DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL

AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

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TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON
SPEED CONTROL OF DC MOTOR BY
USING TRIAC
TECHNICAL SEMINAR CO-ORDINATOR
MR. Nagasridhar
Mrs. Waseem sulthana
(asst. professor)

Under the guidance of SUBMITTED BY

Ms.T.MADHUBABU K.AMANI
(asst. professor) (13R91A0217)
 INTRODUCTION

DC motors are widely used in industry

because of its low cost, less complex
control structure and wide range of speed
and torque
With the the increasing use of power
semicondutor units, the speed control of DC
motor is increasingly getting sophisticated
and precise.
 TRIAC
A triac is a bidirectional thyristor with
three terminals
Its three terminals are designated as
MT1(main terminal 1),MT2 & gate by G
Triac can be turned on in each half cycle of
the applied voltage by applying a positive
or negative voltage to the gate w.r.t
terminal MT1
To successfully trigger a triac,gate current
must come from the main terminal 2(MT2)
CIRCUIT SYMBOL
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 The concept of the speed regulation is different from the
speed control. In speed regulation, the speed of the
motor changes naturally whereas in dc motor the speed
of the motor changes manually by the operator or by
some automatic control device. The speed of the DC
Motor is given by the relation shown below.
The equation that the speed is dependent upon the
supply voltage V, the armature circuit resistance Ra and
the field flux , which is produced by the field current.

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 SPEED CONTROL
The three methods of speed control
are
Armature voltage controlled
Armature resistance controlled
Flux controlled
 For controlling the speed of DC Motor, the variation in
voltage, armature resistance and field flux is taken into
consideration. There are three general methods of speed
control of a DC Motor. They are as follows.
Variation of resistance in the armature circuit.
This method is called Armature Resistance or Rheostatic control.

Variation in field flux

This method is known as Field Flux Control.

Variation in applied voltage

This method is also known as Armature Voltage Control.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

TRIAC DC Motor DC SUPPLY

CONTROLLED OUTPUT VOLTAGE
 ADVANTAGES
In earlier days speed of the dc motor was
controlled using resistor which resulted in
power loss but introduction of triac eliminated
the power loss
Armature voltage control method gives good
speed regulation and high efficiency
Gives a large speed range with any desired
number of speed points
 DISADVANTGE
Today Introduction of IGBT made the speed
control of dc motor more feasible
Commutation circuit used in the circuit
makes speed control less precise
 THANK YOU

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