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Purpose:
The main objective of this lab was to understand and determine the characteristics of DC shunt
wound motor like connection and starting, rotational reversal i.e. identification of difference between
Experimental set up
First of all the motor is wired according to the circuit diagram given below and the servo-machine
test system into PC mode. The “Torque Control” mode was used in order to note and record the load
characteristics. After that an external excitation current was on from the excitation power supply to the
DC machine. The excitation voltage was set to 220V by setting the excitation resistance to the minimum
level. The DC supply was on and the output current was kept at 2.5A. The output was enabled from the
button and the output voltage was set to 220 V. With the help of servo-machine test system, braking was
applied to the motor with a torque of 0.5 Nm. By varying the excitation voltage, the relevant speed and
Similarly the same procedure was repeated for different values of armature voltages (190 V and
160 V) and the corresponding speed and current characteristics were noted and recorded.
Circuit Diagram:
First of all the armature voltage was varied from 220 V up to 100 V in steps and the speed and
The same results are also given in the plot given below
After that the excitation voltage was varied from 220 V to 140 V and the speed and current
The purpose of this lab experiment was to study the impact of external excitation of DC
motor on its speed and load characteristics as compared to the shunt-wound motor. It was noted that in
case of external excitation, the DC motor has a larger range of speed control and the current in the motor
varies only with varying the load. There is no effect of armature voltage on the current.
Similarly it was also noted that as the armature voltage was varied, the load characteristics shifted
towards the y-axis and the current remains. Also it was noted that the speed of the DC motor also varies
depends on both the load and the excitation voltages. The speed of the motor increases with decrease in
Conclusions:
The experiment was performed successfully and all the results obtained were also according to
The armature current remains the same for different values of armature voltages
The armature current for different excitation voltages depends on both the load and
excitation voltages