A REGULATED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A LARGE ELECTROMAGNET
Abstract
The system is an automatic self-correcting device which maintains the magnet current at any desired level. The design is a servomechanism which functions as a follow up device for varying input commends. It also compensates for extraneous current fluctuations resulting from variations produced by temperature changes, generator brush noise, generator structural asymmetries, and changes in generator speed caused by variations in line voltage. The design originally incorporated a parallel connected dual-loop design of which the LF loop, or current stabilizer, was intended to satisfy the input requirements, the the 2 loops together would give the proper degree of stailization. The present system however, uses only the LF loop which compensated for the drift and small shifts in the dc value of the current at any desired level. Slow thermal drift and small dc shifts are held to within 1 part in 10 to the 5th power.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1953
- Accession Number
- AD0019932
Entities
People
- L. E. Johnson
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology