The Laboratory for Electrical Machines and Drives deals with fundamental and current questions concerning the design and operation of electrical machines and their control. The Laboratory is located in the new G-Building and is close to the Laboratory of Electrical Power Generation and Conversion, which deals with questions concerning the conversion of electrical energy and thus power electronics.
Goals and idea
Power electronics is necessary for the control of controlled electrical machines and therefore there is a close connection between these two topics. In the Laboratory for Electrical Machines and Drives, study-accompanying practical trainings and projects take place and application-oriented research projects are carried out in cooperation with industrial partners, research institutes and partner universities.
- Lecture-accompanying internships for students of bachelor and master courses in the field of electrical machines
- Lecture-accompanying internships for students of master courses in the field of control engineering of electrical machines
- Implementation of projects accompanying the studies
- Bachelor and Master Theses
- Analysis and measurement of electrical machines
- Optimization of controlled drive systems
- Implementation of research projects
Laboratory equipment and activities
Equipment and function
The following measuring instruments and test benches are available in the laboratory for electrical machines and drives:
- Motor test benches for converter drives of different power classes
- Precision measuring instruments for current, voltage and power measurement as well as for speed and torque measurement
- High power DC and AC power supplies
- "Hardware-in-the-loop" systems for controlling and regulating electrical machines
- Load resistors
- Inverters of different power classes for controlling electrical machines
- Temperature measurement systems
- Simulation software for magnetic field calculation, circuit simulation and control loop simulation
Courses
Practical trainings accompanying the lectures:
- Electrical Drives and Power Electronics in the Bachelor's Programme Mechatronics
- Electric drives in the Bachelor's degree programs in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and Electromobility
- Control of electric drives in the master's degree course in electrical engineering of mobile systems
Other activities:
- Study projects
- Theses (Bachelor & Master)
- Industrial Projects
- Special events: e.g. University Information Days, Girls Day, Technology Day, school classes
Research
- Development of innovative control concepts for rotating field machines in motor vehicles
- Optimization of the control technology of automotive traction drives
- Sensorless method for controlling synchronous machines
Laboratory management and team
Progamme director and Academic advisor "Electrical Engineering and Electric Mobility" (Bachelor)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Hermann
Phone: +49 841 9348-2850
Room: A114
E-Mail: Robert.Hermann@thi.de
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Hermann
Phone: +49 841 9348-2850
Room: A114
E-Mail: Robert.Hermann@thi.de
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