ESRDC Facilities And Capabilities.
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1.2 Purdue University Laboratory Facilities and Research
Centers
Purdue's Energy Conversion Research Laboratory (ECRL) was established in
August 1999 and represents an approximate $2 million investment by Purdue, the
National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Naval Sea Systems
Command. This laboratory consists of nine research stations at a variety of power
capabilities up to 110 kW. Equipment includes several low-power hysteresis brake
dynamometers (Two 28 Nm, 20,000 rpm units; one 6.2 Nm, 20,000 rpm), a 15 kW, 5900
rpm four-quadrant dynamometer, a 37 kW, 3900 rpm four-quadrant dynamometer with
sound room, and a 112 kW, 3600 rpm four quadrant dynamometer.
 
One of Purdue's Dynamometers
The Genetic Optimization System Engineering Tool (GOSET)
GOSET is a MATLAB® based code for solving optimization problems. It has been used
to automatically design inductors, brushless DC motors, power supplies, and inverters. It
has also been used for the parameter identification of synchronous machines, induction
machines, gas turbines, etc. GOSET provides the means for the user to either be
blissfully unaware of the algorithms and parameters used, or to become intimately
involved in the exact algorithms as well as the parameters used in these algorithms.
The Genetic Optimization Processing Array (GOPA)
GOPA consists of 216 high-end processors operated in parallel and used to obtain
solutions of genetic optimization problems. In particular, it is suited for solving problems
related to parameter identification and component/system design. The facility is currently
being used for the design of energy conversion components such as electric machinery
and power electronics converters.
The Naval Combat Survivability Testbed (NCST)
NCST was developed through the support of Naval Sea Systems Command and ONR for
the purpose of validating new approaches to design, control, modeling and simulation of
the next generation of naval power distribution and propulsion systems. The NCST is a
scaled version of a future naval power distribution and propulsion concept. A one-line
diagram of the NCST facility appears below.
 
NCST facility
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