
Explore virtual labs for electrical machines and access a complete learning system to test experiments virtually, without costly equipment, enabling many users to study electronics and synchronous machines.
Explore how a rotating magnetic field is generated in three-phase electrical machines, and understand its role in driving industrial motors in virtual labs.
Simulate the rotating magnetic field in three-phase machines using a virtual lab, adjust phase connections and currents, and observe rotation via oscilloscope at 50 Hz.
Examine how a single-phase machine in virtual labs generates a rotating magnetic field from axis-aligned current. Analyze the resulting field components and the auxiliary winding enabling rotation.
Explore the fundamental concepts of DC machines, including construction, magnetic field interaction, and the generation of electricity by a rotating conductor, and introduce DC generator operation.
Explore how electrical energy converts to mechanical energy in a dc motor through magnetic field. See how current direction and the north-south field drive rotation and govern dc machine operation.
Explore the virtual lab simulation of magnetizing characteristics of the DC generator, featuring step-by-step setup, circuit connections, field control, and plotting voltage–current responses.
Explore the theory of magnetization in dc generators, including voltage buildup, field winding design with hard magnetic material, and how prime movers and simulations control flux and excitation.
Explore the load characteristics of a dc shunt generator through theory, focusing on how flux, magnetic field, and polarity influence performance under varying load.
Explore field resistance control of a DC shunt motor to adjust speed by varying field current, using virtual lab simulations to compare three controller methods.
Explore how to control a DC motor speed through field resistance in a virtual simulation, observing flux changes and rpm responses in a machines lab.
Explore the theory of armature resistance control for a DC motor and how adding resistance in the armature path reduces speed in a virtual lab, preparing for the next simulation.
Explore the virtual simulation of armature resistance control to regulate the speed of a dc motor, using step-by-step electrical connections, simulation controls, and real-time speed response observations.
Learn Ward Leonard control of a DC shunt motor by adjusting supply and field current to achieve variable speed, explained with induction, prime mover, and practical simulation considerations.
Downloadable lecture notes on DC machines
Open-circuit test on a single-phase transformer determines core loss and magnetizing parameters using no-load voltage, current, and power readings to derive input resistance and reactance.
Explore the virtual open circuit test on a single-phase transformer, using the setup panel to read voltmeter and ammeter values and derive transformer parameters.
Explore the short circuit test on a single-phase transformer, explaining the principle and effects, and show how reduced voltage controls current to determine loss parameters.
Downloadable Lecture notes of Transformers
Learn the principle of operation of the three-phase induction motor, including the rotating magnetic field, stator windings, rotor interaction, and how electrical energy converts to mechanical energy.
Explore the equivalent circuit model of a three-phase induction motor, analyze magnetizing and leakage losses, and simulate power flow from input to mechanical output in a virtual lab.
No-load test on a 3-phase induction motor is explained through the theory behind modeling and distribution concepts, and by examining how to verify authenticity of test results.
Explore the simulation of the no-load test on a 3-phase induction motor, adjusting supply voltage to observe magnetizing current and flux. Analyze readings to understand losses and motor behavior.
Downloadable Lecture notes of Induction machine
Explore phasor diagram concepts in synchronous generators, linking armature flux, field flux, and induced emf to unity power operation. Analyze magnetizing and demagnetizing effects and phasor angles.
Demonstrate the basic principles of the synchronous generator, converting mechanical energy into electrical power through a rotating magnetic field and excitation. Highlight salient-pole and cylindrical rotors and plant applications.
Explore a virtual simulation of the open-circuit test for a synchronous machine in the virtual labs of electrical machines, adjusting excitation and speed, running measurements, and analyzing data and graphs.
Virtual Labs is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Department under the National Mission on Education through ICT. These experiments and labs will be hosted for open access through the main project website www.vlab.co.in.The objective is to provide remote access to Labs in various disciplines of Science and Engineering. These Virtual Labs would cater to students at the undergraduate level, post-graduate level, and research scholars. This platform will help students and faculty in learning basic and advanced concepts through remote experimentation. It will provide a complete Learning Management System around the Virtual Labs where the students can avail themselves of the various tools for learning, including additional web resources, video lectures, animated demonstrations, and self-evaluation.
Benefits of using virtual labs
1- Virtual labs enable students to perform many experiments that are difficult to perform in real laboratories because of the risks.
2- Virtual labs help teachers and students save time and effort because they don’t need to adhere to certain times to enter the lab, or to move from one place to another.
3- Virtual labs enable students and teachers to use the latest technologies.
4- Virtual Labs help users keep up with the technological development of the digital age.
5- Virtual labs allow students to perform practical experiments related to the theoretical courses, which helps them absorb the courses.
6- The virtual lab provides enjoyment during experiments.
7- Virtual labs help students perform the experiment more than once.
8- Virtual labs protect students and teachers from hazards, given there is no direct contact with toxic or radioactive chemicals and there is no handling of explosive devices or electricity.
9- Virtual labs provide the convenience of changing the inputs and transactions used in the experiment without worrying about any dangerous effects of these changes.
10- Virtual labs allow students to stay in touch with the Internet, which helps them search and gather information during the experiment.
11- Virtual Labs enable students to record results electronically and share them with others to exchange experiences.
12- Virtual Labs provide teachers with the opportunity to follow up and evaluate students electronically.
13- Virtual labs provide flexibility in performing experiments.