The following are the important Teaching and Research Laboratories equipped with modern state of the art equipment, test equipment and PCs with Applications Based Software such as ORCAD, Proteus, Visual Studio, Windows Embedded Studio, AVR Studio, Ns2, Wireshark, MATLAB, ETAP, PSPICE, PSCAD, WAsP, WindPro, Digsilent Power Factory, MPLAB, Code Composer Studio, IAR Embedded Work Bench, Xillinx, SPARTAN 3AN and DSPACE, etc.
Name of the Laboratory | Plinth Area (Sq.m) | Major Facilities |
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Power Electronics Lab | 150 | 10 numbers of Tektronix DSO with FFT facility, Ten P4 Systems with MATLAB, PSPICE, and Data Acquisition Hardware. DSP based AC – ASD and other experimental kits.,Fluke Make Power Quality Analyser ETAP and PSCAD software, FPGA board. |
Measurements and Instrumentation Lab | 150 | Instrumentation Trainer Thermocouple-Set up,60MHz-Digital real time oscilloscope,60MHz-Digital real time oscilloscope TDS 1002,Digital IC Trainer Kit,3 Phase Loading Rheostat, Photo Electric Transducer, Analog IC Tester, Model-MME ECT-20,Digital IC Tester, Model-MME DIT-2040 8085 Microprocessor (Micro 85 LC ),3 phase Auto Transformer 415V/8A,60MHz, Digital real time oscilloscope TBS- 1062,Motor control unit PLC |
Electrical workshop | 150 | Different type of domestic appliances, Motor and Transformer Winding units, ?P based cable fault detector, Power quality meter and several demonstration setups, Transformer oil testing apparatus. |
Electrical Machines Lab | 430 | Different types of AC and DC machines measuring instruments, DSO, Computer based data acquisition, Linear switched reluctance motor, Series and shunt compensated transmission line model |
Common Computer Lab | 1061.39 | Shared facilities. |
Amrita-Microsoft Embedded System Research Lab; | 120 | Set up with collaboration from M/s Microsoft, equipment worth Rs 50 lakhs |
Measurements and Instrumentation Lab | 150 m2 | Instrumentation Trainer Thermocouple-Set up,60MHz-Digital real time oscilloscope,60MHz-Digital real time oscilloscope TDS 1002,Digital IC Trainer Kit,3 Phase Loading Rheostat, Photo Electric Transducer, Analog IC Tester, Model-MME ECT-20,Digital IC Tester, Model-MME DIT-2040 8085 Microprocessor (Micro 85 LC ),3 phase Auto Transformer 415V/8A,60MHz, Digital real time oscilloscope TBS- 1062,Motor control unit PLC |
Renewable Energy Technology Laboratory | 364.64m2 | Wind Turbine (300W),Fuel cell (20W),Photo Voltaic Panels (68 * 8 = 544W),Grid tied inverter, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (500W),3 Phase Induction Motor (1.1kW),DC Shunt Motor (1.1 kW),1kVA Alternator coupled with 1.5kW DC motor and tachometer, DC rectifier (30A),SEMIKRON Inverters (Inverter + Inverter),SEMIKRON Inverters (Rectifier + Inverter), Altium Nano Board 3000, Xillinx SPARTAN 3AN, Altium Designer, Digital storage oscilloscope 4 channel, Digital storage oscilloscope 2 channel |
Drives and Control Lab | 164 | EQUIPMENT(S) Dspace card,DC motor position control system (itb-pec 01),AC servo position control system (pec-2) 230/12v,SCR 3 phase ac voltage controller, consist of digital firing controller for SCR 1&3 phase,3 phase SCR power module,3 phasc lamp load setup. SOFTWARE(S) Matlab,Dspace |
Control and Instrumentation
Electric Drives and Control
One of the demanding areas in engineering and technology are electric drives and their power electronic converters. Modern electric drives enable smarter utilization of industrial processes and systems. For all applications and industrial processes, electric drives and their power electronic converters have real and significant potential for improving efficiency, reliability, performance and safety. In this Lab, research is being conducted which is focused on various aspects of electrical machines and their associated drive system. The objective is to provide better solutions for electromagnetic energy conversion systems through addressing the current challenges in electric machines and drives design, analysis, optimization, and fault diagnostics.
