Speed control and characteristics of DC shunt motor using Simulink

Abstract

The speed control and characteristics of a DC motor has an enormous impact on industries and applications in day-to-day life. The motors are selected for different applications based on speed - torque characteristics, efficiency and horse power rating. The load test on the DC motor determines its performance characteristics the. With the rise in the usage of power electronic devices in regulating motor speed. With the most extensively used method of Armature Voltage Control, a single-phase full converter model using thyristors has been designed to regulate the motor speed. A MATLAB/Simulink model has been presented along with graphs, representing the time response characteristic between firing angle, armature voltage and speed, speed and load torque, and the load characteristics.