Shunt Field Winding Dc Motor

When the armature and field windings are connected in parallel the motor is referred to as a shunt wound dc motor.
Shunt field winding dc motor. A dc shunt motor also known as a shunt wound dc motor is a type of self excited dc motor where the field windings are shunted to or are connected in parallel to the armature winding of the motor. The field winding can be separately excited or connected to the same source as the armature. A direct current dc generator not using a permanent magnet requires a dc field current for excitation. Its speed is nearly constantfalling off as the load increases due to resistance drop and armature reaction.
That is the reason behind naming it a dc shunt motor. Since they are connected in parallel the armature and field windings are exposed to the same supply voltage. This type of motor has good speed regulation even as the load varies but does not have the starting torque of a series dc motor. The shunt field windings of a dc shunt motor are made of smaller gauge wire but they have many more turns than a series wound dc motor.
The shunt connected motor offers good speed regulation. The dc shunt wound motor running on direct current has its field windings placed in parallel to the armature. In electrical parlance a parallel circuit is referred to as a shunt the parallel connection between the windings means the current supplied to the motor is divided between the armature and the field i total i a i f. The high number of turns allows a strong magnetic field to be generated but the smaller gauge wires provide a high resistance and limit the current flowing through the shunt coil.
In this case the field is in parallel with the armature and the shunt motor is the standard type of dc. Motor for ordinary purposes. In electrical terms parallel is generally denoted as shunt.