UK testing facilities
University of Nottingham Power Electronics, Machines and Control (PEMC) Centre testing facilities
University of Nottingham, Faculty of Engineering
Power Electronics and Machines Centre, Jubilee Campus, Triumph Road, Nottingham, NG7 2GT, United Kingdom
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Electrical, power and batteries
Services
Testing of power-electronic conversion systems and components; reliability and thermal characterisation; motor-drive and control testing; electrical-machine testing; magnetic-material characterisation; aircraft electrical-system evaluation and power-system emulation.
Equipment
Current facility corroboration describes environmental chambers, programmable AC sources up to 270 kVA, programmable AC/DC supplies and loads, an 800 kW dynamometer, high-speed test capability up to 120,000 rpm, high-voltage/high-power interlocked test cells, a multi-voltage distribution system with +20 MW capability and a submerged high-energy destructive-test cell.
Standards
InfraPortal describes aircraft electrical-system testing to aerospace standards; no facility accreditation schedule is stated on the cited sources.
Contact
Email: Jon.Clare@Nottingham.ac.uk (source dated 2014; current role unverified); Phone: +44 (0)115 9515546; Operator fallback: eee-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk; Named contacts: Prof. Jon Clare, PEMC contact in facility brochure (2014 source; current role unverified), Jon.Clare@Nottingham.ac.uk, +44 (0)115 9515546
Approximate location
NG7 2GT ยท Postcode area location