Measurement System for the Experimental Study and Testing of Electric Motors at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Debrecen has a long-standing tradition of developing electric and pneumatic-driven prototype race cars. These vehicles are regular participants in domestic and international university competitions. For more conscious development, thus, for more successful racing, a vehicle dynamics simulation program was developed by our research group. One of the main parts of the above program is the simulation of the drive system, including the electric motor. The input data for the motor simulation programs are the electromagnetic and dynamic characteristics of the motor. Most of these characteristics are usually not specified in the motor catalogue; thus, they have to be measured. In this paper, a detailed description of a recently developed measurement system (MS), which is capable of measuring all the above-mentioned characteristics, is presented. Additionally, by applying it, test measurements can also be performed on the motors to check the accuracy of the output functions generated by the simulation programs. Several experimental arrangements and procedures for specific experimental tasks are also presented here as examples for the application of the MS.