A SPICE compatible model of permanent magnet DC motor drives

A SPICE compatible model for the computer simulation of permanent magnet (PM) DC motor drives is presented. The key of the proposed model is to take into account the armature reaction and magnet demagnetization, hence the shift of operating point at load conditions can be considered. Making use of this model, the PSpice simulation of a typical PM DC motor drive is performed. Apart from the steady-state simulation, transient behaviours of the PM DC motor drive, including start-up, sudden load change and sudden reference change conditions, have been simulated conveniently. Based on a low-cost circuit simulator-PSpice, the developed model is especially helpful for undergraduate students