Experiment No. 3 Transfer Function of Two phase A. C.

Servo motor

Objectives:
To draw the torque speed characteristic of a two phase AC servo motor and obtain the speed
torque characteristic equation.
Equipment Required:
3-phase and Single phase AC supply. AC servo motor, AC Ammeters 0-2A (2 Nos.), DC ammeter
0-2A, Voltmeters 0-220V (2 Nos.), Auto transformers, tachometer.
Prior to Lab:
Study the torque speed characteristic of normal induction motor for different values of rotor
resistance.
Theory:
A specially designed two phase induction motor is used as ac servo motor. Figure 1 shows the
schematic diagram of an ac servomotor. One of the stator winding is known as reference winding
and is excited by a fixed ac voltage where as the second winding known as control winding is
excited by a variable control voltage. The two phases are physically at right angles or in space
quadrature. The control voltage is of same frequency of the reference voltage but phase displaced
by 90 degrees for producing rotating magnetic field. The rotor has high resistance so that a negative
slope for the torque speed characteristic for the entire range is obtained. The negative slope
characteristic provides stable operation and positive damping. Figure 2 shows the torque speed
characteristic of ac servo motor. Balanced 2 phase power can be obtained from a 3 phase network
by using two specially constructed transformers, with taps at 50% and 86.6% of the primary
voltage. This Scott T connection produces a true two-phase system with 90° time difference
between the phases.

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of ac servo motor Figure 2. Torque speed characteristics of ac servo motor
Procedure:
Make connections as shown the Figure 3. Using Scott connection obtain two phase balance ac
supply. Apply a fixed voltage of 220V to reference winding through an auto transformer. Apply a
fixed voltage of 80V to control winding through an auto transformer. Apply load by changing the
dc current in the electromagnet. Obtain the speed of the motor using a tachometer at various loads
and record the readings as in observation table 1. Repeat the procedure for control voltages 100V
and 120V. Calculate the torque using the following equation.

Figure 3 Connection diagram

.Plot the graph speed versus torque for various control voltages. The torque equation of the motor is
given by the following expression

where T is the torque, θ is the angular displacement and Ec is the control voltage.
 Observation Table 1: Variation of load current vs speed (Voltage applied to Ref. winding: 220V)

Sl. Vc = 80V Vc = 100V Vc = 120V

No. Load Current Speed Load Current Speed Load Current Speed
(A) (A) (A)
(rpm) (rpm) (rpm)

Variation of load torque as a function of speed for different values of control voltage.
Load torque

Speed