The DC Separately Excited Shunt Generator

Sydar Hanz G. Arandez

Electrical Engineering Student
arandez.hanz@gmail.com

ABSTRACT The connection for the synchronous

motor is illustrated at the figure.
The experiment will show how a dc
generator produces power with magnet that is
controlled by a current source.

KEYWORDS

Shunt - a precision resistor that allows the safe

measurement of potentially high electric current.
Placed in series (inline) with a current-carrying
conductor, a shunt's low resistance creates very
little voltage drop compared to other items in the
circuit, so it consumes almost no energy.

INTRODUCTION
The synchronous motor is used as a
A separately-excited dc generator is a prime mover, it will be used to simulate an
dc generator whose field magnet winding outside mechanical force to spin the dc
current is provided by an outer dc voltage generator.
source. For examination, a self-excited dc
generator is a dc generator whose field The DC generator is connected.
magnet winding is provided by current from
the yield of the generator itself.

A DC machine can be a motor or a

generator, in this experiment the students will
convert mechanical power to electrical
power. The students will check the condition
in the system under full load or no load. The
saturation curve will also be gathered and
observed in the system. And the armature
current and voltage load curve of the Different amount of current is applied
generator will also be collected. at the shunt.

RESULTS
 If(mA) Ea(volts)
0 11.02
50 31.83 REFERENCES
100 51.5
150 76.00
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300 133.4 generator-separately-excited-and-
350 145.9 self-excited.html. Retrieved from
400 156.9 circuitglobe.com:
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Load is then applied to the dc generator-separately-excited-and-
generator, values are measured using varying self-excited.html
load resistance. J., C. S. (n.d.). Electric Machinery
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Rl(ohms) Ia(A) Ea(V) P(watts)
open 0 132.9 0
600 0.22 130.6 28.73
300 0.43 128.0 55.04
200 0.60 125.7 75.42
150 0.82 122.9 100.78
120 1.00 120 120.0
100 1.20 118.1 141.72
80 1.49 113.2 168.52
75 1.71 111.9 191.35

CONCLUSIONS

 If the generator has no load there is no

power consumed but the voltage is at
its maximum, and when load is
applied, current and power is
acquired. Power and current rises
while voltage decrease when load
resistance is declining.
 Increasing the current across the
shunt would also increase the output
voltage, it makes the magnetism
stronger.
 Reversing the connection in the
shunt or changing the leads of the
output would also change the
polarity of the output, this because
the direction of flux has become
opposite.