Industrial power training system

Abstract

There has been an increasing emphasis on enhancing students' practical experience acquiring from the higher education, focusing not only on the development of academic and intellectual capabilities and subject knowledge, but also on the development of skills to equip students for employability. A practical training system that allows instruments to be monitored and controlled over LabVIEW leaves plenty of room to be studied. This training system can facilitate performing experiments in a safe environment and allows students to control and obtain real-time measurements or experimental data. In this report the system was tested on several motor starter circuits like DOL and VFD starters with a three-phase induction motor who draws a high starting current and high torque during start-up which can damage the motor and here comes the role of the starters to protect it. This report will also provide a suggestion of which starter is most suitable for an application based on the stated constraints.