Features & Benefits

• The training system teaches the principles of home energy production directly in the laboratory. To this end, students follow a complete curriculum that includes these topics:
  • An introduction to the fundamentals of electricity, beginning with dc power circuits.
  • Courses that cover the principles of electricity generation from renewable energy sources (solar power and wind power), as well as its subsequent storage in lead-acid batteries.
  • More advanced courses that cover different electrical concepts and necessary to home energy production, such as dc power electronics, single-phase ac power circuits, and high-frequency power transformers.
  • A comprehensive course covering in detail the production of energy at home from renewable resources.
• The course curriculum of the Electric Power Technology Training Program is highly flexible and allows a multitude of different customized training solutions.
• The courseware includes student manuals and instructor guides with all the theory required to perform the hands-on experiments.
• All workstations, modules, and components are very sturdy to ensure a prolonged service life in a demanding environment such as a training laboratory.
• The modular design approach of the training equipment allows a large variety of courses to be performed using a small number of modules, without unnecessary duplication of equipment.
• All electrical components can be interconnected without electric shock hazard since all live parts of the connection leads are concealed and insulated.
• All electrical symbols representing the components used in a laboratory exercise are clearly silk-screened on the front panel of the modules.
• The training system includes two highly versatile USB peripherals:
  • Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply, Model 8960-2. This module is used as a dc and ac power source. It can also be used as a battery charger/discharger, a solar panel emulator, and a wind emulator, all with a large variety of configurable parameters.
  • Data Acquisition and Control Interface, Model 9063. This module gives access to a large variety of computer-based measuring instruments and is used to control the various dc power electronics devices necessary to home energy production. All functions are implemented via the LVDAC-EMS software.
• The training system also includes three highly versatile power electronics modules controlled using the Data Acquisition and Control Interface:
  • Insulated DC-to-DC Converter, Model 8835. This module is used to implement a solar/wind power inverter with HF transformer topology.
  • IGBT Chopper/Inverter, Model 8837-B. This module is used to implement various types of choppers and inverters.
  • Rectifier and Filtering Capacitors, Model 8842-A. This module is used to implement various types of power diode rectifiers.
• Software upgrades for LVDAC-EMS and firmware upgrades for the Four-Quadrant Dynamometer/Power Supply and Data Acquisition and Control Interface are available for download free of charge on the Festo Didactic website.