COM4LAB: DC Machines

The COM4LAB course entitled “DC Machines” is the third course to the fascinating world of electrical machines. The performance of the DC machines for different connection types is explained and practically devised using a number of experiments. The course comprises 9 chapters.

Total duration: Up to 9 hours

Target audience

Among others, the course can be used to support the training process for the following professions:

• electrical system fitter
• electronics technician for machine and drive technology

Learning objectives

The students are to:

• be able to recognise the basic physical principles of DC machines and
• master different connection types for DC machines.

Topics

The course covers the following topics:

• design
• circuit diagrams

  block circuit diagram – eqivalent circuit diagram

• connection types

  external excitation – shunt winding – series winding – generator operation

Previous knowledge

The students need basic knowledge in the areas of DC and AC technology as well as basic knowledge of electromagnetism in order to be able to complete the course successfully. They should be familiar with the measurement of electrical quantities. In addition, dealing with simple formulas is required.