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DC Machines

D C Machine By
Dr. Gaurav Gupta
 Direct current machines (DC
machines)
• DC Machines: Rotating electrical machine.
• Example: Generator and motor.
• DC generator: Converts mechanical power to
electrical power of DC nature.
• DC motor: Converts electrical power into
mechanical power (converse of DC generator).
• Working principle: Faraday’s law of EM
induction (as already discussed during
transformer lectures).
 Construction
• Armature (Rotatory part): Comprising of a number of
conductors suitably placed and connected so as to form a
closed winding.
• Field system (stationary part): To produce magnetic field.
• Airgap: Used to separate stator and rotor.
• Commutator: Comprise of large number of commutator
segments, properly insulated from each other.
• Commutator is used to convert an AC wave in the armature
winding into a DC wave at the output terminals (in case of DC
generator), and inverts the DC input wave into an AC wave in
the armature winding (in case of DC motor).
Construction

Armature core (rotor)

DC motor: Working principle
• When a current carrying
conductor is placed in a
magnetic field, it experiences
a torque and has a tendency
to move. This is known as
motoring action.
• If the direction of current in
the wire is reversed, the
direction of rotation also
reverses.
• When magnetic field and
electric field interact they
produce a mechanical force,
and based on that the
working principle of DC motor
is established.
DC motor
DC generator
 General expression for resistance
of DC armature winding
• If Z- number of conductors, each of length L.
• S- Cross-section area arranged in ‘a’ pairs of
circuit.
• ‘p’- Pole pairs.
• ρ- Resistivity of the winding material.
• Resistance of any conductor is given as:
L
R
S
 L
R
S
• ρ- Resistivity of the conducting material in ohm-cm.
• L- Total length of the conductor including overhang.
• S- Cross-section area of the conductor.
• Armature winding consists of Z conductors arranged
in “a” pairs of the circuits.
• Thus, the number of conductors in each parallel
circuit= Z/a
• All the conductors in each parallel circuit are
connected in series. As a result, the resistance of Z/a
conductors connected in series is given by:
 L  Z
R  
 S a
• There are “a” parallel circuits in the whole of
the armature winding. Thus the resistance of
armature winding is:
  LZ  1  1   LZ  General expression for the
R    2   resistance of a DC armature
 Sa  
a a  S  winding

Numerical Problem: Calculate the resistance of a 6-pole,

lap connected armature winding using the following data:
Number of slots: 150
Conductor per slot: 8
Mean length of one turn: 250 cm
Cross-section of each conductor: 10 mm × 2.5 mm
Value of resistivity (ρ): 2.1 × 10-6 Ohm-cm
 Solution
• Total number of conductors of armature
winding (Z)= 150 × 8= 1200.
• Number of turns = 1200/2= 600.

1   LZ  1  2.1106  250  600 

R 2  2  
a  S  (6)  0.25 
 EMF equation
• Average EMF generated by the armature of a DC
generator (voltage across the brushes of different
polarity) = sum of the EMFs of all the conductors
connected in series in one parallel path.
• If Z- total conductors on the armature of a DC
machine.
• Then the number of conductors connected in series in
one parallel path will be Z/A.
• A- Number of parallel paths in the armature winding.
• Hence, the EMF generated by one parallel path is:

Z
Eg  Eaverage  Where, Eavg.- Average EMF per conductor
A
 Contd….
• EMF generated by the armature = EMF generated by one
of the parallel paths of the armature winding.
Z
Eg  Eaverage 
A
• The average EMF generated by one conductor= Flux
cut/second (As per the Faraday’s law of EM induction).
• If Ø- Air gap flux/pole in Weber's.
• P-Total number of poles in the machine.
• Then, total flux cut by one conductor in completing one
revolution of armature= PØ
• Flux cut by one conductor per second can be written as:
N
 P 
60
• N- Speed of the machine in rpm
 Contd…
• Hence, average EMF generated by one
conductor of the armature:
P N
Eavg .  V
60
• The EMF generated by the armature of a DC
machine is:
P N Z P NZ
Eg    V
60 A 60 A
Armature windings
• In lap winding, the two
ends of a coil, designated
“start’” and “finish”, are
connected to the
adjacent commutator
segments. (side of
successive coils overlap
each coil, that’s why
called as lap winding).
• In wave winding, “start”
and “finish” ends are
connected to the same
commutator segment.
 EMF for two different types of
armature windings
• For a lap-wound • For a wave-wound
armature, armature,
• Number of parallel • Number of parallel
paths in the armature paths in the armature
winding = Number of winding=2 (irrespective
poles in the machine. of number of poles).
• Hence, EMF generated • Hence, EMF generated
is: is:
P NZ  NZ P NZ P NZ
Eg   V Eg   V
60 P 60 60  2 120
 Imp. Note **
• The expressions given for the induced EMF in
previous slides hold equally for generators and
motors.
• However, in the case of a DC motor, the
induced EMF is called as back EMF, bcoz the
induced EMF acts in a direction opposite to
the applied voltage.
• Hence, back EMF for a DC motor is:
P NZ
Eback emf  V
60 A
 Problems on EMF equation:
Problem 1
• A 6-pole, lap wound armature has 840
conductors and flux per pole of 0.018 Wb.
Calculate the EMF generated, when the
machine is running at 600 rpm.
• Solution: For lap-type, A=P=6

