust it to conduct the online plotting
for Motor speed versus applied torque.
10. Ask your instructor to check your connections and CASSY Lab settings.
Do not proceed to the next stage unless your connections and settings are
completely examined by the instructor.
11. Make sure that the DC supply is OFF and the voltage control knob is at zero
position.
12. Tun ON the power supply and gradually apply DC voltage to start the motor
till reaching a speed of 2100 rpm. The student is now ready for online data
recording and plotting.
13. Vary the applied torque using the manual option of the control block from 0
N.m by a step of 0.25 N.m till reaching the torque that cause the rated
armature current of 4.8 A.
14. Record and Conduct an online plotting of the motor speed versus the applied
torque excitation step (12 to 15 points).

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15. Bring the applied torque and the motor DC power supply back to zero and
save Cassy lab file. Keep the same file ON.

C: Cumulative Compound DC Motor

16. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 2 using Cassy measurement

Connection for the indicated source current, applied voltage, rotor speed and
applied torque
17. Fix the Manual Recording option and Append new measurement series
options in Cassy lab Measurement parameters settings.
18. Repeat steps 9 to 15.

Control Unit Isolation Amplifier Profi Cassy Sensor Cassy

OA UA Input I
UA
A
OB IB
B U
B
Torque
TACHO Output

A1
B2 B1 C 2 C1 D2 D1 

E1
Tacho DC Power
Supply
+
40….250V/10A
MPB -
M E2

A2 

Figure 2: Cumulative Compound Motor Setup (D1-D2)

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Report:

1. Display the recorded data of table 1, table 2.

2. Use the recorded data to find the speed regulation at rated load for shunt and
compound (D1-D2) machines.
3. Give your physical explanation in text format to the behavior of compound
(D1-D2) load characteristics.
4. Use the Parameters/Formula and Display Cassy Lab features to plot the
motor efficiency in percent versus the applied torque. Give your comment on
the performance each motor relative the industrial applications.

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 DETERMINATION OF
EXPERIMENT # 8: PARAMETERS OF THREE PHASE
SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS

Objectives:
• To read and understand the ratings present on the name plate of the
multifunction DC motor and AC generator.
• To run the multifunction AC machine as synchronous generator.
• To get the open circuit and short circuit characteristics of synchronous
generator.
• To determine its synchronous impedance, synchronous reactance and
armature resistance.
Apparatus:
• 1 AC multifunction machine
• 1 DC multifunction machine
• 1 DC supply, 40-250 / 10 A V
• 1 DC supply , 0-250 V / 2.5 A
• 1 Professional Digital Multimeter.
• 1 Tachogenerator
• 1 Variable Resistance (Rheostat)
• 2 Couplings with coupling guards
• 3 Shaft end guards
• 1 Control unit
• Isolation Amplifier, CASSY unit, Profi- CASSY unit and PC
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.
Theory:
For a certain excitation, the synchronous impedance per phase of a synchronous
machine can be calculated as
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Zs = Ea / Ia (1)
Where
Ea is the open circuit per phase voltage and Ia is the short circuit current.
The synchronous reactance then can be calculated as

X s = Z s2  Ra2 (2)

Where Ra is considered as 1.5 times the armature DC resistance, RDC, given as

VDC
RDC = (3)
2. I DC
Xs is the saturated reactance when Ea is taken from the open circuit characteristics
and Ia is the corresponding short circuit current for the same excitation current If.
For a certain load current Ia, the internal voltage per phase can be written as

Ea =Vt  Ia (Rs  j X s ) (4)

Where,
Vt is the terminal voltage per phase. Note, Ia is a complex number

The voltage regulation of the generator at the rated load is given as:
(VNL VFL ) (5)
VR = X 100 %
VFL
Where,
VNL = Ea
and VFL = Vt (rated)
Therefore in order to find the parameters of the synchronous generator, three tests
are required to run:
1) Open circuit or no load test
2) Short Circuit test
3) DC resistance test

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Procedure:

Note the rated values of current, voltage and speed of the synchronous generator
as well as the motor that will drive the generator and enter it into the Table 1.

Table 1: Machine ratings

DC Multifunction Machine AC Multifunction Machine

Model No. Model No.

