Chapter 4 - DC Machine
Chapter 4 - DC Machine
Chapter 4 - DC Machine
CHAPTER 4
Introduction to DC
Machine
Contents
Overview of Direct Current Machines
Construction
Principle of Operation
Types of DC Machine
Power Flow Diagram
Speed Control
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the chapter the student
should be able to:
State the principle by which machines convert
mechanical energy to electrical energy.
Discuss the operating differences between different
types of generators
Understand the principle of DC generator as it
represents a logical behavior of dc motors.
Overview of Direct Current
Machines
Direct-current (DC) machines are divided into dc generators and dc
motors.
Most DC machines are similar to AC machines: i.e. they have AC
voltages and current within them.
DC machines have DC outputs just because they have a
mechanism converting AC voltages to DC voltages at their
terminals.
This mechanism is called a commutator; therefore, DC machines
are also called commutating machines.
DC generators are not as common as they used to be, because
direct current, when required, is mainly produced by electronic
rectifiers.
While dc motors are widely used, such automobile, aircraft, and
portable electronics, in speed control applications
DC Generator
A dc generator is a machine that converts
mechanical energy into electrical energy
(dc voltage and current) by using the
principle of magnetic induction.
Rotor of a dc motor.
brushes
Construction of DC machine
Rotor is the rotating part - armature
Stator is the stationary part - field
Armature coil
Brushes
Loops of wire are wound around slot in a metal core DC machine armature
ARMATURE WINDINGS
Lap Wound Armatures
are used in machines designed for low voltage and high current
armatures are constructed with large wire because of high current
Eg: - are used is in the starter motor of almost all automobiles
The windings of a lap wound armature are connected in parallel.
This permits the current capacity of each winding to be added and
provides a higher operating current
No of current path, C=2p ; p=no of poles
ARMATURE WINDINGS (Cont)
Wave Wound Armatures
are used in machines designed for high voltage and low current
their windings connected in series
When the windings are connected in series, the voltage of each
winding adds, but the current capacity remains the same
are used is in the small generator in hand-cranked megohmmeters
No of current path, C=2
ARMATURE WINDINGS (Cont)
Frogleg Wound Armatures
the most used in practical nowadays
designed for use with moderate current and moderate
armatures voltage
the windings are connected in series parallel.
Most large DC machines use frogleg wound armatures.
Square wire permits more turns than round wire in the same area
FIELD WINDINGS (Cont)
Shunt field windings
is constructed with relatively many turns of small wire, thus, it
has a much higher resistance than the series field.
is intended to be connected in parallel with, or shunt, the
armature.
high resistance is used to limit current flow through the field.
FIELD WINDINGS (Cont)
When a DC machine uses both series and shunt fields, each pole
piece will contain both windings.
The windings are wound on the pole pieces in such a manner that
when current flows through the winding it will produce alternate
magnetic polarities.
MACHINE WINDINGS
OVERVIEW
Winding
armature field
The pole pieces (marked N and S) provide the magnetic field. The
pole pieces are shaped and positioned as shown to concentrate the
magnetic field as close as possible to the wire loop.
The loop of wire that rotates through the field is called the
ARMATURE. The ends of the armature loop are connected to rings
called SLIP RINGS. They rotate with the armature.
3600 Position
Elementary Generator (Conclusion)
Observes
The meter direction
The conductors of the armature loop
Direction of the current flow
THE ELEMENTARY DC GENERATOR
v
magnetic field that is Ir_dc
perpendicular to the current (a) Rotor current flow from segment 1 to 2 (slot a to b)
carrying conductors.
B
The interaction between the
field and the current produces
a
a Lorentz force, S N
2
v 30 v Vdc
1
The force is perpendicular to b
2
v 30 v Vdc
1
direction, the commutator changes b
2
v 30 v Vdc
when the coil passes the neutral
1
zone. b
1. Permanent magnet
2. Separately excited
3. Self-excited
DC Machine Equivalent Circuit
1. Permanent magnet
The poles are made of permanent magnets.
No field winding required.
Small size.
Disadvantage is low flux density, so low torque.
DC Machine Equivalent Circuit
2. Separately excited
The field flux is derived from a separate power source
independent of the generator itself.
B
Armature
Field winding
winding
DC Machine Equivalent Circuit
3. Self-excited
Shunt machine
The field flux is derived by
connecting the field directly
across the terminals of the
generator.
B
DC Machine Equivalent Circuit
3. Self-excited
Series machine
field are connected in
series with armature
B
DC Machine Equivalent Circuit
3. Self-excited
Cumulatively compounded
B B
Differentially compounded
B B
DC Machine Equivalent Circuit
3. Self-excited
Compounded dc generator
both a shunt and a series field are
present
DC Machine Equivalent Circuit
3. Self-excited
Compounded dc motor
both a shunt and a series
field are present
Equivalent circuit of a DC
motor
The armature circuit (the entire
rotor structure) is represented by
an ideal voltage source EA and a
resistor RA. A battery Vbrush in the
opposite to a current flow in the
machine direction indicates brush
voltage drop.
The field coils producing the
magnetic flux are represented by
inductor LF and resistor RF. The
resistor Radj represents an
external variable resistor
(sometimes lumped together with
the field coil resistance) used to
control the amount of current in
the field circuit.
DC Motor Equivalent Circuit.
The armature is represented by an ideal voltage source EA and a
resistor RA.
The brush voltage drop is represented by a small battery Vbrush
opposing the direction of the current flow in the machine.
The field coils, which produce the magnetic flux, are represented
by inductor LF and RF.
