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Laboratories

Instruction Laboratories

Undergrad power systems
Electromechanics and power electronics
Renewable energy

Research Laboratories

AMPERE – Advanced motor drives, power electronics, and renewable energies
NTE – Nanomaterials and technologies for energy
PSPR – power systems and advanced power protection
SCOPE – power electronics systems
SPARK – renewable energy, machines and drive systems

Hardware

Omicron real-time network simulators
Hardware in the loop HIL/RTDS (under development)
SEL (Schweitzer Engineering Labs) and ABB relays
Prototyping and testing of batteries and electrochemical capacitors
Prototyping and testing of power electronics and machines
Computational lab with high performance PC workstations
HPC large-scale system (UK computing services)
and more

Software

PS-CAD – transient analysis of power systems software
PSSE – transmission system power flow, stability and fault analysis
CAPE – fault analysis software
MilSoft – distribution system analysis software
Matlab/Simulink – including SimPowerSystems software
ANSYS – multi-physics analysis; full suite of software
and more.

SPARK Computational Laboratory

Dual use

research – 8 seats
teaching – 16 to 24 seats

Hardware

PC workstations
Dell Precision T7910 (Intel Xenon 3.1 GHz, 10 cores, 128GB RAM, 1TB HDD, NVDIA Quadro K2200 4GB, 2×25 displays)
Dell Precision T7810 (Intel Xenon 2.1 GHz, 8 cores, 32 GB RAM , 1TB HDD, NVDIA Quadro K2200 4GB, 2×25 displays)
HIL system – under development

Software

ANSYS Multiphysics Full Suite 25/250 licenses
PSCAD Power System Simulator 5 licenses
MATLAB/Simulink, SimPower Systems
Other.

Spark lab, with tables and computers and a projector at the front of the room.

Spark lab, with tables and computers and a projector at the front of the room.