ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS LAB

Objective: Measurement is the most important part of an engineers job as every quantity requires
measurement. The main objective of this lab is to enable the students to understand different types of
measuring devices and instruments which are used in industry for measuring various entities. The use of
modern day technologies in the field of electrical measurements is taught practically to the students in this
lab. The students are also provided with information about maintenance and calibration of measuring
instruments in this laboratory.

Outcome: After completion of the lab course, the student will

1. Have hands on experience about commonly used electrical measuring instruments.
2. Experimentally calibrate & test measuring systems.

List of Experiments:
Any 10 of the following Experiments are to be conducted.
1. Calibration and Testing of single phase energy Meter
2. Calibration of dynamometer wattmeter using phantom loading
3. Crompton D.C. Potentiometer Calibration of PMMC ammeter and PMMC voltmeter
4. Kelvins double Bridge Measurement of resistance Determination of Tolerance.
5. Capacitance measurement using Schering Bridge
6. Inductance measurement using Anderson Bridge
7. Measurement of 3 phase reactive power with single-phase wattmeter for balanced loading.
8. Measurement of complex power with trivector meter and verification.
9. Optical bench Determination of polar curve measurement of MHCP of filament lamps
10. Calibration LPF wattmeter by Phantom testing
11. Measurement of 3 phase power with single watt meter and 2 Nos of C.T.
12. C.T. testing using mutual Inductor Measurement of % ratio error and phase angle of given C.T.
by Null method.
13. P.T. testing by comparison V.G. as Null detector Measurement of % ratio error and phase
angle of the given P.T.
14. Dielectric oil testing using H.T. testing Kit
15. Resistance strain gauge strain measurements and Calibration
16. Polar curve using Lux meter, Measurement of intensity of illumination of fluorescent lamp.
17. Transformer turns ratio measurement using A.C. Bridge

18. A.C. Potentiometer Polar form/Cartesian form Calibration of AC Voltmeter, Parameters of

Choke.

Additional Experiments:
1. LVDT and capacitance pickup characteristics and Calibration.
2. Study of measurement of earth resistance.

List of Equipment cost:

S. No.

Item Description

Quantity

Cost (Rs.)

Crompton potentiometer

10,545.00

Industrial Kelvins double

bridge

21,010.00

14,540.00

Schering bridge, Anderson

bridge
Auto Transformers

53,220.00

DC Regulated Power Supply

10,980.00

Capacitive load

31,500.00

Resistive load

34,500.00

Inductive load

18,730.00

Watt Meters

16

30,414.00

10

Ammeters

21

23,465.00

11

Voltmeters

19

19,845.00

12

Phase shifting Transformer

44,745.00

13

LVDT & capacitance pickup

19,430.00

14

Precision C.T.B

10,800.00