Electric Switching Laboratory
Electrical testing of high-power switching apparatus, Mechanical testing of parts under impulsive mechanical stresses, Arc plasma studies in static and dynamic gaps, high speed photography of moving objects.
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Equipment and instrumentation
Test rig for testing electromechanical switches, 2 high speed cameras up to 120,000 fps with lower resolution, 2kV-5mF capacitor bank, 500V-32 mF capacitor bank, Laser sensor, accelerometers (50000 g), Data acquisition with 40 MS/s, 8 channel and 8 bit resolution, Control using Labview and an NI system with several analog and digital I/O, Power semiconductors for switching currents up to 10 kA, Multi-channel compact optical spectrometer between 250-900 nm