Testing of DC Machine or Swinburne Test: Testing of DC Machine or Swinburne Test - Machine efficiency, in general, has been discussed already. The approach here will be to apply…
Braking of DC Motors: Controlled slowing or stopping of a motor and its driven load is as important as starting in many applications (e.g. cranes, traction on a slope to…
Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control of DC Motor: Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control of DC Motor is combined armature and field control and is therefore, operationally the most…
Shunted Armature Speed Control: Shunted Armature Speed Control - It is a variation of rheostatic control. As is obvious from Fig. 7.59, the principle used in achieving control is that…
Rheostatic Control Method: Rheostatic Control Method - Series armature-resistance control : Here the applied armature voltage is varied by placing an adjustable resistance Re in series with the armature as…
Starting of DC Motors: At the time of Starting of DC Motors (n = 0), the induced emf of a motor is zero such that the current drawn from rated…
Characteristics of DC Motors | Characteristics of Shunt Motor: The power of the dc motor lies in its versatility and ease with which a variety of speed-torque characteristics can be…
External Characteristics of Compound Generator: External Characteristics of Compound Generator - The causes of voltage drop in the terminal voltage from no-load to full-load in a shunt generator can be…