Date: Expt. No: 05 Name of The Experiment: No: Motor Characteristic
Date: Expt. No: 05 Name of The Experiment: No: Motor Characteristic
Date: Expt. No: 05 Name of The Experiment: No: Motor Characteristic
Expt. No: 05
The object of this experiment is to examine the load characteristics of DC motors when the field windings are
connected:
1. Shunt
2. Series
3. Compound
1. DC shunt/series machine
2. DC dynamometer machine
3. Voltmeters,
4. Ammeters
5. Resistors
Theory:
An Electric motor is a machine which converts electric energy into mechanical energy. Its action is based on the
principle that when a current-carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a mechanical force
whose direction is given by Fleming’s Left-hand Rule and whose magnitude is given by F= B l V Newton..
Constructionally, there is no basic difference between a d.c. generator and a d.c. motor. In fact, the same d.c. machine
can be used interchangeably as a generator or as a motor. D.C. motors are also like generators, shunt-wound or
series-wound or compound-wound.
Motor Characteristic:
Series field
Armature A
Figure:1(a) Series motor
0-220 V DC
Dyn Dynamometer Dynamometer
Dyn
Armature
A
A Armature
Shunt field
Shunt field
0-200 V DC
0-220 V DC
Figure: 1(c) Shunt motor
Figure: 1(b) Shunt motor
Table:1
Graph:
(a) Torque/Speed (Te/n) (b) Torque/Armature current (Te/Ia) (c) Speed/Armature current (n/Ia)\
Load Characteristic:
Dynamometer
Dyn
The circuit diagram is as follows:
Dynamometer
Dyn
Series field
V V
0-220 V
Dynamometer
Dyn
Series field
A
Shunt field
Table:2
(a) Series motor (V/Ia) (b) Shunt motor (V/Ia) (c) ) Compound motor (V/Ia)
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