1. BATTERY PERFORMANCE METER FOR ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Team Members:
Ryan Bickham, Dennis Blosser
Cody Dinkins, Todd Dutton, Rachel Shively
Project Sponsor:
Patrick Taylor, Ph.D., AMRDEC
February 12, 2008

2. Procured Parts 25 psi, 1” pressure regulator for cooling system
Hardware for coupler and dyno mounting
Hose clamps
Cooling system now finalized
Flow meter and pressure transducer will not be used

3. Coupler Design

4. Inventory of Materials Received from MechE Dept., p1

5. Inventory of Materials Received from MechE Dept., p2

6. LabVIEW Interface Inputs from Device Under Test
Battery voltage, current, and temperature
Inputs from Dynamometer and controller
Motor torque, speed, and excitation
Cooling water temperatures (in and out)
Virtual Instrument developed will display all data on a continuous timeline
Data will be recorded at 1 sec intervals for duration of test and output into .xls format

7. New Developments
Magtrol DSP6001 Controller connected to LabVIEW via RS-232
M-Test Software compatible with LabVIEW
Download Magtrol’s driver (VI) that will automatically interface the data from the controller to LabVIEW
Power supply for servo tester
Nickel cadmium battery not available
Will use same 12 volt supply in parallel with the Hall Effect sensor

8. Attend LabVIEW tutorial class on 13 Feb
Next Steps
Attend LabVIEW tutorial class on 13 Feb
Receive Magtrol controller and M-Test software
Submit final coupler design for machining
Finalize motor mount design
Start developing LabVIEW interface