How To Control DC Motor
How To Control DC Motor
By Elbert Hubbard
HOW TO CONTROL
DC MOTOR
3 General Ways to control DC motor
They are used to control the flow of current in a circuit by changing the
amount of resistance offered to the current. Variable resistors typically
have a movable contact that can be adjusted to change the resistance
value.
HOW TO CONTROL DC MOTOR
SPEED START
STOP
SPEED CONTROL METHODS USE FOR DC SERIES
MOTOR
In a DC series motor, different speed controls can be achieved similar to the
speed control of DC shunt motor.
The speed can be controlled by any one of the following three factors
The lesser the diverter resistance, the more current will flow
through the diverter, thereby the field current reduces and so the
flux is produced. A decrease in flux will cause the motor speed to
increase.
It is similar to the
method adopted for the DC shunt motors. But in a DC
series motor, the control resistance may be connected
directly in series with the supply.
This will cause an increase in current drawn from the supply and
hence flux φ will increase and subsequently motor speed will
decrease. Thus the speed can be controlled by varying the
resistance in the diverter.
SERIES-PARALLEL CONTROL METHOD
The two machines are connected in series with each other and
have a starting resistance. The starting resistance is gradually cut
out as the motor attains the speed. Finally, the control resistance
is removed completely. Now each motor has half of the line
voltage across it. So the motor will run at half of its normal speed.
From the above expression, it can be revealed that the speed can be controlled by any
one of the following three factors
In this method, the field winding is excited by a constant voltage but the
armature winding is supplied with different voltages through switching devices.
The speed of the motor will be proportional to the armature voltage.