PEBB T&E Facility

Presented to: PEBB Technical Review

7-9 April 1998David E. McLaughlin

VECTOR Research

Program Manager (Technical)

PEBB Program

Background• VECTOR has established

a PEBB Demonstration and T&E facility on the campus of the Annapolis Detachment of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division

VECTOR Facility in Annapolis

• VECTOR leased Building 32 on the NSWCCD Annapolis site in February 1997– 10,000 ft2 office and

lab space

– Facility Manager is David McLaughlin

VECTOR Facility in AnnapolisElectrical Power

• Excellent installed electrical power feeder circuits– Rated for more than 500kW

– Three 400 Amp, 480 Vac bus ducts installed

VECTOR Facility in AnnapolisOffice Space

• 2,500 ft2 of modern office space

• One conference room• Computer network

installed

VECTOR Facility in AnnapolisTest Floor Lay-out

• 7,500 ft2 of lab space in 6 lab bays and the central test floor.

• Includes lab bays for– PEBB demo area

– PEBB assembly

– PEBB thermal analysis

– a variety of power sources and loads

VECTOR Facility in AnnapolisEquipment Handling Capabilities

• All areas of test floor and lab bays served by overhead monorail rated for 1 ton

• 2 garage doors to facilitate movement of equipment in and out of the test floor

VECTOR Facility in AnnapolisBuilding Additions and Modifications

• VECTOR has purchased and installed a 300kW Inverpower 1000 Volt DC Power Supply– GPIB Remote Control

– Labview Software

• DC Power is being distributed to all lab bays and the central test floor

VECTOR Facility in AnnapolisInstrumentation

• VECTOR provides state-of-the-art equipment and instrumentation– Nicolet MultiPro for multiple

channel data recording

– Yokogawa digital power meter

– Nicolet PowerPro 620E digital recording O-scope

VECTOR Facility in AnnapolisAdditional Equipment

• 400kW resistive load bank

• 750kW resistive & inductive load bank to be installed in summer ‘98

• 110kW 60-400Hz converter installed

VECTOR R&D TasksPEBB Characterization

Operational PEBB-1 ARCP in Building 32– Principal Investigator is

Robert White

– Tests will include• Parametric studies

• Response to sudden load changes

• THD measurements

VECTOR R&D TasksThermal Studies

Two thermal/heat transfer test stands in Building 32– Principal Investigator is Dr.

Peter Harrison

– Tasks include• Establish thermal baseline for

PEBB

• Develop heat transfer models and validate with tests

• Provide standardized heat transfer measurements

• Explore new cooling concepts

VECTOR TasksPEBB Fabrication and Assembly

Electrical and electronic component fabrication and assembly stations located in Building 32– VECTOR point of contact is David

McLaughlin– Tasks include:

• Circuit board population• Circuit assembly• Cooling system “plumbing”

• Instrumentation • Data collection

VECTOR TasksPEBB Demonstrations

Current and past demonstrators set up in Building 32– VECTOR point of contact is

Jerry Castellucci

– Tasks include• Maintain demos operational

• Operate as required for demonstration or data collection

• Transport/set up/operate at trade shows, conferences, etc.