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Torque and Efficiency of DC Motors

The document contains graphs and tables that characterize the performance of series and shunt wound DC motors. It shows how torque, efficiency, power input, and losses vary with speed for each type of motor. The series motor produces higher torque at lower speeds but efficiency drops off more quickly with increasing speed. The shunt motor operates with higher efficiency over a wider speed range but produces less starting torque. Power losses are also quantified for each motor, including copper, brush, and rotational components.

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Torque and Efficiency of DC Motors

The document contains graphs and tables that characterize the performance of series and shunt wound DC motors. It shows how torque, efficiency, power input, and losses vary with speed for each type of motor. The series motor produces higher torque at lower speeds but efficiency drops off more quickly with increasing speed. The shunt motor operates with higher efficiency over a wider speed range but produces less starting torque. Power losses are also quantified for each motor, including copper, brush, and rotational components.

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Meredith M. Anderson
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Torque vs.

Speed
0.9

0.8

0.7

Torque (N-m)

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0

50

100

150
Speed (rad/s)

200

250

Efficiency vs Pout
70

60

Efficiency (%)

50

40

30

20

10

0
0

50

100

150

200

250
Pout (W)

300

350

400

450

Pin at Each Speed for Series Wound DC Motor


88.79180537
Output Power
98.7087578

111.3170057
Rotational
Losses
Speed (rad/s)

124.5116837

139.5913157
Copper Losses
150.3774413

167.5514667
Brush Drop
185.8774083

220.3301787
0

20

40

60

80
Pin (W)

100

120

140

160

Pin at Each Speed for Shunt Wound DC Motor


148.283048

Output Power

148.3877677

150.6916003
Rotational Losses

Speed (rad/s)

152.681274

154.252069

Copper Losses

155.2992657

Brush Drop

155.9275837

156.9747803

157.8125377
0

50

100

150

200

250
Pin (W)

300

350

400

450

Series Wound DC Motor


Switches in
Corrected
"ON"
Speed
Power in
Power out Efficiency
Current in Torque (N- Torque (N- Speed
Position
m)
m)
(rpm)
(rad/s)
(W)
(W)
(%)
IL (AMPS)
IA (Amps)
No power
0
0.15
0
0
0
0
0 #DIV/0!
0
None
1.2
0.3
0.15
2104 220.33018
72 33.049527 45.902121
1.2
1 thru 2
1.35
0.39
0.24
1775 185.87741
81 44.610578 55.074788
1.35
1 thru 4
1.47
0.46
0.31
1600 167.55147
88.2 51.940955 58.889971
1.47
1 thru 6
1.6
0.53
0.38
1436 150.37744
96 57.143428 59.524404
1.6
1 thru 8
1.68
0.58
0.43
1333 139.59132
100.8 60.024266 59.547883
1.68
1 thru 10
1.8
0.69
0.54
1189 124.51168
108 67.236309 62.255842
1.8
1 thru 12
1.96
0.77
0.62
1063 111.31701
117.6 69.016544 58.687537
1.96
1 thru 14
2.15
0.88
0.73
942.6 98.708758
129 72.057393 55.858444
2.15
1 thru 16
2.32
0.98
0.83
847.9 88.791805
139.2 73.697198 52.94339
2.32

Power Losses
Switches in
Armature Field
"ON"
Rotational Copper
Copper
Copper
Position
Loss
Losses
Losses
Losses
Brush Drop
No power
0
0
0
0
0
None
27.636873
4.8816
4.032
8.9136
2.4
1 thru 2
22.408147 6.178275
5.103 11.281275
2.7
1 thru 4
19.943074 7.325451
6.05052 13.375971
2.94
1 thru 6
19.810172
8.6784
7.168
15.8464
3.2
1 thru 8
19.945078 9.567936
7.90272 17.470656
3.36

Switches in
"ON"
Position
No power
None
1 thru 2
1 thru 4
1 thru 6
1 thru 8
1 thru 10
1 thru 12
1 thru 14
1 thru 16

1 thru 10
1 thru 12
1 thru 14
1 thru 16

17.108091
10.9836
20.883952 13.023024
24.029332 15.670275
27.545746 18.246336

9.072
20.0556
10.75648 23.779504
12.943 28.613275
15.07072 33.317056

3.6
3.92
4.3
4.64

Shunt Wound DC Motor


DC
Corrected
Machine
Torque (N- Torque (N- Speed
Current in Shunt
m)
m)
(rpm)
IL (Amps) Field IF
0
0
-0.17
0
0
1.24
0.565
0
0.17
1507
1.34
0.548
0.1
0.27
1499
1.44
0.54
0.15
0.32
1489
1.54
0.534
0.25
0.42
1483
1.62
0.527
0.33
0.5
1473
1.88
0.522
0.5
0.67
1458
2.08
0.516
0.72
0.89
1439
2.54
0.507
1.05
1.22
1417
3.26
0.503
1.37
1.54
1416

Speed
(rad/s)
0
157.8125
156.9748
155.9276
155.2993
154.2521
152.6813
150.6916
148.3878
148.283

Power in
(W)
0
148.8
160.8
172.8
184.8
194.4
225.6
249.6
304.8
391.2

Power Losses
Switches
Armature
in "ON" Rotational Copper
Position Loss
Losses
No power
0.00
0
None
119.01 1.544569
1 thru 2
114.64 2.126425
1 thru 4
118.30
2.7459
1 thru 6
114.07 3.430802
1 thru 8
110.98 4.04986

Field
Copper
Losses
0
0.067676
0.063664
0.061819
0.060453
0.058879

Copper
Losses
0
1.612244
2.190089
2.807719
3.491255
4.108739

Brush
Drop
0
1.35
1.584
1.8
2.012
2.186

Power out Efficiency


(W)
(%)
IA (Amps)
0 #DIV/0!
0
26.82813 18.02966
0.675
42.38319 26.35771
0.792
49.89683 28.87548
0.9
65.22569 35.29529
1.006
77.12603 39.67389
1.093
102.2965 45.34417
1.358
134.1155 53.73218
1.564
181.0331 59.39405
2.033
228.3559 58.37318
2.757

1 thru 10
1 thru 12
1 thru 14
1 thru 16

114.28
104.01
105.64
131.51

6.251716
8.292265
14.01117
25.76756

0.057767
0.056446
0.054494
0.053638

6.309483
8.348712
14.06567
25.82119

2.716
3.128
4.066
5.514

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