The Experimental Speed Control of DC Shunt Motor Using Field Control Method via MATLAB Simulink

Abstract

DC Shunt motor speed control using a field control method is a method that researchers have studied. The study of the characteristics of the motor, primarily in controlling the motor speed, is performed by this research with a constant input voltage. The research was done to indicate that both techniques, which are laboratory experiments and the MATLAB/Simulink model, can be executed. The outcome is to produce the desired speed of the DC Shunt Motor model via MATLAB/Simulink, as well as the result from the laboratory experiment. The external resistor is used in this experiment as a rheostat, where the resistance is varied. Variation of external resistance appears to reflect on the control of the speed of the DC motor. Simulation and laboratory experiment results indicate that the speed using the simulation model via MATLAB/Simulink is quite similar to the speed using the laboratory experiment result, and based on that, it shows the DC Shunt motor speed can be controlled using a field control method.