EEN-302 Electric Drives

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE

Lab-2: Speed Control and Braking of DC motor

Maximum marks 20

Note: Attach the screenshot of the MATLAB screen and waveform for each exercise with the
proper indication of the question number.
The speed of a DC motor can be varied by controlling the field flux, the armature resistance or
the terminal voltage applied to the armature circuit. Separately excited DC motor consists of
field winding and the armature winding, which must be excited and controlled independently.
The schematic representation of the separately excited motor is shown in Fig.1.
Here, Rext1, Rext2 are the resistance used to change the speed, while Va and Vf are the applied
armature and the field voltages.

Rext1
Rext2

Va +
M Field coil
+
Vf
- -

Fig.1 Schematics of the separately excited DC motor

Q.1 Construct a Simulink model with the motor having following specification [5]
S. No. Parameter Value
1 Power 20Hp
2 Rated Voltage 240V
3 Rated Speed 1750 RPM
4 Rotor Field Voltage 300V
5 Armature winding resistance (Ra) 0.4114Ω
6 Armature circuit inductance (La) 4.895mH
7 Viscous friction coefficient (B) 0.004313 Nms
8 Motor moment of inertia (J) 0.08321kgm2
9 Motor Constant (K) 1.1414volt-sec/rad

You can select DC motor from (Simscape > Electrical > Specialised Power Systems >
Electrical Machines). Do the following
(a) Plot the speed vs torque (ω (rad/sec) vs T(N-m)) for two external field resistance (Rext2
= 0Ω, 60Ω) on the same plot, with load torque varies from 0 to 80N-m (take readings
in the steps of 10 N-m). Keep Rext1 = 0 and Va = 240V.
 (b) Plot the speed vs torque (ω (rad/sec) vs T(N-m)) for three different armature voltages
(Va = 240V, 200V, 150V) on the same plot, with load torque varies from 0 to 80N-m
(take readings in the steps of 10 N-m). Keep Rext2 = 0 and Rext1 = 0.

(c) Plot the speed vs torque (ω (rad/sec) vs T(N-m)) for three external armature resistance
(Rext1 = 0.6Ω, 1.2Ω and 1.8 Ω) on the same plot, with load torque varies from 0 to 80N-
m (take readings in the steps of 10 N-m). Keep Rext2 = 0 and Va = 240V.

Q.2 Perform the dynamic braking with braking resistance of 0.6Ω, 1.2Ω, 1.8Ω, 2.4Ω, 3Ω. Plot
the speed vs torque (ω (rad/sec) vs T(N-m)) for five different braking resistance on the same
plot, with load torque varies from 0 to -80N-m (take readings in the steps of -10 N-m). Further
plot the braking time vs external resistance for 0 Nm load torque. Keep Rext2 = 0 and Va = 240V.
[10]
Q.3 Perform the plug-braking with the reverse voltage of 240V, 200V, 160V, 120V. Plot the
speed vs torque (ω (rad/sec) vs T(N-m)) for four different voltages on the same plot, with load
torque varies from 0 to -1000N-m (take readings in the steps of -100 N-m). Keep Rext2 = 0 and
Va = 240V. [5]