Home Energy Production Training System

Home Energy Production Training System

Home Energy Production Training System

Combines a modular design approach with computer-based data acquisition and control to provide unrivaled training in home energy production systems

  • Features the four-quadrant dynamometer/power supply and the computer-based data acquisition and control interface
  • Course explains how to produce AC power from DC power produced using renewable natural resources, while also covering the prerequisites, such as DC power electronics, single-phase AC power electronics, transformers and batteries
  • Introduces the single-phase grid-tied inverter and large-scale energy storage

Topics Covered

  • DC power circuits (Ohm’s Law, resistors, solving DC circuits, power)
  • Lead-acid batteries (battery characteristics, charging methods)
  • Solar power– photovoltaic (solar panel configurations, effects of temperature and shading, sun orientation and effects on power output)
  • Introduction to wind power (wind turbines, charging batteries with wind turbines, charge controller, powering loads)
  • DC power electronics (transistors, choppers, filtering)
  • Single-phase AC power electronics (diodes, rectifiers, PWM inverter)