P NZ 6  0.018  600  840

Eg  V V
60 A 60  6
 Problem 2
• A 6-pole, 2 circuit, wave-wound armature has
300 conductors and runs at 1000 rpm. The
EMF generated on open-circuit is 400 V. Find
the useful flux per cycle.
• Solution: For wave-wound, A=2
P NZ
Eg  V
60 A

Eg  60 A 400  60  2
 
PNZ 6 1000  300
 Problem 3
• A lap-wound DC shunt generator having 80
slots with 10 conductors per slot generates at
no load an EMF of 400 V, when running at
1000 rpm. At what speed , should it be rotated
to generate a voltage of 220 V on open
circuit?
• Solution: Total number of conductors on
armature (Z)= Number of slots on armature ×
conductor per slot = 80 × 10 = 800
P NZ
Eg  V
60 A
 Contd…
• For lap-wound, A=P, therefore, EMF is
 NZ  1000  800
Eg  V 400 
60 60

  0.03Wb

• Desired value of generated voltage= 220 V,

thus
0.03  N  800
220  N  550rpm
60
Classification of DC machines
 DC shunt generator
• Applying Kirchhoff's
laws

I a  I L  I sh
RL

• Also EMF generated=

Terminal voltage + voltage
• Applying Ohm’s law, drop in the armature

• Load current IL 
V Eg  V  I a Ra
RL

V
• Shunt field current I sh 
Rsh
DC series generator

• Excitation current=
Armature current
• EMF generated:
Eg  V  I a ( Ra  Rsc )
DC compound generator

I a  I L  I sh

I sc  I L

Eg  V  I a Ra  I L Rsc

V  I L Rsc
I sh 
Rsh
 DC shunt and series motors
DC shunt motor DC series motor

Ia

I a  I L  I sh I sh 
V I L  I sc
Rsh

Eback emf  V  I a Ra Eback emf  V  I a ( Ra  Rsc )

 Problem 1
• The armature of a 4-pole, lap-wound shunt generator has 120 slots
with 4 conductors per slot. The flux per pole is 0.05 Wb. The
armature resistance is 0.05 Ohm, and the shunt field resistance is
50 Ohm. Find the speed of the machine when supplying 450 A at a
terminal voltage of 250 V.

Solution: Terminal voltage, V= 250 V

• Load current, IL= 450 A
• Shunt field resistance, Rsh= 50 Ohm
• Shunt field current, Ish= V/Rsh=250/50= 5 A
• Armature current, Ia= IL+Ish= 450+5= 455 A
• Armature resistance, Ra= 0.05 Ohm
• Generated EMF, Eg= V + IaRa= 250+ 455 ×0.05= 272.75 V

P NZ 4  0.05  N  ( 120  4 )
Eg  V 272.75  N  682rpm
60 A 60  4
 Problem 2
• A 120 V DC shunt motor draws a current of
200 A. The armature resistance is 0.02 Ohm,
and shunt field resistance of 30 Ohm.
• (i). Find the back EMF.
• (ii). If the lap-wound armature has 90 slots
with 4 conductors per slot, at what speed will
the motor run, when the flux per pole is 0.04
Wb?
 Solution
(i)
V 120 • (ii). For lap-wound, A=P,
I sh    4A therefore, EMF is
Rsh 30
 NZ
Eg 
I a  I L  I sh
V
60

 200  4  196 A 116.08 

0.04  N  ( 90  4 )
60
Eback emf  V  I a Ra

Eback emf  120  196  0.02

Eback emf  116.08V

 Torque equation for a DC motor
• The back-emf of DC motor can be written as:
Eb  V  I a Ra
• Multiplying this equation on both sides by Ia,
Eb I a  VI a  I a Ra
2

