Infrastructure

Laboratories

Transformers and Generators Laboratory : This laboratory is utilized by the students to conduct experiments related to Transformers and Generators machines and gain practical experience on them. This laboratory supports teaching, research and consultancy work on Transformers & Genearots machines. The laboratory can also be used for project work related to electrical machines and energy conversion.

Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory: The Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory aims to provide students with hands-on experience in analyzing both DC and AC electrical circuits. Students explore the behavior of simple circuits under open and short circuit conditions and measure key parameters such as resonant frequency, bandwidth, and quality factor in resonance circuits. The lab includes verification of fundamental network theorems such as Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition, and Maximum Power Transfer theorems. Experiments on power factor correction and measurement of time constants in RC circuits enhance students’ understanding of circuit dynamics. The lab also enables students to measure power in three-phase circuits using the two-wattmeter method, bridging the gap between theory and practical application.

Analog Electronic Circuits laboratory : The laboratory facilitates design and study of the performance of various analog electronic circuits. Lab mainly concentrates on designing and analyzing of rectifiers, amplifiers, oscillators. Lab is equipped with the basic electronic instruments such as Digital meters, Power supplies, function generators, etc.

Electrical Hardware Laboratory: The Electrical Hardware Laboratory is aimed at imparting practical knowledge of basic electrical circuit analysis, wiring techniques, and measurement methods. Students verify Kirchhoff’s laws for both DC and AC circuits and learn to measure current, power, and power factor for various types of lamps. The lab also includes evaluation of voltmeter loading effect, resistance measurement using different methods, and determination of inductance using the three-voltmeter method. Experiments on star and delta connections, lamp control circuits, earth resistance measurement, and fuse characteristics help students gain hands-on experience with real-world electrical systems.

Power Electronics laboratory: This laboratory deals with studying the performance characteristics of power electronic switching devices like SCR, MOSFET, IGBT etc. Power Electronic control modules for speed control of separately excited dc motor, universal motor etc., are available.

Signals & DSP Laboratory: In this laboratory the digital signals are simulated using octave software. The student will be simulating linear and circular convolution and also study the design and simulation of IIR an FIR filters using various methods.

Power system analysis Laboratory: Laboratory is equipped with 24 computers with Mi-Power Simulation Package and LAN facility. Student can carry out load flow studies, short circuit analysis, Economic Dispatch and many power system related studies using MiPower.

Electric Motors Laboratory: This laboratory focuses on performing experiments on DC machines to determine their characteristics and evaluate different control methods. Students also carry out tests for the pre-determination of performance characteristics of DC machines. Additionally, the lab includes load tests on both single-phase and three-phase induction motors to assess their performance. Tests on induction motors are conducted to analyze their operational characteristics, and experiments on synchronous motors are performed to plot their performance curves.

Microcontrollers Laboratory: This laboratory enables students to understand basic concepts and applications of Microcontrollers. It is designed to understand the internal organization of Intel 8051 Microcontrollers, and for all the control oriented applications extensively used.

Sci Lab / MATLAB for Electrical and Electronic Measurements Laboratory: This laboratory enables students to design and simulate the measurement of resistance using Wheatstone and Kelvin’s double bridge, and inductance using Schering, De-Sauty’s, Maxwell, and Anderson bridges. The lab also covers the simulation-based analysis of frequency, real/reactive power, power factor, and energy in single-phase and three-phase circuits.

Control System Laboratory: A control system plays a vital role in studying the stability studies of all electrical systems, which is highlighted in this laboratory. The analysis of Lag Lead compensator network, frequency response, effect of PID controllers, Speed torque Characteristics of AC & DC Servo motors, MATLAB programming for second order, third order & DC Position control system are taught to students.

Relay and High Voltage Laboratory: The laboratory is equipped with state of the art high voltage equipments to study the breakdown characteristics of air insulation for both uniform and non-uniform configurations. In relay part, the laboratory has different types of electromechanical, microprocessor based relays and negative sequence relay, these characteristics are analyzed and protection scheme for generator and motor are studied.

VTU Recognized R & D Centre

Research Laboratories

Research Center at Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering is recognized by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. The research center emphasis on research under areas of specialization that include Power Systems Engineering.

Facilities for Students:

Integrated Learning Resources:

• ▸The department offers a well-equipped Department Library to support academic and research needs with relevant textbooks and reference materials.
• ▸Faculty have access to Wi-Fi connectivity with firewall protection, ensuring safe and secure internet usage.
• ▸The department is also connected to the Centralized Digital Library, providing access to a wide range of e-resources and academic content. In addition, users benefit from IEEE resource access, enabling exposure to global research publications and technical papers.
• ▸A dedicated Research Laboratory with both licensed and open-source tools supports innovation, project work, and research activities.
• ▸ATME Library is a resource center for teaching, learning & research.
• ▸Library has e-Learning Centre, Reference Section and Journals/Magazines.
• ▸Library holds a hybrid collection of printed as well as electronic resources which include books, journals, databases, audio-visuals, CDs/DVDs, e-books, e-journals, reports, course materials; previous years’ question papers, Bound Volumes, Project Reports, case studies, conference proceedings, training manuals, etc.
• ▸As the e-journals access is IP based, the stakeholders can take benefit of this facility from anywhere in the campus at any time. Some of them are listed in the table below