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EE 388Energy Conversion Laboratory

1 credit · Electrical Engineering · Penn State

Learn the basic rules of electrical safety, power factor correction, and power measurement for balanced/unbalanced loads. This also includes operation and characteristics of single-phase and three-phase power transformers, main characteristics and operation of synchronous generators, and synchronization of a three-phase synchronous generator to an ac power network. Operation and the main characteristics of synchronous motors, three-phase squirrel-cage induction motors, and characteristics of various dc motors are also covered.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Electrical Engineering, B.S. (Behrend)