• Where, VIa- Total electrical power supplied to

the armature of the DC motor (armature input).
• Ia2Ra- Power wasted in the DC armature
(Armature copper loss).
 Contd….
• The difference between the armature input
and the armature copper loss =Mechanical
power developed by the armature.
• Hence, mechanical power developed= EbIa
Watts.
• If Ta- Torque in Newton meter developed by
the armature running at N
revolutions/minute, then
2 NTa
• Mechanical power developed
60
 2 NTa  60  Eb I a
Eb I a  Ta   
60  2  N

We already know, back-emf P NZ

can be expressed as:
Eb 
60 A

 60   P NZ I a 
After substituting the Ta     
value of Eb  2   60 A N 

 P I a Z 
Ta  0.159   Nm
 A 
 Conclusions drawn from Torque
equation
• For a particular DC motor, the number of
poles (P), number of conductors on armature
(Z), and the number of parallel paths in the
armature winding (A) are fixed.
• Hence, Ta I a
• Thus, the torque developed by the armature
is proportional to the product of flux per pole
and the armature current.
 Speed of the motor
• The back EMF of DC motor is:
P NZ
Eb  Eb  V  I a Ra
60 A
• Combining the above equations,
P NZ
 V  I a Ra
60 A
60 A 1
Speed of the
N  (V  I a Ra ) 
motor PZ 
 Contd…
• For a given motor, P, Z, and A are fixed, hence,

 V  I a Ra   Eb 
N K  N K 
    

• Thus, the speed of motor is directly

proportional to the voltage applied to the
armature (or back EMF).
• Inversely proportional to the flux/pole.
 Problem 1
• The lap-wound armature of a 6-pole, 6-circuit DC
shunt motor takes 300 A at the speed of 400
revolutions per minute. The flux per pole is 75 ×
10-3 Wb. The number of armature turns is 500.
The torque lost windage, friction, and iron losses
can be assumed as 2.5 percent. Compute:
• Torque developed by the armature.
• Shaft torque.
• Shaft power in kW
 Solution
 P I a Z 
Ta  0.159   Nm
 A 
• A=P=6
• Number of armature turns=500
• Thus, total number of conductors on the armature= 2× 500=1000

 6  75 103  300 1000 

Ta  0.159  
 6 

Ta  3577.5 Nm
 Computation of Shaft torque and
shaft power
• Torque lost in windage, friction, and iron
losses= 2.5 percent of Ta= 0.025 × 3577.5
Ta= 89.44 Nm
• Thus, shaft torque, Tsh= 3577.5-
89.44=3488.06 Nm
• Shaft power, 2 NTsh
P kW
60  1000
2  400  3488.06
P kW
60 1000
 Problem 2
• A 200V DC shunt motor takes a total current
of 100 A and runs at 750 rpm. The resistance
of the armature winding and of shunt field
winding is 0.1 and 40 Ω, respectively.
• Compute (i) the torque developed by the
armature, and (ii) copper losses.
• If the friction and iron losses amount to 1500
W, also calculate (iii) shaft power, (iv) shaft
torque, and (v) efficiency.
 Solution part (i)
• Voltage applied across the motor, V= 200 V
• Resistance of the shunt field winding= 40 Ω
• Shunt field current, Ish= 200/40=5 A
• Total current drawn by motor= 100 A
• Thus, armature current, Ia= 100-5= 95 A
• Armature resistance, Ra= 0.1 Ω
• Back EMF, Eb= V-IaRa= 200-95×0.1=190.5V
• Mechanical power developed= Eb Ia=190.5 × 95=
18097.5 W
2 NTa  60  Eb I a
Eb I a  Ta   
60  2  N
 Contd….
 60  Eb I a
Ta   
 2  N
 60  18097.5
Ta     230.3 Nm
 2  750
 Solution part (ii)
• The back EMF for a DC motor
Eb  V  I a Ra Eb I a  VI a  I a2 Ra

• The armature copper loss, I Ra  VI a  Eb I a

2
a

I a2 Ra  200  95  18097.5  902.5W

• Field copper losses  I 2

R
sh sh  ( 5 )2
 40  1000W
 Contd….
• Total Cu losses= 902.5+1000=1902.5 W
• Solution of Part (iii):
• Friction and iron losses= 1500 W
• Total Cu loss= 1902.5 W
• Input to the motor= 200 × 100= 20000 W
• Output= 20000-(1500+1902.5)=16597.5 W
• Or shaft power= 16.6 W
Solution parts (iv) and (v)
2 NTsh
P kW
60 1000