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DC vs AC motors

10/04/2006 5:12 AM

Can a comparitive torque speed curve be created for AC and DC series motors.

I have been asked to do a comparisons on tractive effort of a DC serries vs a AC vfd (VVVF) conrolled induction motor.

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Re: DC vs AC motors

10/04/2006 3:30 PM

In general the DC series motor will have a linear, negative slope torque-speed curve. In practice, assuming the current is limited, the torque curve will be flat out to some speed and linearly decreasing after that.

A VVVF AC Induction motor drive (depending on the control strategy used) will also have constant torque out to some "corner point" speed, after which the torque will decrease along a constant power curve to the maximum speed.

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