%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % sergen.m - plots terminal characteristic for series excited % dc generator. Armature reaction neglected. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% clear; clf; VtR=600; % Rated terminal voltage PR=60e03; % Rated output power nmR=1200; % Rated speed Ra=0.25; % Armature resistance Rs=0.03; % Series field resistance Ns=10; % Series field turns IaR=PR/VtR; % Rated output current load eif % Load stored OCC(in shunt field amps) for speed nmR m=length(eif); npts=200; E=eif(1:m,1); If=eif(1:m,2); % Create Kphip & mmfs arrays Kphip=eif(1:m,1)/(nmR*pi/30); mmfs=eif(1:m,2)*Ns*IaR/(interp1(E,If,VtR+IaR*(Ra+Rs))); npts=200; Ia=linspace(0,1.5*IaR,npts); for i=1:npts % Determine Vt-IL values Vt(i)=interp1(mmfs, Kphip, Ns*Ia(i))*nmR*pi/30-Ia(i)*(Ra+Rs); end plot(Ia,Vt,IaR,VtR,'o'); grid; title('Series excited dc generator'); xlabel('Load current, A'); ylabel('Terminal voltage, V');