Abstract
This chapter gives the motivation behind using direct current machines and its application in various domains. The authors start discussing the applications of DC machines in toys, disk drives Steel rolling mills, Paper machines, Generator, Electrical Propulsion, Cranes, CD/DVD players, Electric vehicles, RC Vehicles, UAVs, Cement Plants, and Aircraft applications. They then provide a case study on the application of DC Chopper Motor Drive. They conclude the chapter by discussing the use of D.C. Series Motors in Electric Traction.
TopIntroduction
Direct current (DC) machines have numerous applications. These applications range from our daily life to spacecraft applications. In our daily life, they are used in printers, fuel pumps, and electric vehicles. While in spacecraft applications, they are used in solar airplane, electric aircraft, and propulsion systems. In Figure 1, we show DC machines its applications. Table 1 shows the application of DC Machines along with their DC Motor Type and References.
Figure 1. DC Machines and its applications
Table 1. Application of DC Machines
| Application Area | Sub-Application Area | DC Motor Type | Reference |
| Medical Applications | Sleep Apnea Treatment | BLDC1 | - |
| Medical Analyzer | BLDC | - |
| Automotive | Power Steering | MCBS BLDC2 | (Shao, 2006) |
| Engine Cooling Fan | MCBS BLDC | (Shao, 2006) |
| Fuel/Water Pump | MCBS BLDC | (Shao, 2006) |
| HVAC Motors | MCBS BLDC | (Shao, 2006) |
| Solar Airplane | | BLDC | (Ragot et al., 2008) |
| Spacecraft | | ERHA PM BLDC3 | (Praveen et al., 2012) |
| Condition Monitoring | | (Juričić et al., 2001) |
| Speed Control | | BLDC | (Shanmugasundram et al., 2009) |
| Solar Heating System | | | (Swan & Allen, 2010) |
| Electric Aircraft | EHA, EMA | BLDC | (Boglietti et al., 2009) |
| Space Operated Vehicles | AFC, Guided Missiles | | (Karthikeyan & Dhana Sekaran, 2011) |
| Fuel Pumps | | Stepper Motor | (Shanmugasundram et al., 2009) |
| Tissue Paper Machine | | Brushed/BLDC | (Michael & Safacas, 2003) |
| Hard Disk Driver | | BLDC | (Bianchi et al., 2006) |
| Solar Tracking | | Brushed/BLDC | (Lam et al., 2012) |
| UAV | Propulsion System | BLDC | (Gabriel et al., 2011; Solomon, 2007) |
| Robotics | | Stepper Motor | (Aranjo, Soori & Talukder, 2012) |
| Textile | Textile Rewinding Machine | Stepper Motor | (Bellanova et al., 2007) |
| Electric Vehicles | | DC/PM BDLC | (Xu et al., 2009) |
| Industry | | | (Soressi et al., 2012) |
| Cement Plants | | | (Fanslow & Drzymala, 2009) |
| Chopper | DC Chopper Motor Drive | | (Reimers, 1973) |
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1 BLDC – Brushless DC Motor
2 MCBS BLDC – Microcontroller Based Sensorless BLDC
3 ERHA PM BLDC – Enclosed-Rotor Halback-Array Permanent Magnet BLDC