Faculty in Charges: Mr. Praveen Kumar N., Mr. Vijith K.
Supporting Staff: Mr. Sithan P.
Some of the most recent research areas of interest pursued in the Electric Drives and Control Laboratory:
The laboratory has dSPACE DS1104 R&D Controller Board that upgrades PC to a powerful development system for rapid control prototyping. The real-time hardware based on PowerPC technology and its set of I/O interfaces makes the board an ideal solution for developing controllers in various industrial fields. Real-Time Interface provides Simulink blocks for convenient configuration of A/D, D/A, digital I/O lines, incremental encoder interface and PWM
generation. The industrial motors can be controlled by implementing various control strategies like PI control, Vector control, Direct Torque Control etc.,
The lab is equipped with a FPGA based drives control in which FPGA Xilinx block set is integrated with MATLAB and FPGA can be directly controlled from MATLAB. The setup comprises of Xilinx FPGA Zynq Dual ARM Cortex with communication ports, isolated Voltage and Current sensors, ADC, DAC, PWM Card, Encoder interface and Analyzer with DSO.
Also PLC based drives control is carried out with the help of Siemens Simatic PLC, Analog and Digital modules, Siemens variable frequency drive and Siemens HMI. The VFD is controlled through PLC and also integrated with HMI through Siemens Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal.
In addition to this, the laboratory is equipped with various Software packages such as ANSYS Maxwell, ANSYS Simplorer and MATLAB System Generator etc.
Equipment Details:
3.7 kW, 3-Phase, 4 Pole, Induction Motor, Semikron Inverter, WAVECT Kit with Xilinx FPGA Controller, Encoder Interface, Voltage and Current Sensors and oscilloscope, SIEMENS PLC Training Kit S7200 Smart, SIEMENS 3ɸ Induction Motor – 415V, 0.75kW, SIEMENS PLC Kit S7200 Smart with Siemens VFD and HMI, SIEMENS TIA (Totally Integrated Automation), 220V, 3.9 A Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor, 550 W Switched Reluctance Motor, 48V PMDC Motor.
Electrical Machines
Dr. M. R. Sindhu, Mr. Anu G. Kumar
Since the second half of the 20th century, large scale implementation of power electronic controllers like adjustable speed drives, UPS, etc., introduced large amount of power quality issues such as harmonic distortions in voltages and currents, interference with neighbouring circuits, malfunctioning of control circuits, etc. As more and more critical and sensitive devices emerged in large scale, it was necessary to keep standard limits such as IEEE standards for ranges of frequency, magnitude, phase angle difference of voltage and currents. Later, to keep up these standard limits, various power quality improvement schemes such as passive filters, active filters, hybrid filters and unified power quality conditioners were developed. Different Power Quality Enhancement systems and their control strategies were implemented and tested.
Project In Charge: Dr. M. R. Sindhu
Funding Agency: DST, Under Fast Track Scheme (SR/FTP/ETA-71/2012 DT.01.01.2013)
Equipment Details:
Fluke make Advanced Power Quality and Energy Analyser , dSPACE DS1104 R&D Controller Board, SEMIKRON make Three phase Diode Bridge Rectifier + Three phase IGBT Based PWM Inverter ( MD B6U 415/560 – 52F + MD B6C1 800/415-28F), SEMIKRON make Three phase IGBT Based Bridge Rectifier + Three phase IGBT Based PWM Inverter ( MD B6CI 600/440 – 18F + MD B6C1 600/440-15F), Three phase half and Fully Controlled Bridge Converter, MICROCHIP make DSPICDEM2 BOARD, LEM Current(LA 25P) and Voltage(LV 20P) Transducers, Digital storage oscilloscope 4 channel, DC regulated fixed and variable power supplies
International Journals
International Conferences
Research Facility: Power Quality Monitoring and Enhancement
Embedded Systems
Power Electronics
Software
Induction motor control module It consists off:
(FPGA control software for control, monitoring and analysis – entuple 1 user) 3.7kW 4 pole 1500 rpm/2.2kw 6 pole 1000 rpm. 3 phase slipring induction motor, 415V with mechanical loading arrangement – CG make , current & voltage sensor a long with encoder for feedback and protection – v sensor , I-sensor , Encoder.
