// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART IV : UTILIZATION AND TRACTION // CHAPTER 1: INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRIC MOTORS // EXAMPLE : 1.17 : // Page number 699 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data hp = 50.0 // DC shunt motor rating(hp) V = 440.0 // Voltage(V) I_b = 150.0 // Breaking current(A) N_reduce = 40.0 // Speed of motor fallen by(%) R_a = 0.1 // Armature resistance(ohm) I_a_fl = 100.0 // Full-load armature current(A) N_fl = 600.0 // Full-load speed(rpm) // Calculations E_b = V-I_a_fl*R_a // Back emf of motor(V) V_a = V+E_b // Voltage across armature when braking starts(V) R_b = V_a/I_b // Resistance required(ohm) R_extra = R_b-R_a // Extra resistance required(ohm) T_fl = hp*746*60/(2*%pi*N_fl) // Full-load torque(N-m) T_initial_b = T_fl*I_b/I_a_fl // Initial breaking torque(N-m) E_b2 = E_b*(100-N_reduce)/100 // Back emf at new speed(V) I = (V+E_b2)/R_b // Current(A) EBT = T_fl*I/I_a_fl // Torque when motor speed reduced by 40%(N-m) // Results disp("PART IV - EXAMPLE : 1.17 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nBraking torque = %.1f N-m", T_initial_b) printf("\nTorque when motor speed has fallen, E.B.T = %.1f N-m\n", EBT) printf("\nNOTE: ERROR: Calculation mistakes in the textbook solution")