Md.

Alamgir Hossain
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

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Construction DC Generator
when a conductor cuts magnetic flux, e.m.f. is induced in it according
to Faraday’s Laws of Electromagnetic Induction

Slip ring
Brush

Two essential parts of an electrical generator:

(i) a magnetic field and
(ii) conductor(s) which cut the flux

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Working Principle DC Generator
When the plane of the coil is at right angles to lines of flux i.e. when
it is in position 1, then flux linked is maximum but rate of change of
flux linkages is minimum

When the plane of the coil is at parallel to lines of flux i.e. when
it is in position 3, then flux linked is minimum but rate of change of
flux linkages is maximum

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Working Principle DC Generator
The direction of this induced e.m.f. can be found by applying
Fleming’s Right-hand rule

The direction of current flow for first half

revolution is ABMLCD
The direction of current flow for second half
revolution is DCLMBA

Therefore, the current reverses its direction

after every half revolution and is known as
alternating current(ac)

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Working Principle DC Generator
Slip-rings are replaced by Split-rings
The split-rings are made out of a conducting cylinder which is cut into
Two halves or segments insulated from each other by a thin sheet of
mica or some other insulating material.

Segment a acts always as a positive terminal

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Working Principle DC Generator
After replacing slip-rings with split-rings the direction of output current
is unidirectional but not like pure direct current(dc)

The position of brushes is so arranged that the change of segments ‘a’

and ‘b’ from one brush to the other takes place when the plane of the
rotating coil is at right angles to the plane of the lines of flux.

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Essential Parts DC Generator
Yoke : mechanical support and
carries magnetic flux
Pole : support the field coils and
spread out the flux

Armature Core: laminated or circular sheet steel; houses armature

conductors and provide low reluctance path for flux

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Essential Parts DC Generator
Armature Windings:
Usually former-wound, coils are insulated from each other and placed
in the armature slots with tough insulating materials.

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Essential Parts DC Generator
Commutator:
Collect the current from armature current from armature windings and
rectify it to make unidirectional current.

Brushes: Made of carbon or graphite in a rectangular shape and

collect current from commutator.

Brush

Holder

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Classification DC Generator

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 DC Generator
A long-shunt compound generator delivers a load current of 50A at 500V and has
armature, series field and shunt field resistances of 0.05Ω, 0.03Ω and 250Ω
respectively. Calculate the generated voltage and the armature current. Allow 1V
per brush for contact drop.

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E.M.F Equation DC Generator

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E.M.F Equation DC Generator

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Solved Example DC Generator
An 8-pole d.c. shunt generator with 778 wave-connected armature
conductors and running at 500 r.p.m. supplies a load of 12.5Ω
resistance at terminal voltage of 250V. The armature resistance is
0.24Ω and the field resistance is 250Ω. Find the armature current, the
induced e.m.f. and the flux per pole.

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Solved Example DC Generator
A 4-pole, long-shunt lap-wound generator supplies 25kW at a terminal
voltage of 500V. The armature resistance is 0.03Ω, series field resistance is
0.04 ohm and shunt field resistance is 200Ω. The brush drop may be taken as
1.0 V. Determine the e.m.f. generated. Calculate also the No. of conductors if
the speed is 1200r.p.m. and flux per pole is 0.02 Wb. Neglect armature
reaction.

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Power Stages DC Generator
Total losses in a dc generator are summarized below:

I2R

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Maximum Efficiency DC Generator

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Parallel Operation DC Generator
Generators are required to operate in parallel for the following reasons:
a) Continuity of service
b) Efficiency
c) Maintenance and Repair
d) Additions to Plant

For parallel operation of incoming

generator 2 as shown in figure is adopted
by following procedure:

Close S2
Increase the filed current so that V=0
Connect S1

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Parallel Operation DC Generator
Procedure for Paralleling D.C. Generators:
a) Close the disconnect switch of the incoming generator
b) Start the prime-mover and adjust it to the rated speed of the machine
c) Adjust the few volts higher terminal voltage of the incoming machine
d) Close the breaker of the incoming generator
e) Turn on the shunt field rheostat of the incoming machine in the raise-
voltage direction and that of the other machine(s) already connected
to the bus in the lower-voltage direction till the desired load
distribution (as indicated by the ammeters) is achieved.

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Characteristics DC Generator
The important characteristics, relation between voltage and current, of
a dc generator are as follows:
a) No-load saturation Characteristic (E0/If) or O.C.C.
b) Internal or Total Characteristic (E/Ia)
c) External Characteristic (V/I)
Separately excited dc generator

No-load saturation Characteristic (E0/If) or O.C.C.

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Characteristics DC Generator

Load Saturation Curve (V/If) Internal and External Characteristics

Under load conditions, the voltage will decrease due to effect of

armature reaction and armature drop.

