Jumyrah L.

Sobrepea

3SE BSECE

EXPERIMENT NO. 1: DC MOTOR/GENERATOR Objectives 1. To examine the construction of a DC motor/generator. 2. To measure the resistance of its windings. 3. To study the normal current capabilities of the various windings. Materials and Components

DC Motor/Generator Module Power Supply Module (0-120 Vdc) DC Metering Module (20/200 V, 500 mA, 2.5 A) Connection Leads

Circuit Diagram

FIG. 1: SHUNT FIELD

FIG. 2: SERIES FIELD

FIG. 3: ARMATURE

Procedure 1. Examine the construction of the DC Motor/Generator Module, paying particular attention to the motor, rheostat, connection terminals and wiring. 2. View the parts of the motor from the: a. rear of the module (armature winding, stator poles, shunt field winding and series field winding) b. front of the module (commutator and brushes) c. front face of the module (shunt field winding, series field winding and brushes) 3. The rheostat is designed to control the shunt field current. a. Identify where it is connected to the terminals. b. Identify its rated resistance value, fused current capacity, and the maximum power that it can dissipate. 4. Measure now the resistance of each motor windings using the voltmeter-ammeter method and calculate the power losses for each of the windings. 5. Connect the circuit shown in Fig. 1 using EMS Power Supply, DC Metering and DC Motor/Generator Modules. a. Turn on the power supply and slowly increase the dc voltage until the shunt field winding is carrying 0.3A of current as indicated by the 0-500 mAdc meter. b. Measure and record the voltage across the shunt field winding. c. Turn off the power dupply and calculate the resistance and power losses of the shunt field winding. 6. Connect the circuit shown in Fig. 2. a. Turn on the power supply and slowly increase the dc voltage until the series field winding is carrying 3A of current as indicated by the 5 Adc meter. b. Measure and record the voltage across the series field winding. c. Turn off the power dupply and calculate the resistance and power losses of the series field winding. 7. Connect the circuit shown in Fig. 3. a. Turn on the power supply and slowly increase the dc voltage until the armature winding is carrying 3A of current as indicated by the 5 Adc meter. b. Measure and record the voltage across the armature winding (plus brushes). c. Turn off the power dupply and calculate the resistance and power losses of the armature winding (plus brushes). 8. Rotate the armature winding approximately 90 to the left and repeat procedure 7 9. Rotate the armature winding 15 further to the left and repeat procedure 7. Data Sheet Tabulation of the results WINDING NOMINAL VALUE MEASURED V CALCULATED R I2R LOSS Shunt 0.3 A 80 V 266.67 ohms 24 W Series 0.3 A 0.73 V 0.243 ohms 2.187 W Armature 3A 2.43 V 0.81 ohms 7.29 W

Observation/Conclusion

The magnetic frame is positioned around a coils of wire that is connected to a D.C. power source. The ends of the wire coil are connected to the segments of copper called the commutator, which rubs against a set of conductors called the brushes. The brushes make contact with the commutator as it spins and collects current from the commutator to the external load circuit. The electricity flowing through the coils of wire creates a magnetic field that interacts with the magnetic field of the magnetic frame to make the coils of wire spin. DC motors consist of rotor-mounted windings (armature) and stationary windings (field poles). The brush and commutator combination makes a sliding switch that energizes particular portions of the armature, based on the position of the rotor. This process creates north and south magnetic poles on the rotor that are attracted to or repelled by north and south poles on the stator, which are formed by passing direct current through the field windings.