LAB no.

13

BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS

Department of Electrical Engineering

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

LAB EXPERIMENT # 13

AC Motor Speed Controlling Circuit

OBJECTIVE:-

a. To study the operation of DIAC & TRIAC.

b. Performing TRIAC motor starting and speed control circuit and records the waveform
across load.

EQUIPMENT:-

1. Power Supply Unit KL-51001

2. Isolation Transformer KL-58002
3. Module KL-53007.
4. Analog Multimeter
5. Dual trace Oscilloscope

THEORY:-

Figure 13.1 shows the circuit used in this experiment. The motor is a universal motor. The DIAC-
TRIAC phase control circuit is used to control the speed of the universal motor.
The circuit is a speed control circuit with starting compensation for a single-phase motor. The DIAC-
TRIAC phase control described in previous experiment except that the lamp is replaced by the
universal motor. We now focus on the operation of starting compensation circuit.
The starting compensation circuit consists of resistors R3, R4 and R5, capacitor C5, DIAC2, and
bridge rectifier D1-D4. When the power is applied, the initial voltage of capacitor (C1, C2 or C3) is
zero so that DIAC1 is off. R5 builds up a large voltage through R3, D1 and D4. The voltage across
R5 triggers DIAC2 and TRIAC to conduct. Hence the motor starts to run.

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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:-

Figure 13.1 TRIAC Control Motor Speed Experiment

PROCEDURE AND OBSERVATION:-

 Connect the universal motor on Module KL-58001 to the experiment circuit on Module KL-
53007 as shown in figure 13.1.

 Connect 110VAC supply from Power Supply Unit KL-51001 KL-58002 to KL-53007
module.

 Turn VR1 fully CW. Insert connect plugs in positions 2, 4, 5 and 8.

 Turning VR1, observe and record the change of the motor speed.

 Turn VR1 to control the motor running at very low speed. Turn the power off and then on.
Observe the change of the motor speeds.

 Using the oscilloscope, measure and record the voltage waveforms at TRIAC and across C1
in table 13.1.

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TABLE 13.1 VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS AT TRIAC AND ACROSS C1

TRIAC Vc1

V V

0 T 0 T

 Turn off the power. Remove the connect plug from position 5 and insert it in position 6. Turn
VR1 fully CW. Repeat steps 4 through 7. Record the results in table 13.2.
TABLE 13.2 VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS AT TRIAC AND ACROSS C2

TRIAC Vc2

V V

0 T 0 T

CONCLUSION:-

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