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Linear Control System Lab: Introduction To Lab Equipment and Lab Safety

This document provides an introduction and safety information for various lab equipment used in a linear control systems lab. It describes the objectives of the lab, lists the equipment including an HVAC board, servo trainers for DC and AC motors, and a linear inverted pendulum. General safety precautions are outlined and each piece of equipment is described in more detail with features and operating conditions.

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Linear Control System Lab: Introduction To Lab Equipment and Lab Safety

This document provides an introduction and safety information for various lab equipment used in a linear control systems lab. It describes the objectives of the lab, lists the equipment including an HVAC board, servo trainers for DC and AC motors, and a linear inverted pendulum. General safety precautions are outlined and each piece of equipment is described in more detail with features and operating conditions.

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Linear Control System Lab Lab 1

Introduction to Lab Equipment and Lab Safety

Objectives

This lab provides an introduction to the lab equipment’s that will be used and their safety
precautions.

List of equipment

1) Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) board


2) Servo system trainer (For DC motors)
3) Advance industrial servo system trainer (For AC motors)
4) Linear inverted pendulum

General Safety Precautions

• Report any unsafe conditions such as broken or frayed power cables to your lab instructor.
• Always consult equipment safety data sheets before its use.
• All electrical outlets are 220VAC. If you come in contact with 220VAC it would be fatal.
• Switch off computer and lab trainer after completion of experiment.
• Don’t overload extension cords.

Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) board

Introduction:
The Quanser QNET 2.0 HVAC Board for NI ELVIS II, pictured in Figure 1.1, is a versatile
system designed to teach and demonstrate a variety of HVAC based experiments. The system is
driven by an array of resistors as a heater and a high-quality brushless fan. There is a total of six
high accuracy temperature sensors along the heating channel that can be used for a variety of
heat flow experiments. The setup is completed by additional ambient and heating chamber
temperature sensors. Main QNET HVAC features:

• Compact and complete HVAC system for NI ELVIS II (+)


• High air flow brushless DC fan
• Six high-accuracy temperature sensors along the heating channel
• Built-in ambient temperature sensor
• Built-in PWM amplifier

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Environmental:
The QNET HVAC is designed to function under the following environmental conditions:
• Standard rating
• Indoor use only
• Temperature 5℃ to 40℃.
• Altitude up to 2000m.
• Maximum relative humidity of 80% up to 31℃ decreasing linearly to 50% relative humidity
at 40℃.
• Pollution Degree 2.
• Mains supply voltage fluctuations up to ±10% of the nominal voltage.
• Maximum transient overvoltage 2500V.

Figure 1.1: Quanser QNET 2.0 HVAC Board for NI ELVIS II

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Servo system trainer (For DC motors) and Advance industrial servo


system trainer (For AC motors)

1. Electrical requirements: -

The electrical installation of the laboratory must be the adequate one according to the
recommendations of this manual and the current regulations of the country. The following
aspects must be emphasized:
• This installation must have protection elements, such as thermal magnetic circuit breakers,
residual current devices, fuses, etc.
• The ground will be connected to the public power system, and its values will be the ones
indicated on the low voltage regulations in force in the country. A suitable ground is required
for a correct operation of the unit,
2. Chemical requirements: -
It is recommended NOT HAVING deflagrating or explosive substances around, except in strictly
necessary cases and always under the control and supervision of the instructor. Besides, there
must be fire extinguishers or any other system of fire prevention and intervention, according to
the current regulations.

3. Spillages: -
Spillages of any substance over the unit must be avoided with the aim of keeping it under the
suitable operation conditions.

4. Climatic requirements: -
It is recommended to avoid a temporary or permanent exposure to temperatures over 50ºC, a
relative humidity of 70%, saline or chemical environments, noxious fumes, a direct solar
radiation and any other agent that may damage the unit. It must always be clean and dry.

5. Location: -
It is recommended to locate the unit on a completely horizontal surface, avoiding those surfaces
with projections or holes. If the unit is placed over a table or a laboratory work bench, make sure
that it bears its weight. It is also recommended to have all the necessary power points, water inlet
and outlet, etc. as close to the definitive location of the unit as possible. Thus, possible accidents
or an anomalous operation of the unit will be avoided.

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Figure 1.2: Servo system trainer for AC motors

Figure 1.3: Servo system trainer for DC motors

Linear inverted pendulum

The IP02 is a fundamental module for the linear motion experiments. It consists of a precisely
machined solid aluminium cart driven by a high-quality DC motor equipped with a planetary
gearbox. The cart slides along a stainless-steel shaft using linear bearings. The cart is driven via a
rack and pinion mechanism as opposed to belts or wheels, in order to eliminate slippage, belt
stretching and other undesirable effects. This ensures consistent and continuous traction. A typical
IP02 is depicted in Figure 1.4. The IP02 pendulum can suspend in front of the cart to perform self-
erecting and gantry experiments. The IP02 utilizes a Faulhaber Coreless DC Motor.
• Caution: High-frequency signal applied to a motor will eventually damage the gearbox
motor and the motor brushes. The most likely source for high frequency noise is derivative
feedback. If the derivative gain is set too high, a noisy voltage will be fed into the motor.

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To protect your motor, you should always band limit your signal (especially derivative
feedback) to a value of 50 Hz.
• Caution: Input ±15 V, 3 A peak, 1 A continuous.
• Caution: Exposed moving parts.
• Caution: Make sure you connect the encoder directly to your data-acquisition device and
not to the power amplifier.

Figure 1.4: Quanser IP02 system

Figure 1.5: Linear inverted pendulum

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