DC Motor Control through Converters

DC Motor Control through Converters: DC motor control is conveniently and efficiently achieved by phase-controlled converters wherein the ac input voltage is converted to a controlled dc output. The commutation…

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Brushless DC Motor

Brushless DC Motor: The term Brushless DC Motor is applied to many configurations of ac synchronous motors in which semiconductor control is used to control stator currents such that maximum…

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Braking of DC Motors

Braking of DC Motors: Controlled slowing or stopping of a motor and its driven load is as important as starting in many applications (e.g. cranes, traction on a slope to…

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Series Parallel Control of DC Motor

Series Parallel Control of DC Motor: Series Parallel Control of DC Motor - Here two identical motors are coupled together mechanically to a common load. Two speeds at constant torque…

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Starting of DC Motors

Starting of DC Motors: At the time of Starting of DC Motors (n = 0), the induced emf of a motor is zero such that the current drawn from rated…

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Characteristics of DC Motors

Characteristics of DC Motors | Characteristics of Shunt Motor: The power of the dc motor lies in its versatility and ease with which a variety of speed-torque characteristics can be…

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