ECEN 441-504: Electronic Motor

Drive
Lab 4: Four - Quadrant Operation of a DC
Motor Drive

Submitted by:
Kevin Bradshaw - UIN: 122003416
Kenneth McDole - UIN: 92100448
Jonathan Moore - UIN: 413003391
Fernando Romo - UIN: 623001710
TA:
Performed: October 29th, 2015

Due: November 5th, 2015

Procedure
Part 1: Operation of the 4-Quadrant DC Speed Controller
The first part of this lab consisted of building the DC motor depicted in Figure
1. This wiring diagram is a separately excited configuration along with a DC
speed controller. This controller has the ability to control the speed, direction,
and armature position of the motor connected. When enough terminal
voltage is applied, the rotation of the motor (as seen by the drive end)
begins to rotate clockwise. After exciting the motor, the control voltage was
varied between 1 and 10 volts. The speed, armature voltage, and armature
current were measured for each step and are recorded in Table 1. Afterwards,
the DC motor was turned off, and the position on the speed controller was
switched to reverse the spin to counterclockwise. The motor was turned back
on and the same parameters were measured and are recorded in Table 2.
Figure 1: Wiring Diagram for a 4-Quadrant DC Drive

Part 2: Forward and Reverse Motoring of the DC Motor Drive Under Load
The second part of this lab consisted of connecting the DC motor with a
separately excited configuration to an electrical load. The DC controller was
set to forward so that the spin would be clockwise. All the resistors were
flipped to full load and then the control voltage was varied between 1 and 10

volts. The speed, armature voltage, and armature current were measured
and are recorded in Table 3. Lastly, the DC motor was turned off in order to
switch the position on the DC speed controller to reverse the spin to
counterclockwise. The motor was turned back on and the same parameters
were measured and are recorded in Table 4.
Discussion
1. Quadrant 1 Characteristics

Both the armature voltage and speed share a positive linear

relationship with the control voltage.

2. Quadrant 2 Characteristics

The speed shares a negative linear relationship with the control

voltage while the armature shares a positive linear relationship with
the control voltage.

3. Quadrant 3 Characteristics

Both the armature voltage and speed share a positive linear

relationship with the control voltage.

4. Quadrant 4 Characteristics

The speed shares a negative linear relationship with the control voltage while
the armature shares a positive linear relationship with the control voltage.