Renewable Energy Technology
Renewable energy integration to electric power grid is a challenge even in developed countries as the intermittency and variability of the energy sources like solar radiation and wind speed affect the essential power balance on the grid, if a large share of the demand is required to be met from renewable resources. In order to address research in this domain, the Renewable Energy Technology (RET) Lab was established. RET laboratory developed through assistance from C-WET (presently, NIWE), MNRE and DST, Government of India, equipped with hard and soft experiment systems and real field data collection systems, provides active training support to the graduate and post graduate programme. Collaborations with global academic and industrial establishments too help in imparting quality research in the lab.
Wind and solar power generation are geographically distributed and such power plants are to be connected to electric distribution network in many places. These are called micro grids. The Amrita solution involves operation of wind-solar microgrid also integrated with energy storage systems like battery and pumped hydro. A technology has been developed to automatically decide in real time to charge or discharge these storage systems in a dynamic fashion as and when required so that the power balance on the grid is always ensured – that is DEMS.
1. Development and prototyping of ICT enabled smart charging network components (2018-2020)
Project Incharge: Dr. K. K. Sasi
Co-Project Incharge: Sivraj P., Nithin S., Vijith K.
Funding Agency: DHI, Government of India & DST, Government of India – DHI TPEM Project under FAME India Scheme
2. Energy Management on Smartgrid using embedded Systems (2011-2014)
Project Incharge: Dr. K. K. Sasi
Co-Project Incharge: Dr. T. N. P. Nambiar, Prof. A. T. Devarajan, Dr. P. Supriya
Funding Agency: Indo –Swedish collaboration,
The laboratory has a rooftop installed solar panels and wind electric generator used for training and research. A weather monitoring system provides data for such studies. The solar and wind power generated on roof top can either be connected to the battery-inverter unit,Or fed to the local grid through Grid tied inverter. The lab has a micro grid research facility developed in house. This facility is known as a Smart Micro Grid Simulator or SMGS. DST of India and VINNOVA of Sweden sponsored development of this facility.
Real Time Data Collection Units continuously monitor voltages, currents, and frequency at all nodes of the microgrid and transfer the data wirelessly to the control server.The data collected are transmitted and recorded with time stamp. The solar and wind generators connected to the SMGS make a unique research facility. This lab has wind turbine emulators fitted with all types of generators – cage induction, DFIG and permanent magnet generator.
In addition to this, the laboratory is equipped with various Software packages such as WAsp , Windpro, ETAP, DigSILENT, PowerFactory,Ansys Fluent and MATLAB etc.
Equipment Details:
Wind Turbine (300W),Fuel cell (20W),Photo Voltaic Panels (68 * 8 = 544W),Grid tied inverter, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (500W),3 Phase Induction Motor (1.1kW),DC Shunt Motor (1.1 kW),1kVA Alternator coupled with 1.5kW DC motor and tachometer, DC rectifier (30A),SEMIKRON Inverters (Inverter + Inverter),SEMIKRON Inverters (Rectifier + Inverter), Altium Nano Board 3000, Xillinx SPARTAN 3AN, Altium Designer, Digital storage oscilloscope 4 channel, Digital storage oscilloscope 2 channel.