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With increasing torque load the armature tends to slow down; the motor draws more current to compensate, and if there is armature resistance the back emf generated by the armature falls to allow the increased current to flow, which causes the motor to settle at a lower speed.

The mechanical output power is the speed times the torque, and increasing the torque increases the power output provided the speed does not drop much.

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If you think of a motor using a clock with the 12 and 6 being positive and negative polarity, a motor runs most efficiently (fewest amps) when operating as close to those points as possible. When you increase the load, the motor is slowed every so slightly, or maybe dramatically, and the further away from those poles it gets the more power it draws. It also has more output power which enables it to drive higher loads.

So a motor is always trying to get back to peak efficiency. If, under any load, it approaches the poles it will use less power, thus fewer amps.

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When a motor is spinning it produces a back EMF which opposes the flow of current through the motor. At startup it is not spinning and there is no back EMF.

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Basically when the load increases the armature current will decrease as the flux increases so the power output also decrease

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as the load increases armature current decreases, because armature current is inversly proportional to the load given to a motor

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Would it be correct to say with a fixed field voltagethe speed of a shunt motor is proportional to its armature voltage?

With increasing torque load the armature tends to slow down; the motor draws more current to compensate, and if there is armature resistance the back emf generated by the armature falls to allow the increased current to flow, which causes the motor to settle at a lower speed. The mechanical output power is the speed times the torque, and increasing the torque increases the power output provided the speed does not drop much.

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Why is the starting current high in DC motor?

The starting current is high because when the motor is not rotating no back-emf is generated, leaving the starting current to be determined by the armature resistance, which should be low.


What are components of a DC motor starter that can be affected by a high starting current if it is not limited?

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What is armature current?

Armature current is the current flowing in a motor's armature. The "armature" is another name for the coil (or coils) of wire which are on the motor's "rotor", which is the part that rotates inside its stator. (The "stator" is the fixed, non-rotating part of the motor.)


How will the armature current and the output power of a dc shunt motors change with increasing load?

With increasing torque load the armature tends to slow down; the motor draws more current to compensate, and if there is armature resistance the back emf generated by the armature falls to allow the increased current to flow, which causes the motor to settle at a lower speed. The mechanical output power is the speed times the torque, and increasing the torque increases the power output provided the speed does not drop much.


Why dc series motor cannot be start without any load?

If a DC series motor is started without load, the armature winding (winding that doesn't spin) current will be at a minimum, resulting in the motor going to maximum speed / runaway, which can cause things to fly apart. As Armature current increases, the speed of the motor will decrease. The armature current will be forced to increase / speed of the motor will be forced to decrease as more and more load is applied.


Would a DC motor turn if only the armature were supplied DC voltage?

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