The separate resistor Radj represents an external variable resistor
used to control the amount of current in the field circuit.
VF
IF VT E A I A RA
RF
IL IA
Motor types: Shunt DC motors.
Shunt DC motor:
a field circuit gets its power from the
armature terminals of the motor.
IL IA IF
Motor types: The permanent-magnet
DC motor
A permanent magnet DC (PMDC) motor is a motor whose poles are
made out of permanent magnets.
Advantages:
1. Since no external field circuit is needed, there are no field circuit copper
losses;
2. Since no field windings are needed, these motors can be considerable
smaller.
Disadvantages:
1. Since permanent magnets produces weaker flux
densities then externally supported shunt fields,
such motors have lower induced torque.
2. There is always a risk of demagnetization from
extensive heating or from armature reaction
effects (via armature mmf).
Motor types: The series DC
motor
A series DC motor is a DC motor whose field windings consists of a
relatively few turns connected in series with armature circuit. Therefore:
VT E A I A RA RS
Motor types: Compounded DC
motor
A compounded DC motor is a motor with both a shunt and a series field.
RF
(5.85.3)
Cumulatively compounded
The mmf of a compounded DC motor:
Differentially compounded
The effective shunt field current in a compounded DC motor:
N SE FAR
I IF
*
F IA (5.85.5)
NF NF Number of turns
Torque Equation
T k AI A
pN pN
kA (rad / s ), k A
'
(rpm)
2M 60 M
p = number of field poles
N = number of active conductors on armature
M = number of parallel paths in armature winding (=p for
lap winding, =2 for wave winding)
Power Equation
P EI A T
P=power (W) not counting losses
E = EMF induced in armature (back EMF)
IA = armature current (A)
T = torque of armature (N-m)
= speed of rotation (rad/s)
Note that Pin = VLIL which will be higher than P
because of loss in the field and armature windings as
well as rotational (friction) losses.
EMF Equation
E k A k n '
A n
60
2
+ +
E VT
-
-
VT E I A RA
VT I A R A
n
k A'
(applies to shunt connected motor only)
Note that can also be written as kfIf where kf is
/If (normally a constant ratio)
Ratio Equation n2 E 2
n1 E1
Speed-Torque
Speed
Differential Compound
Shunt
Cumulative Compound
Series
Torque
Power flow and losses in DC
machines
Unfortunately, not all electrical power is converted to mechanical power by a motor
and not all mechanical power is converted to electrical power by a generator
Pout
x100%
Pin
or
Pin Ploss
x100%
Pin
The losses in DC machines
There are five categories of losses occurring in DC machines.
1. Electrical or copper losses the resistive losses in the armature and field
windings of the machine.
Armature loss: PA I A2 RA
Field loss: PF I RF2
F
Where IA and IF are armature and field currents and RA and RF are armature and
field (winding) resistances usually measured at normal operating temperature.
The losses in DC machines
2. Brush (drop) losses the power lost across the contact potential at the
brushes of the machine.
PBD VBD I A
Where IA is the armature current and VBD is the brush voltage drop. The voltage
drop across the set of brushes is approximately constant over a large range of
armature currents and it is usually assumed to be about 2 V.
3. Core losses hysteresis losses and eddy current losses. They vary as B2
(square of flux density) and as n1.5 (speed of rotation of the magnetic field).
For a DC
motor:
Electrical power is input to the machine, and the electrical and brush losses must be
subtracted. The remaining power is ideally converted from electrical to mechanical
form at the point labeled as Pconv.
The power-flow diagram
The electrical power that is converted is
Pconv E A I A
And the resulting mechanical power is
Pconv indm
After the power is converted to mechanical form, the stray losses, mechanical
losses, and core losses are subtracted, and the remaining mechanical power is
output to the load.
Example 1
A 6 pole, 3.0 hp 120V DC lap-wound shunt motor has 960 conductors
in the armature. It takes 25.0 A from the supply at full load.
Armature resistance is 0.75, flux/pole=10.0 mWb, field winding
current is 1.20A. Find the speed and torque.
E K A
746W
P 3hp
E 102V
2.24kW 66.9rad / s
hp
K A 153 10 x10 3
I A I L I F 25 A 1.2 A 23.8 A 60
n 638rpm
2
E VT I A RA 120V 23.8 A0.75 102V
P 2.24kW
KA
pN
6960 153 T 33.5 N m
66.9rad / s
2M 2 6
Example 2
A 10hp, 115V Dc series motor takes 40A at its full load speed of
1800rpm. What is the torque at 30A?
2n 2 1800 T K AI A K A K F I F I A
188rad / s
60 60
IF I A
746W
P 10hp 7.46kW T K AKF I A
2
hp
T 39.6 N m
K AKF 0.025
P T IA
2
40 A 2
P 7.46kW
T 39.6 N m Tnew K A K F I Anew 0.02530 A 22.2 N m
2 2
188rad / s
Example 3 (a)
A 220V DC shunt motor draws 10A at 1800rpm. The armature
resistance is 0.2 and field winding resistance is 440.
(a) What is the torque?
VT 220V
IF 0.5 A
RF 440 2n 2 1800
188rad / s
60 60
I A I L I F 10 A 0.5 A 9.5 A P 2.07kW
T 11.0 N m
188rad / s
E VT I A RA 220V 9.5 A0.2 218V
K A
E
218V
1.16 E VT I A RA 220V 17.30.2 217V
188rad / s
E 217V
187rad / s
T K AI A K A 1.16
T 20 N m 60
IA 17.3 A n 1.79 x103 rpm
K A 1.16 2