Design and Manufacturing of a Low-Cost Synchronous Motor-Generator for Electrical Machine Laboratory
Date
2011-01-11
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Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Abstract
In this work, we have developed a very low-cost synchronous machine that can be run as both a synchronous motor as well an alternator. When the machine runs as an alternator, an induction motor or a DC shunt motor is required as the prime mover. This has also been developed. The machine has four poles. Its stator voltage is 415 V (AC), stator current is 0.75 A, rotor voltage is 0 to 240 V (DC) and rotor current is 0.4 A. With this machine, at least eight experiments can be performed for undergraduate-level students. There are future expansion provisions in this machine. All the experimental results support theory. It has also been found that the machine reduces the cost by around 67 % more than that of an equivalent machine imported from a foreign country.
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UG Student Project
Keywords
Design, Implementation, Synchronous Motor, Synchronous Generator, Alternator, Testing, Electrical Machine Laboratory, Low-cost
Citation
M. H. Bhuyan, D. Das and R. Islam, “Design and Manufacturing of a Low-Cost Synchronous Motor-Generator for Electrical Machine Laboratory,” Proceedings of the Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (CERIE), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 11-13 January 2011, pp. 525-529.