Independent University, Bangladesh

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)

Name of Student: ____Abrar Jawad Haque___ID: 1810820

Course Instructor: Zaima Tasneem

Course Id: EEE-312L
Course Title: Energy Conversion Lab

Experiment No: 05
Experiment Name: Study on Working Principle and Speed controlling mechanism of a DC motor

Objectives:
1. To understand the working principle and speed controlling mechanism of DC motor 2. To
verify the conversion of electrical power to mechanical power by a DC motor

Circuit Diagrams:
Data and Calculation:

1. Measuring Armature Current and Speed while keeping Voltage across Field winding (V1) constant
No. Supplied Voltage Armature Current, I (A) Speed (RPM)
DC voltage (V) across Field Winding,
V1 (V)

1 12.0 6.1 2.78 339

2 12.0 6.1 3.02 382

3 12.0 6.1 4.01 718

4 12.0 6.1 4.50 985

2. Measuring Voltage across Field winding (V1) and Speed while keeping Armature Current constant
No. Supplied Voltage Armature Current, I (A) Speed (RPM)
DC voltage (V) across Field Winding,
V1 (V)

1 12.0 6.0 3.09 512

2 12.0 6.5 3.09 549

3 12.0 7.5 3.09 767

4 12.0 8.5 3.09 971

 GRAPH: Plot
i. Armature Current vs Speed curve

Armature Current & RPM

1200

1000

800
RPM (/min)
600

400

200

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Armature Current (A)

ii. Voltage across Field winding vs Speed curve

Voltage in Field Winding & RPM

1200

1000

800
RPM(/min)

600

400

200

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Voltage across Field Winding

DISCUSSION: This experiment was done to see speed control ability of a DC shunt motor. The armature
and the field winding is connected parallel to each other. At first the voltage across the field winding is
kept constant and armature current is varied. As a result as seen in the graph the RPM of the motor
increases. Later the armature current is kept constant and field winding voltage is varied. We can see from
the graph that the RPM also increases this time too.

QUESTIONS:
1. What is the working principle of a DC motor?
Ans: A DC motor works by the principle of Fleming’s left hand rule. When a current
carrying wire is placed inside an permanent or electromagnet it experiences torque which
helps it to rotate. Inside a DC motor armature of several loops are placed in a yoke
surrounded by poles of field windings which acts as a electromagnet. When current is
supplied the armature starts rotating.

2. What are the different types of DC motor?

Ans: Shunt, Series and Compound DC motor.

3. What is the speed controlling mechanism of a DC motor?

Ans: The speed control is only suitable in shunt type and is done by varying the resistance in
the stator circuit or by changing the armature current.

4. How can the direction of rotation of a DC motor be reversed?

Ans: By changing the polarity of the applied field voltage, changing the polarity of applied
voltage to armature.