Rated Voltage Rated Voltage

Rated Current Rated Current

Rated Power Rated Power

Rated Speed Rated Speed

Power Factor

Frequency

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A: Open Circuit Test Connections
CASSY
Isolation Profi CASSY Sensor
Amplifier
Input I
OA UA
A UA
A
OB B
IB B
U
B

+L C1 F1 If
+ +
Generat 0- 250 V / 2. 5 A
Field or Field variable DC
Rheostat Supply
C2
-
E B1 F2

40-250V / 10 A U1
Variable DC E1 B2 Tacho
Supply A1
+ Shaft U2 ,V2 ,W2
M

E2 -
A2
-
W1 V1

DC Shunt Motor

Synchronous Generator

Fig. 1: Connection diagram for the open circuit test of synchronous generator

1. Connect the circuit given in Fig. 1 for running the open circuit test.
2. Connect all the “PE” or ground connections present on the motor, generator
and the Tacho generator panels to the “PE “connection of the supply.
3. The CASSY is used to measure the VL, If and speed, N.
4. Switch ON the Isolation Amplifier and Profi-CASSY. Note that the channel
A measures the VL and channel B measures the current If.
5. Adjust the scale of the channel A of isolation amplifier at “1/100” and channel
B at 1 V/A settings.
6. From the PC, run the CASSY lab Software
7. From the “CASSY”, activate channel UA1 and select “RMS” value option.
8. From the “CASSY”, activate channel UB1 and UB2 and select “Average”
value option for both the channels

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9. From “Parameter / Formula / FFT” option, use new quantity to define VL as
UA1* 100 from the formula option. Accordingly adjust the symbol, unit,
range etc.
10. Repeat above step to define If as UB1 and N as UB2*1000 respectively.
11. From the “Display” option, select If as x-axis and VL as y-axis. Switch off all
other signals.
12. Double click on the “setting” icon to select the measuring parameters. Select
the “ Manual Recording” option
13. Ask the instructor to check your connections and CASSY lab settings.
Do not proceed to next stage unless your connections and settings are
completely examined by the instructor.
14. Make sure that the motor field rheostat is set at middle position.
15. Turn on the motor variable DC supply and gradually increase and the supply
voltage till reaching the motor speed of 1800 rpm which represents the
synchronous speed of the generator.
16. As the supply connected to the generator field is OFF, the generator is
generating only residual voltage. Press “F9” of the computer to record this
value.
17. Turn on the field supply of the generator and carefully increase If very slowly
to reach VL nearly equal to 50 V. Press “F9” again the record the value.
18. Repeat this process by increasing If and recording the corresponding voltage
VL until (VL = 400 V). Adjust the speed to be kept constant at 1800 rpm at
every measurement by adjusting the motor field rheostat. Record all values in
the computer by clicking “F9” each time. Note that the field voltage should
not exceed 8 to 9 Volt and the field current should vary between 0 and 4 A.
Return the field power supply to zero.
19. Observe the open circuit characteristic of the generator at the end of this part
of the experiment.

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20. Switch OFF the power supplies to motor and generator file.
21. Save the measurement as CASSY file.

B: Short Circuit Test Connections

Isolation Amplifier Profi CASSY Sensor CASSY

Input I
OA UA
A U
A A

OB IB B
B
U
B
C
OC IC

If
+L C1 F1
+ +
Generator 0- 250 V / 2. 5 A DC
Field Field Supply
Rheostat
C2 -
B1 F2
E
40- 250 V / 10 A
Variable DC U1
Supply E1 B2 Ia
Tacho
A1
+ Shaft
M U2 ,V2 ,W2

- -
E2 A2

W1 V1

DC Shunt Motor

Synchronous Generator

Fig. 2: Connection diagram for the short circuit test of synchronous generator

22. Connect the circuit given in Fig. 2 for running the short circuit test. Observe
the difference between circuit given in Fig 1 and Fig 2.
23. To run the short circuit test, keep the windings U1, V1 and W1 short. However,
in order to measure the short circuit current, connect the windings U1 and V1
to the OC and IC terminal of the isolation amplifier. Note that channel C now
measures current Ia.
24. Adjust the scale of the channel C of isolation amplifier at “1 V/A “.
25. From the “CASSY”, activate channel UA2 and select “RMS” value option.
From “Parameter / Formula / FFT” option, define new quantity Ia as UA2
from the formula option. Accordingly adjust the symbol, unit, range etc.
26. Double click on the “setting” icon to select the measuring parameters.

