Development of acquisition codes for the execution and post-elaboration of standard tests on induction motors

This master thesis work develops the acquisition codes for the execution and post-elaboration of standard tests on induction motors. The aim is to create a tool using the open-source programming language Python. This replaces an already existing Visual Basic application which operation is problematic with the most up-to-date Windows operating systems. The tool is divided in two parts: the former allows the user to remotely control the power meter used for executing the measurements. The latter instead elaborates the test results and determines the parameters of the steady-state equivalent circuit of induction motors. In the last part of the work the tool is successfully used in the lab for performing the standard tests on three different induction motors. The validation procedure of the tool consists in comparing the results of both the Python and Visual Basic applications that must lead to the same results. For example, given the same measurements data, the steady-state parameters of the equivalent circuit must be the same whatever tool is used for the post-elaboration.This thesis demonstrates the excellent capabilities of Python in realizing the acquisition codes for the execution and post-elaboration of standard tests on induction motors.