The DC Compound Generator

Aldana, Alen Mark M.

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ABSTRACT the shunt field flux, then the output voltage

At the end of this experiment, we should
have understood the properties of compound
DC generators under no-load and full-load
conditions. Leaned how to connect both the
compound and the differential compound
generators. And we should obtain the
armature voltage vs armature current load
curves for both generators.
KEYWORDS
Generator
Regulation
Armature
DC
Compound
drops with an increase in current-draw and
the generator is differentially connected.
DATA AND RESULTS
There are no voltage build up when we have
conducted the procedure 1 to 4 in the
manual. But theoretically it should build up
because shunt generator should have some
residual magnetism in the generator poles
and the shunt filed is correctly connected to
the armature. There are factors that causes of
error.
For table 9-1, the voltage values are slightly
increasing when the load was applied but it
decreased suddenly when the load was 100
ohms , 80 ohns and 75 ohms.

INTRODUCTION
RL IA EA POWER
In a compound generator, both series and (ohms) (amps) (volts) (watts)
shunt excitation are combined in a circuit. 0 0 105 0
The shunt winding can be connected either 600 0.09 112.5 10.13
across the armature only or across armature 300 0.183 111.7 20.44
200 0.274 112.3 30.77
plus series field. The compound generator
150 0.371 112.4 41.70
can be cumulatively compound or
120 0.470 115 54.05
differentially compounded . The external 100 1.1 113 124.3
characteristics of a cumulatively 80 1.35 111.7 150.80
compounded generator is its series 75 1.41 110.4 155.66
excitation aids the shunt excitation. The Table 9.1
degree of compounding depends upon the
increase in series excitation with the
increase in load current. If the series field is RL IA EA POWER
connected so that the resultant flux opposes (ohms) (amps) (volts) (watts)
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0 0 125 0
600 0.15 117 17.55
300 0.39 110 42.9 Regulation curve
200 0.5 103 51.5 data from table 9-2
150 0.6 97.5 58.62 123
120 0.7 89.4 62.58
100 0.8 79.6 63.68 113
80 0.8 66.4 53.12 103
75 0.7 53.16 37.21
Table 9.2 93

83
Regulation curve
data from table 9-1 73
115
63
114
113 53
112 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
111
Ea (Volts)

110
109
108 CONCLUSIONS
107
A DC compound generator may be
106
connected as short shunt or long shunt. In
105 short shunt connection the shunt field
0 0.5 1 1.5
winding is connected across the armature
Ia (amps) and series field winding is connected in
series to the load. In long shunt connection
shunt field winding is parallel to both
Graph 1
armature and series field winding.

For compound generator when load current

increases, the armature voltage decreases
just as in the shunt-wound generator. This
causes the voltage applied to the shunt-field
winding to decrease, which results in a
decrease in the magnetic field. This same
increase in load current, since it flows
through the series winding, causes an
increase in the magnetic field produced by
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that winding. The increase in the magnetic

field strength of the series winding will
compensate for the decrease in shunt field
strength. Therefore, the overall strength of
the combined magnetic fields remains
almost unchanged, so the output voltage will
remain constant.

REFERENCES

Mittle, V.N., & Arvind M. (2006).Basic

Electrical Engineering. Tata McGraw-Hill
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