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27. Select the “Append New Meas. Series” recording option”
28. All other terminals and connections will remain same.
29. Ask the instructor to check your connections and CASSY lab settings.
Do not proceed to next stage unless your connections and settings are
completely examined by the instructor.
30. Make sure that all the sources are at OFF and their knobs are at the 0 readings.
31. Turn on the motor variable DC supply and adjust the DC supply and the
rheostat until the speed of the motor is adjusted to 1800 RPM.
32. Press “F9” of the computer to record this value.
33. Turn on the generator field supply and vary If until you get Ia nearly equal
to 0.1 A.
34. Repeat this process by changing the If in steps of 0.1 A until rated value of
one of the windings is reached (i.e. If =4 A OR Ia = 2 A) and record it in the
computer by clicking “F9” each time. Adjust the speed to be kept constant at
1800 rpm at every measurement. Important note: make sure that you don’t
exceed 2 A for Ia and 4 A for If, when one of these two conditions is
satisfied you must stop increasing If.
35. Observe the short circuit characteristic of the generator at the end of this part
of the experiment. Note that both open circuit characteristics (OCC) and short
circuit characteristics (SCC) are present on the same graph.

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C. DC Resistance Test:

Use Ohmmeter to measure the DC Resistance as shown in Fig. 3.

W2 U2 V2

OHM

U1 V1 W1

Fig. 3: Wiring diagram under No Load Test

Report:
1. Complete Table 1.
2. Get the OCC and SCC characteristics of the synchronous generator and
tabulate the corresponding data.
3. Right click mouse at any place on the graph window and select first “Set
Marker”, and then “Text”. Label the two curves by OCC and SCC labels.
4. Right click mouse at any place on the graph window and select first “Set
Marker”, and then “Vertical Line”. Draw two vertical lines, one in the
linear region of the characteristics and the other in the saturation region.
5. Note the values of Ea from OCC and Ia from SCC at the intersection point
of the vertical lines. Substitute these values in Equation 1 to get the value
of synchronous impedance in the two regions.
6. Calculate the synchronous impedance from the values of Ea and Ia found
in the linear region of the generator characteristics.

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 TORQUE-SPEED
EXPERIMENT # 9 CHARACTERISTICS OF 3-
INDUCTION MOTORS

Objectives:
• To evaluate the performance and the efficiency of the loaded motor.
• To determine the torque-speed characteristics of the motor.

Apparatus:
• 1 kW three-phase squirrel cage induction motor.
• Three-phase AC supply.
• 2 Professional Digital Multimeters.
• Magnetic brake
• Control unit
• Isolation Amplifier, Profi-CASSY, Sensor-CASSY, and PC
• 1 Tachogenerator
• 1 Professional Digital Multimeter.
• Couplings and coupling guards.
• Set of safety connectors, black/blue/red/green-yellow.

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Theory:
The three-phase squirrel-cage induction motor can, and many times does, have
the same armature (stator) winding as the three-phase synchronous motor. As in
the synchronous motor, applying three-phase currents to the armature creates a
synchronously-rotating magnetic field.
The induction motor rotor is a completely short-circuited conductive cage.
Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the rotor construction.

Figure 1: Induction machine construction.

Figure 2: Squirrel-case rotor.

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The rotor receives its excitation by induction from the armature field. Hence, the
induction machine is a doubly-excited machine in the same sense as the
synchronous and DC machines.

The basic principle of operation is described by Faraday’s Law. If we assume that

the machine rotor is at a standstill and the armature is excited, then the armature-
produced rotating field is moving with respect to the rotor. In fact, the relative
speed between the rotating field and the rotor is synchronous speed. For this
condition, the rotating field induces a large voltage in the rotor bars. The large
voltage causes a large current in the squirrel-case which, in turn, creates a
magnetic field in the rotor. The rotor magnetic field interacts with the armature
magnetic field, and a torque is produced. If the produced torque is larger than any
load torque, the rotor begins to turn. As the rotor accelerates, the speed difference
between the rotor and the armature field is reduced. This reduced speed difference
(or slip) causes the induced rotor voltage to be reduced, the rotor current to be
reduced, the rotor flux to be reduced, and the torque produced by the machine to
be reduced. Eventually, the torque produced by the motor equals the torque
demanded by the load, and the motor settles to an equilibrium rotor speed. This
equilibrium rotor speed must be less than synchronous speed since there must be
a slip to produce torque.

The frequency-dependent nature of the rotor impedances causes the torque versus
speed characteristic of the induction motor to be quite non-linear.

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Designers have learned to design rotors for specific torque characteristics. The
National Electrical Manufacturers Association NEMA has classified and standard
designs which satisfy a range of torque-speed characteristics. Figure 3 shows the
NEMA designs and the rotor bar geometries that produce the responses.

Figure 3: Effects of rotor bar geometry on torque characteristics in

squirrel-case machines.

