Our department has totally 10 laboratories namely Basic Wiring lab, Basic Electronics lab, Electrical Machines lab-I & II, Electronic Devices and Circuits lab, Microprocessor & Microcontroller lab, Measurement and control lab, Power electronics lab, Power system simulation lab and Power Electronics & Drives lab (M.Tech). The following advanced equipments are also available to enhance the knowledge of the students at the industrial level.

This is the basic lab that supports the study of basic concepts of electrical wiring for the beginners in engineering. It covers basic safety practices in dealing with electrical works, proper use of basic electrical hand tools and electrical devices and protections. This lab consists of common electrical devices & tools and various models of insulators, different types of lamps, etc. From these experiments, the students obtain the basic knowledge of connecting conductors, wiring different domestic circuits.

The basic electronics lab is used especially for first year students to get them familiar with the key components of the Electronics Engineering. This lab equipped with components such as diodes, transistors, IC’s, advanced electronic trainers, power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators and various tools to practically implement the theoretical concepts of electronic systems.

To understand the V-I characteristics and applications of basic semiconductor devices and operation of circuits like rectifier, logic gates etc.

The basic electronics lab is used especially for first year students to get them familiar with the key components of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

The laboratory comprises of following equipments:

The Electrical Machines-I Lab provides the essential facilities to the students to augment their concepts about the fundamentals of transformers and rotating machines (DC machines). In this lab, the students are studying the characteristics of transformers, different types of DC generators and motors which are widely used in industries and their applications aspects.

The Machines laboratory is supported with large capacity three phase A.C. to D.C. rectifier unit to supply D.C. power. The laboratory is well equipped with all kinds of measuring instruments. This Laboratory is utilized by all branches of students except Information technology and Civil department students for lab work. All these facilities are also used by the faculty and students for research and development work.

The Electrical Machines-II Lab imparts the knowledge about characteristics and behavior of the rotating machines (AC machines). At present, majority of the power plants use synchronous machine as AC generator. It is important to understand the construction, principle of operation, characteristics and operational issues of such machine. This Lab covers all these aspects in detail and students gain practical knowledge on AC Machines like Alternators, Induction motors and Induction generators. The laboratory can also be used for project work related to electrical machines and energy conversion. The main objectives of this laboratory are listed below:

To understand the electrical characteristic and mechanical characteristic of induction machine and synchronous generator.

The Electronics lab is well equipped with modern equipments to update knowledge of the students about basic electronic devices. In this lab the students conduct their experiments in detail like characteristic of diode, BJT, MOSFET, TRIAC, SCR and operation of oscillators, amplifiers and integrated circuits etc.

To understand the operation of Semiconductor devices, Analog circuits, Digital circuits and its applications.

Laying a strong foundation for electrical and electronic engineers this lab makes the students to understand the fundamentals of linear and digital integrated circuits. Equipment like digital logic trainer kit, linear IC Kit, linear IC tester kit, digital IC tester kits are available to enhance the interest of the student in the field of electronics.

This lab helps the students to provide in-depth knowledge about Micro – processor and Micro – controller architecture with its instruction sets and its working. The 8085 and 8051 are lectured to understand their use by means of performing basic arithmetic operations, binary coded decimal operations, code conversions, block operations, sorting of an array, generation of series and bit manipulation techniques using respective kits. It also provide knowledge about interfacing the kits with the peripheral devices to understand serial communication, LCD keypad interface, analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion, traffic light control, digital clock simulation using counters, waveform generations, message display and control of stepper motor. The students can be able to write programming code using their knowledge gained from this lab for various applications like robotics, auto pilot system, medical instrument, domestic appliances, automatic vehicle control, etc.

To understand the specific operation of microprocessor and micro controller architecture and to write programs for any specific application.

The knowledge of microprocessor and micro controller is used to design the electronic circuits in the field of power generation, power monitoring and control.

In this lab the students are encouraged to learn about characteristics of Instrumentation amplifier, Signal converters, Transducers, Single phase energy meter, Kelvin Double Bridge, Maxwell’s Bridge and Wheat Stone Bridge Kit etc.

To understand the concept of measuring the electrical parameters like voltage, current, inductance, capacitance, frequency and phase sequence, extension of meters and calibration and control of electric motors.

This lab has P4, 2.4 GHz Computer Systems with Networked Printer. The various power system problems of protection, control & stability were modeled, simulated and can be analyzed Using MATLAB software. The lab has other simulation softwares like LABVIEW, FEM, MAGNET, PROTEUS, MP LAB.

Power system simulation models are computer simulation programs that focus on the operation of electrical power systems. These computer programs are used in a wide range of planning and operational situations including:

To analyze the power system, load flow studies, short circuit study and optimal power flow using MATLAB simulation.

The scope of this lab is given as follows

• Load flow study

The load-flow calculation is the most common network analysis tool for examining the undisturbed and disturbed network within the scope of operational and strategically planning.

• Short circuit analysis

Short circuit analysis analyzes the power flow after a fault occurs in a power network.

• Transient stability studies

The goal of transient stability simulation of power systems is to analyze the stability of a power system in a time window of a few seconds to several tens of seconds.

• Optimal dispatch of generating units (unit commitment)

The problem of unit commitment involves finding the least-cost dispatch of available generation resources to meet the electrical load.

• Optimal power flow

The simulator calculates the flow in the AC network that results from any given combination of unit commitment and generator megawatt dispatch and to ensure that AC line flows are within both the thermal limits and the voltage and stability constraints.