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Offered Trainings in Erasmus+:
LabVIEW in teaching
LabVIEW in teaching course helps you explore the LabVIEW
environment, dataflow programming, and common LabVIEW architectures in a
hands-on format. Learn to develop data acquisition, instrument control,
data-logging, and measurement analysis applications. At the end of the course,
you will be able to create applications using basic design templates and
architectures to acquire, process, display, and store real-world data. However,
get an introduction to the NI Multisim integrated capture and simulation design
environment and learn how to build a schematic and evaluate circuit performance
with interactive simulation and advanced analyses. Also discover how to
complement your current database of components by creating custom capture and
simulation parts. This course prepares you to design and simulate a circuit
that is ready to be transferred to board layout and routing.
Duration: Ten
(10) Days
Course Objectives:
Course Objectives:
- Learn how to develop basic applications in the LabVIEW graphical programming environment
- Create applications in LabVIEW using a state machine design pattern
- Read and write data to file in LabVIEW
- Learn to capture schematics with an introduction to the features of the Multisim user interface
- Use interactive simulation, virtual instruments, and advanced analyses to validate a design in Multisim
- Create custom components to add to your database in Multisim
After attending this
course, you will be able to:
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Understand the Multisim user interface
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Use Multisim to capture circuit schematics
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Use interactive simulation to check your design
in Multisim
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Use virtual instruments and analyses in Multisim
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Apply modular design with subcircuits,
hierarchical blocks or multi-page designs in Multisim
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Create custom title blocks in Multisim
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Properly document your circuit designs in
Multisim
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Work with design variants in Multisim
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Create custom components in Multisim
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Co-simulate MCU projects along with SPICE in
Multisim
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Transfer your design to PCB Layout software in
Multisim
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Understand front panels, block diagrams, icons,
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and connector panes
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Create user interfaces with charts, graphs and
buttons
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Use the programming
structures and data types that exist in
LabVIEW
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Use various editing and debugging techniques
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Create and save Vis for use as subVIs
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Display and log data
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Create applications that use data acquisition
(DAQ) devices
UniTrain-I in Use
UniTrain-I multimedia courses in electrical engineering
introduce those taking the course to the fundamentals of electrical
engineering. The applicants are familiarised with measuring instruments
including the multimeter and the oscilloscope. They are made familiar with the
basic circuitry, terminology and laws of electrical engineering by way of
making their own voltage and current measurements. This knowledge can then be
applied in a wide variety of compact and well-tested experiments, named
UniTrain.
Duration: Ten
(10) Days
Course contents:
(Basics)
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DC technology
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AC technology
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Three-phase technology
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Magnetism/electromagnetism
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Electrical network analysis
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Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
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Measurements using an oscilloscope
After attending this
course, you will be able to: use UniTrain-I system, which is a
computer-based training and experimentation system for vocational and further
training and education in the areas of basic and advanced electrical
engineering and electronics. Its multimedia courses combine cognitive and
hands-on (haptic) training units into a comprehensive unified concept,
specifically enabling students to acquire skills in the handling of equipment.
Starting with basic courses and advancing to cover a huge variety of electrical
engineering and electronics topics, a wide range of multimedia courses is
available for study in school or in professional and advanced training courses.
The UniTrain-I system is completely self-contained and can be used anywhere at
any time. The multimedia learning environment the system provides high degrees
of motivation, and maximum learning effectiveness in laboratories, at work or
at home. It thus becomes a guarantor for effective and efficient study. Access
to the multimedia courses and control of virtual instruments and experiment
hardware is provided by LabSoft, the system's open experiment platform. The
courses teach the theoretical building blocks and provide experiments to be
carried out using the course-specific experiment hardware. The intelligent
measurement interface supplies the analog and digital measuring and control I/O
and represents, in combination with the system's virtual instruments, a high
quality item of laboratory equipment. In addition, students' progress can be
monitored and electronically documented on the basis of fault finding
experiments with faults simulated by the hardware as well as tests of
knowledge. The electrical and electronic circuits needed for the experiments
are connected to the system with the aid of an Experimenter module.
Electrical machines (Lucas Nuelle Training System)
Electrical machines convert electrical energy into
mechanical energy or viceversa. A fundamental distinction can be drawn between DC, AC and
three-phase machines. The machines
used for training in electrical engineering are designed so that nearly all of
the circuitry and drives found in
industry, commerce and at home can be conveyed in a didactic fashion in
hands-on training. Using the servo
drive and braking system it is possible to easily determine all of the relevant
data for electrical machines. In spite of their declining use for industrial
purposes DC machines constitute the basis for learning about electrical
machines. They demonstrate in a straight-forward manner the various possibilities
of open- and closedloop control of machines.
Duration: Ten
(10) Days
The following
training objectives are dealt with for shunt-wound, series-wound and
compound-wound machines:
Motor operation:
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Motor connection
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Comparison of shunt-wound, series-wound and
compound-wound machines
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Typical machine data
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Open-loop speed control with starter and field
regulator
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Reversing the rotation direction
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Load characteristics at constant input voltage
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Measurement evaluations
Generator operation:
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Generator connection
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Armature voltage as a function of the exciter
current
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Function and application of the field regulator
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Voltage control, self-excitation and separate
excitation
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Armature current and armature voltage at
constant speed and constant exciter current
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Load diagram of the generator
Transformers (Lucas Nuelle Training System)
Transformers come in all power classes and are used in both
industrial applications and in the area of consumer goods. They are used to
transform voltages and currents. This training system is based on a transformer
with a power level of 100VA. The training system covers investigations into
single-phase and three-phase transformers.