The motor performance can be evaluated by observing the motor efficiency. If

the shaft torque is T (Nm) and the rotor speed is Nr (rpm), the output power Pout
can be calculated as
Pout = T  r (1)
Where
2 N r N
r =  r (2)
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Then,
T N r
Pout = (3)
9.55
The input power Pin can be calculated as
Pin = 3 V ph I ph cos  = 3 V L I L cos  (4)

Then, the efficiency of the motor is calculated as

Pout
 = 100% (5)
Pin

Procedure:
1. Check the nameplate data and enter the rated specifications in Table 1.

Table 1: Nominal data

Nominal voltage when connected Y in V
Nominal voltage when connected Δ in V
Nominal current when connected Y in A
Nominal current when connected Δ in A
Nominal power factor
Nominal speed in rpm
Nominal power in W

2. Attach the tachometer and the magnetic brake to the motor shaft.
3. Connect the circuit as shown in the wiring diagram of Fig. 4. Note that the
source used in this test is constant three-phase supply. Make sure that the
constant supply is OFF before starting connections.

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 Motor
L1 U1
W2 Tach Brak
o e
3-Phase L2 Shaf
V1 + t
Constant U2
400 V
Supply L3 W1 -
V2

Isolation Amplifier Profi CASSY Sensor CASSY

Inpu I
Control OA UA A t
Unit / 100 A U

B
OB I 1 V/A B
B

Torque
TACHO Output

Fig. 4: Wiring diagram under Load Test

4. Verify the following channel specifications.

Table 2: Channel specifications
channel A Phase voltage
Profi CASSY
channel B Line current
channel A Torque
Sensor CASSY
channel B Speed

5. In Control Unit, do the following:

(a) Set the torque scale to 30 which gives maximum torque of 30 Nm.
(b) Select the manual control mode of the load, i.e., set the load to
“MAN/EXT” mode at position 1.
(c) Set nmin% to 20. This will prevent the motor speed to drop below 20%
of the synchronous speed.
(d) Set Mmax% to 60. This will limit the maximum torque to 60% of 30 Nm,
i.e., 18 Nm.

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6. In the Isolation amplifier, adjust the scale of channel A as “/100” and the scale
of channel B as “1 V/A”.
7. From the PC, run the CASSY Lab software.
8. From the “CASSY” option, activate the channels of Profi CASSY and Sensor
CASSY as given in Table 2. Select “RMS Values” option for channels A and
B of Profi CASSY (UA1 and UB1). Select “Averaged Values” option for
channels A and B of Sensor CASSY (UA2 and UB2).
9. From “Parameter/Formula/FFT” option, use new quantity to define Vph as
UA1*100 from the “Formula” option. Accordingly, adjust the symbol, unit,
range,…etc.
10. Repeat to define I as UB1, T as UA2*3, and Nr as UB2*1000.
11. From the “Display” option, select T as x-axis and Vph, I, cos1, and Nr as y-
axis. Switch off all other signals.
12. Double click on the “Setting” icon to activate the Measuring Parameters.
Select the “Manual Recording” option.
13. Ask the instructor to check your connections and CASSY Lab settings.
Do not proceed to the next stage unless your connections and settings are
completely examined by the instructor.
14. Turn the “Brake” button of the torque from the Control Unit to make it at the
lowest left position.
15. Switch ON the source to run the motor. The motor will run at no load
condition.
16. Increase the load torque slowly in 10-15 steps till I reaches 2.2 A OR T
reaches 5.58 Nm . Record the measurements at each step. Observe T on the
computer screen. Important note: make sure that you don’t exceed 2.2 A
for I and 5.58 Nm for T, when one of these two conditions is satisfied you
must stop increasing the torque T.
17. Reduce the load torque to 0 Nm.
18. Switch OFF the source and save your measurement file.
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Report:
1. Use the recorded nominal ratings of the induction motor to complete Table 1
given below.
2. Define the normalized values of Vph, I, T, and Nr as Vn, In, Tn, and Nn by
dividing each value by the nominal values of these quantities. Complete Table
2.
3. From the “Display” option, select Tn as X-axis and Vn, In, cos1, Nn, and Effn
as Y-axis. Switch off all other signals. Adjust the scale of all normalized
values properly.
4. Plot Vn, In, cos1, Nn, and Effn vs. Tn.
Table 1: Nominal data
Nominal voltage when connected Y in V
Nominal voltage when connected Δ in V
Nominal current when connected Y in A
Nominal current when connected Δ in A
Nominal power factor
Nominal speed in rpm
Nominal output power in W
Synchronous speed in rpm
Nominal torque in Nm
Number of poles

Table 2: Normalized quantities

Tn Vn In cos1 Nn Effn

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