Department of Electrical Engineering

Labs and Workshop

Department of Electrical Engineering

One of the best-reputed wings of engineering, the Department of Electrical Engineering has firmly established itself in solving the technological challenges that crop up from time to time. Carrying this name forward, the Department at Brainware is a hub for scholastic enhancement. Institute-industry interface, vocational training, viva, seminars, and workshops are arranged at regular intervals to support the budding minds. Additionally, simulation software such as PSIM, PSPICE, Power World, and ETAP are made available to the students for further assistance.The Department also boasts the college topper of the academic year 2011-15.A list of the lab equipment is detailed below:

Basic Electrical Engineering Lab

List of Equipment

Characteristic of filament lamp (carbon & tungsten) kit
Characteristic of fluroscent lamp kit
The thevenin theorem kit
The norton theorem kit
The superpositon theorem kit
The maximum power transfer theorem kit

The r-l-c series circuit kit
Calibration of amp. & volt. Meter table kit
Machine for studing the starting& speed control of d.c. shunt motor
To study the no load characteristic shunt generator
Open & short circuit test of transformer
Machine for 3 phase power measurement by two watt meter method

Power system I Lab

List of Equipment

Determination of the generalized constants a,b, c, d of long transmission line kit
Measurement of earth resistance by earth tester kit
Determination of dielectric strength test of insulating oil kit
Determination of breakdown strength of solid insulating material kit
Different parameter calculation by power circle diagram kit

Study of different types of insulator kit
Active and reactive power control of alternator kit
Simulation of dc distribution by network analyzer kit
Dielectric constant, tan delta, resistivity test of transformer oil kit

Power system II Lab

List of Equipment

To study the inverse characteristics of over current relay kit
To study the on load off load time delay relay kit
To study the motor protection micom relay kit
To study & testing of transformer differential relay kit

To study polarity & magnetization characteristics of c.t & p.t calculation by power circle diagram kit
To study & testing the earth fault relay kit
To study the characteristic of under voltage relay kit

Electrical Machine I Lab

Brainware University students are doing test in the electrical engineering lab

List of Equipment

Machine for study of the characteristics of a separately excited dc generator
Machine for study of the characteristics of a dc motor
Machine for study of methods of speed control of dc motor
Machine for study of the characteristics of a compound dc generator (short shunt)
Machine for measurement of speed of dc series motor as a function of load torque
Machine for study of equivalent circuit of a single phase transformer

Machine for polarity test on a single phase transformer & study of different connections of three phase
Machine for study of equivalent circuit of three phase induction motor by no load and blocked rotor test.
Machine for study of performance of wound rotor induction motor under load
Machine for study of performance of three phase squirrel- cage induction motor –determination ofIron-loss, friction &wind age loss.

Electrical Machine II Lab

Brainware University electrical engineering students are testing in lab

List of Equipment

Different methods of starting of a 3 phase cage induction motor & their comparison [d.o.l, auto transformer & star-delta]
Speed control of 3 phase squirrel cage induction motor by different methods & their comparison [voltage control & frequency control]
Speed control of 3 phase slip ring induction motor by rotor resistance control
Determination of regulation of synchronous machine by A. Potier reactance method.B. Synchronous impedance method.
Determination of equivalent circuit parameters of a single phase induction motor
Load test on single phase induction motor to obtain the performance characteristics

To determine the direct axis resistance [xd] & quadrature reactance [xq] of a 3 phase synchronous machine by slip test.
Load test on wound rotor induction motor to obtain the performance characteristics
To make connection diagram to full pitch &fractional slot winding of 18 slot squirrel cage induction motor for 6 poles & 4 pole operation
To study the performance of induction generator
Parallel operation of 3 phase synchronous generators
V-curve of synchronous motor

Electrical Measurement Lab

List of Equipment

To study the Anderson bridge trainer kit
To study the Schering bridge trainer kit
To study the De-saurty's bridge trainer kit
To study the wine bridge trainer kit
To study the portable Kelvin double bridge
To study the calibration of analog energy meter

To study the measurement of power using instrument transformer (c.t. &p.t.)
To study the analog structure of wattmeter, volt meter, &thermo couple
To study the calibration of amp meter & volt. Meter by using potentiometer trainer kit
To study the oscilloscope trainer kit
To study the three phase power measurement

Power Electronics Lab

List of Equipment

Study of step-down chopper trainer kit
Single phase controlled rectifier with cosine firing scheme trainer kit
Single phase converter firing techniques trainer kit
Study of v-i characteristics of Triac trainer kit
SCR triggering circuits trainer kit
SCR triggering techniques trainer using ujt& 555 timer trainer kit
Study of v-i characteristics of SCR trainer kit

To study the measurement of power using instrument transformer (c.t. &p.t.)
To study the analog structure of wattmeter, volt meter, &thermo couple
To study the calibration of amp meter & volt. Meter by using potentiometer trainer kit
To study the oscilloscope trainer kit
To study the three phase power measurement