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No-load Curve of Self-Excitation DC Generator

The machine is drived at constant speed by the prime mover and the
generated e.m.f. on on-load is measured by the voltmeter connected
across the armature

Due to residual magnetism in the poles, some e.m.f. (= OA) is

generated even when If= 0

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Critical Resistance of Shunt Generator DC Generator

If the resistance line just lies along the slope, then with that value of
field resistance, the machine will just excite. The value of the resistance
represented by the tangent to the curve, is known as critical resistance
Rc for a given speed.

How to find critical resistance and speed: try by yourself

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Voltage Build up of a shunt Generator DC Generator

The generated e.m.f. in the armature has

(a) to supply the ohmic drop IfRsh in the winding and
(b) to overcome the opposing self-induced e.m.f. in the field coil i.e.
L. (d If/dt)

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Applications DC Generator
1. DC Shunt Generator:
 general lighting
 electro plating
 Battery charging
 For excitation of Alternators
2. Series Generators:
 Used as Boosters
 Used for supply to arc Lamps
3. Compound Generator:
 welding machines
 supply power for offices ,hostels and Lodges etc.
 compensate the voltage drop in Feeders
4. Separately Exited Generator:
 As a supply source to DC Motors
 testing purposes.

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Construction DC Motor
An Electric motor is a machine which converts electric energy into
mechanical energy. Its action is based on the principle that when a
current-carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a
mechanical force whose direction is given by Fleming’s Left-hand Rule
and whose magnitude is given by F= Bil Newton.

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Operating Principle DC Motor

The conductors will experience a force in the anticlockwise direction

(Fleming’s Left hand Rule). Hence, the machine will start rotating
anticlockwise
The direction of this induced e.m.f. in the conductors as found by
Fleming’s Right-hand Rule and in direct opposition to the applied
voltage known as counter or back e.m.f. Eb ,

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Significance of Back e.m.f DC Motor

The power required to overcome the power

developed by back e.m.f, EbIa , is converted
into mechanical energy.

Armature current, Ia=(V-Eb)/Ra

Where,
Eb=(ΦZN/60)(P/A) Volt , N is in r.p.m.

If speed is high, Eb is large, Ia is small and vice versa. So, we find that
Eb acts like a governor i.e., it makes a motor self-regulating so that it
draws as much current as is just necessary.

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Voltage Equation DC Motor
The voltage V applied across the motor
armature has to

(i) overcome the back e.m.f. Eb and

(ii) supply the armature ohmic drop IaRa
∴ V = Eb + Ia Ra
This is known as voltage equation of a
motor.
Now, multiplying both sides by Ia ,we get
V Ia = EbIa + Ia2Ra

A 220-V d.c. machine has an armature resistance of 0.5Ω. If the full-load

armature current is 20A, find the induced e.m.f. when the machine acts
as (i) generator (ii) motor.

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Condition for Maximum Efficiency DC Motor
The gross mechanical power developed by a motor is

Differentiating both sides with respect to Ia and equating the result to

zero, we get

This condition is not practical, because in that case the motor

efficiency will be well below 50 percent.
Power Stages

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Solved Example DC Motor
A 25-kW, 250-V, d.c. shunt generator has armature and field resistances
of 0.06 Ω and 100 Ω respectively. Determine the total armature power
developed when working
(i) as a generator delivering 25 kW output and
(ii) as a motor taking 25 kW input.

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Speed DC Motor
From the voltage equation of a motor, we get

Speed is directly proportional to back e.m.f. Eb and inversely to the flux Φ

The speed regulation is defined as the change in speed from no load to

full load expressed as percent of the full load speed.

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Speed DC Motor

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Torque and Speed DC Motor
Torque always tends to produce speed. Therefore, speed depends on
torque and not vice-versa .
……………….(i)

……………….(ii)

From the above relation, (i) decrease in flux, the speed will be increased
but according to (ii) decrease in flux results decrease in torque that in
turn should decrease the speed, but, speed is increased, because
1. Back e.m.f. Eb (= NΦ/K) drops instantly
2. Due to decrease in Eb, Ia is increased because Ia= (V − Eb)/Ra. A small
reduction in flux produces a proportionately large increase in armature
current.
3. As the torque, Ta∝ ΦIa, there is an increase in Ta
4. This increase in Ta produces an increase in motor speed.

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Solved Example DC Motor
A belt-driven 100kW, shunt generator running at 300r.p.m. on 220V bus
bars continues to run as a motor when the belt breaks, then taking 10kW.
What will be its speed? Given armature resistance =0.025Ω, field
resistance = 60Ω and contact drop under each brush = 1V, Ignore
armature reaction.

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Solved Example DC Motor

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Characteristics DC Motor
1. Torque and armature current i.e. Ta/Ia characteristic
2. Speed and armature current i.e. N/Ia characteristic.
3. Speed and torque i.e. N/Ta characteristic

In cases where huge starting torque is required, as in hoists and

electric trains etc., series motors are used
A series motor should never be started without some mechanical load

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Characteristics DC Motor

Due to the constancy of their speed, shunt motors are suitable for driving
machine tools, lathes, wood-working machines and for all other purposes
where an approximately constant speed is required

Characteristics of Compound Motors- Study by yourself

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Applications DC Motor

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