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Electric Drives
Chapter 7 DC-motor drives and
electronically-commutated motor
drives
TET4120 Electric Drives

Cost comparison

DC drives structure and

classification

Mechanical structure

Rotors with armature winding and

commutator

Flux density in airgap

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DC machine torque and emf

i
n

Tem na Bf a lr a lrBf i a kT i a
2
2

na
na

ea Bf l rm lrBf m k E m
2
2

k E kT

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Armature reaction

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DC machine equivalent circuit

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DC motor drives operating

modes

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Four-quadrant operation

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Flux-weakening in wound field

machines
Tem
Tem,rated

m
m,rated

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Electronically-Commutated
(Brushless DC) Motor drives

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Induced emf

2Ns Bf lrm

290
2Ns Bf lrm
60
ea
2Ns Bf lrm

2N B lr 2 90
s f
m

60

for

60 60

for

60 120

for

120 120

for

120 60

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Torque
production

Force on conductors: f = Bli

Torque on conductors: T = fr
Current in two windings at a
time. Total torque:
Tem = 2(2NsBflr)i = kTi

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Current and torque ripple

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