Alan Wallace
Professor
- Oregon State University
- Owen Hall
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- Corvallis, Oregon 97331-3211
- USA
- Telephone: 541-737-2995
- Fax: 541-737-1300
- Email address: wallace@ece.orst.edu
Key words:
Electric machinery,
Motor drives,
Renewable energy,
Power electronics,
Wind Energy
Unlisted key words:
Testing of motors, drives
and generators: 1hp to 300hp;
Power supply upto 750 kVA
Research description:
Wind-Turbine Generators,
Variable-Frequency Drives,
Magnetic Coupling Systems,
Insulation Breakdown,
Power Quality --- ASD ride-through,
Effects of VFD on Motors: bearings, insulation, emi etc
Laboratory facilities:
The Motor Systems Resource Facility (MSRF)
(jointly funded by EPRI and BPA) has a 750
kVA dedicated service and test platforms
capable of testing motors and generators
from fractional horsepower to 300hp
(this is probably the highest rating power
facility in any university in North America)
Also the laboratory contains a 120kVA fully
programmable source for investigation of
non-sinusoidal waveforms and voltage collapse
brownout and similar power quality problems.
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