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Lab 11 Report
Objective: To perform speed control and load test upon a DC
motor
Apparatus: DC motor rig, DC power supply, Speed sensor
Procedure: Wire up the circuit as per description in the green
book. Set the initial voltage level to 0 volts and make sure the
screw is turned all the way to the left so that no load is applied.
Turn the voltage level up to 1v and point the laser at the
spinning motor. Keep the laser steady while reading the speed
on the laser display. Create a table with headings Voltage(V)
and N(RPM) and record the values you have measured. Repeat
the procedure while Efficiency(% Torque
increasing the
N(RPM)x
voltageN(RPM)
by 1v steps )
10^-3(Nm)all the way to 9V. You
V(V)
1 now have
0 9
should
values
for voltage
22.7
1
and 29 for N.38.3
Now
leave the voltage at
38.44
2.5
3
275.4
9V and
turn
the
screw to the right
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4
494.2
until4 the ammeter
reads
0.1A. Point the
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9
laser at the motor
and
record the speed.
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Current
Repeat the steps with (A)
I=0.15A, I=0.2A and
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I=0.25A. Record
these results onto a
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table with headings I
and N. Plot a speed
9
2800
0.15
1932 graph. Find the
against input voltage
torque at each
0.2
1452 current setting using
the graph in the
0.25
1028 green book. Record
these values onto the
I-N table. Calculate
the efficiency of the motor at each current setting using the
equation, Efficiency=

2 NT /60
Vin Iin

efficiency against torque graph.

Results:

record these results and plot an

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2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
1

N (RPM)

Voltage (V)

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60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1

Efficiency (%)

Torque*10^-3(Nm)

Conclusion: The relationship between the speed and voltage

appears to be linear with speed increasing slightly more quickly
than voltage. The relationship between the efficiency and
torque appears to be non-linear. The torque changes greatly
with small changes in current, but the efficiency stays quite
constant.