DISCUSSION

The speed of any DC motor depends directly on its armature voltage and the strength of its
magnetic field. The field winding in a shunt motor is in parallel with the armature winding
and the DC supply. If the DC line voltage is constant, the armature voltage will be constant
and thus the magnetic field strength will be constant. This consistency leads to a reasonably
constant speed of operation.
The speed does tend to drop with increasing load on the motor. This drop in speed is a result
of resistive losses in the armature winding.

Shunt motors with low armature winding

resistance tend to have nearly constant speed of operation.

As with any energy conversion device, the DC shunt motor is not 100% efficient. Not all of
the electric energy supplied to the motor is converted into useful work (mechanical power).
The difference between electrical power supplied and mechanical power available at the shaft
is lost in the form of heat inside the motor. Losses occur in the DC resistance of the field and
armature windings, in the magnetic circuit that couples field and armature windings, in the
friction and windage of the rotating armature and in the resistance of the brush contacts on
the commutator. Losses increase as the load on the motor increases, resulting in significant
heating of the motor at full load.

CONCLUSION
From this eksperiment we know that the connection and starting operation of DC
Shunt Wound Motor when electric voltage is supplied to the shunt DC motor, due to high
resistance of the shunt winding, it draws very low current. The higher number of turns of the
shunt winding helps in generating a strong magnetic field. The armature draws high current,
thus also generating a high magnetic field. The motor starts rotating as the magnetic field of
the armature and shunt winding interact. As the magnetic fields grow stronger, rotational
torque will increase, thus resulting in an increase of rotational speed of the motor.
A shunt DC motor has a feedback mechanism that controls its speed. As the armature
rotates in a magnetic field, it induces electricity. This EMF is generated in a reverse direction,
thus limiting the armature current. So the current through the armature is decreased and speed
of the motor is self-regulated. The shunt winding cannot bear high current at starting like a
series motor because of its fine wire build, so shunt motors are used to handle small shaft
loads that only need low torque initially.
Then, we knows the Load Caracteristics of a DC Shunt Motor give it very good speed
regulation, and it is classified as a constant speed motor, even thought the speed does slightly
decreace as load is increased. Shunt wound moors are used in industrial and automotive
application where precise of speed and torque are required.