Designing an, Open Ended Laboratory’ to Study the Behavior of the Synchronous Generator at Sudden Load Variation

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to propose an appropriate environment to applying a learning scenario based on ‘Open Ended laboratory’ method. Thus, the main objective of the work become ‘to create a test bench for an inter and trans disciplinary topic in the area of diesel electric traction’. The purpose of the experiment is to design a practical training situation, aimed to study the behavior of the synchronous generator - rectifier assembly, working in conditions specific to electric railway diesel traction. The expectation of the work is to develop an interdisciplinary approach of a practical situation and to advance a creative thinking of students regarding the methods of analyzing the situation and the experimental results.