Duration: Ten
(10) Days
The following
training content can be dealt with using this system:
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Isolation transformers and autotransformers
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Design and connection
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Equivalent circuit diagrams
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Transformation ratios
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No-load and short-circuit experiments
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Vector groups used in three-phase transformers
Equipment and systems
for vocational qualifications and engineering education on the following
topics:
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Electrical machines, power electronics, drive
technology
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Complete machine labs, electrical machine labs
and drive technology
Power transmission (Lucas Nuelle Training System)
High-voltage networks are usually operated with voltages in
the region of 110 kV to 380 kV, whereby urban areas and large-scale industrial
facilities are supplied with 110 kV, and 380 kV is used for long-distance
transmission lines. The line simulation system is designed for operation at
model voltages between 110 V and 380 V. Various line lengths can be selected
via corresponding overlay masks. Investigations can be made without a load, in
a normal operating mode, in the presence of a short-circuit or earth fault or
with asymmetric faults, including shorts to earth, with and without
compensation. The system also permits assembly of complex networks by
connecting the line simulation models in parallel or series. The voltage can be
supplied via a fixed grid or synchronous generator.
Duration: Ten
(10) Days
High-voltage lines
Your benefits:
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For your safety, the 380-kV transmission lines
are investigated and connected at a low-voltage level without detracting from
the characteristics of a real high-voltage line.
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Realistic simulation of a 380-kV transmission
line with a length of 300 km or 150 km
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Innovative switchover between line lengths by
means of overlay masks
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Earth-fault compensation by means of a Petersen
coil
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Ability to simulate symmetric and asymmetric
faults
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Series and shunt compensation
Innovative protection technology
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In practice, medium-voltage and high-voltage
networks are equipped with protective mechanisms connected via current and
voltage transformers.
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Use of compact, original relays incorporating
cutting-edge digital technology
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Use of industrial safety relays from prestigious
international manufacturers
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Monitoring of protective features by means of
SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
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A relay test option permits the relays to be
checked individually
Training systems
Our training systems cover the following topics:
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Experiment panel group - ”Transmission lines“
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Experiment panel group - ”Line protection“
Electric Power Distribution (Lucas Nuelle Training System)
Electrical power at large switching stations is distributed
almost exclusively using double busbar systems. These stations incorporate
switching matrices for connecting the two busbars, the incoming and outgoing
feeder cubicles as well as the measurement fields. The incoming and outgoing
feeder cubicles as well as the switching matrices are furnished with circuit
breakers and one disconnector for each busbar terminal. For safety reasons, a
particular switching logic must be strictly adhered to here. The double busbar
model incorporates all functions of practical relevance. Integrated instruments
for measuring currents and voltages permit direct analyses of switching
operations.
Double busbar systems
The compact modules named ”Incoming and outgoing feeder
cubicles“ and ”Switching matrix“ offer the following advantages:
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Flexible arrangement of the various fields
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Operation and monitoring from a PC
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Networking capability thanks to an RS-485
interface
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Manual operation
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Integrated microcontroller for preventing
incorrect operation
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Registration of all characteristic parameters
such as current, voltage and switching states
SCADA
Devices are monitored and controlled by means of the SCADA
(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system. All devices belonging to
Lucas-Nülle‘s energy technology programme can be arranged as desktop icons and
linked together. Measurement values and operating states are indicated.
Important parameters and signals can be controlled via the software.
Measurement values and operating states can be recorded, displayed as functions
of time, and analyzed. Automatic switchover between busbars can be performed
via the PC.
Training systems
Our training systems cover the following topics:
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Experiment panel group - ”Three-phase double
busbar system“
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Experiment panel group - ”Overcurrent protection
for busbars“
Energy Management (Lucas Nuelle Training System)
For economic and environmental reasons, a rational use of
energy is becoming increasingly important. Exercises on manual and automatic
compensation of reactive power as well as experiments on reducing peak loads
through measurements with active-current and maximum-demand meters demonstrate
how the load on a mains supply network can be reduced and evenly distributed
over a 24-hour period. An analysis of the power supply grid and connected
consumers (loads) is necessary for effective use of the involved measurement
techniques. Accordingly, each experiment permits a detailed investigation of
static, dynamic, symmetric and asymmetric loads. Protection of electrical
consumers is another important training subject.
Smart metering
All energy technology kits contain intelligent measuring
devices possessing a variety of communication interfaces (e.g. LAN, RS485, USB)
and control elements. Consequently, consumers can not only be monitored, but also
intelligently controlled. An automatic load management program can be realized
with the features listed below:
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Monitoring of the specified power limit
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Enabling and disabling of consumers in
accordance with a defined priority list
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Activation of consumers during low-load
intervals
Protecting electrical consumers
Malfunctions in electrical systems resulting from short
circuits, overload etc. must be prevented or at least restricted by means of
appropriate protective measures, and the faulty devices disconnected
selectively from the network. For the protective features to be properly
implemented and correctly dimensioned, it is necessary to know their trigger
characteristics and times, as well as their operational characteristics. This
experiment series provides detailed treatment of how to protect three-phase
motors by means of a motor protection switch, temperature monitoring in the
coils, and triggering via a thermistor device. An experiment on full motor
protection with a digital device can also be conducted. The handling and
parametrization of the digital motor protection device are the focus of
training in this experiment.
Training systems
Our training systems cover the following topics:
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Experiment panel group - ”Complex loads, energy
consumption measurement and peak load monitoring“
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Experiment panel group - ”Dynamic loads“
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Experiment panel group - ”Manual and automatic
compensation of reactive power“
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Experiment panel group - ”Protection of electric
machines“
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Experiment panel group - ”Motor protection / management“
