Part-2c Induction Motors - Basic-1
Part-2c Induction Motors - Basic-1
Part-2c Induction Motors - Basic-1
Introduction
Three-phase induction motors are the most
common and frequently encountered machines in
industry
- simple design, rugged, low-price, easy maintenance
- wide range of power ratings: fractional horsepower to
10 MW
- run essentially as constant speed from zero to full load
- speed is power source frequency dependent
• not easy to have variable speed control
• requires a variable-frequency power-electronic drive for
optimal speed control
Stator of IM
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Construction
- a revolving rotor
• composed of punched laminations, stacked to create a series of rotor slots, providing space for the rotor winding
• one of two types of rotor windings
• conventional 3-phase windings made of insulated wire (wound-rotor) » similar to the winding on the stator
• aluminum bus bars shorted together at the ends by two aluminum rings, forming a squirrel-cage shaped circuit
(squirrel-cage)
Two basic design types depending on the rotor design
- squirrel-cage
- wound-rotor
Wound rotor
Notice the
slip rings
Cutaway in a
typical wound-
rotor IM.
Notice the
brushes and the
slip rings
Brushes
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Rotating Magnetic Field
Balanced three phase windings, i.e.
mechanically displaced 120 degrees form each
other, fed by balanced three phase source
A rotating magnetic field with constant
magnitude is produced, rotating with a speed
120 f e
nsync rpm
P
Where fe is the supply frequency and P is the
no. of poles and nsync is called the synchronous
speed in rpm (revolutions per minute)
ind kBR Bs
Where ind is the induced torque and BR and BS are the magnetic flux
densities of the rotor and the stator respectively
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Induction motor speed
At what speed will the IM run?
- Can the IM run at the synchronous speed, why?
- If rotor runs at the synchronous speed, which is the same
speed of the rotating magnetic field, then the rotor will
appear stationary to the rotating magnetic field and the
rotating magnetic field will not cut the rotor. So, no
induced current will flow in the rotor and no rotor
magnetic flux will be produced so no torque is generated
and the rotor speed will fall below the synchronous speed
- When the speed falls, the rotating magnetic field will cut
the rotor windings and a torque is produced
nslip nsync nm
Where nslip= slip speed
nsync= speed of the magnetic field
nm = mechanical shaft speed of the motor
2. nm (1 s )ns
(1 0.05) 1800 1710 rpm
3. f r sf e 0.05 60 3Hz
Pout Pout
4. load
m 2 nm
60
10 hp 746 watt / hp
41.7 N .m
1710 2 (1/ 60)
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Problem 2
PRCL 3I 22 R2
Pconv PAG PRCL
Resistance
Actual rotor
equivalent to
resistance
mechanical load
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Power relations
R2
sTmax
Req2 ( X eq X 2 ) 2
1 V 2
Tmax eq
2s Req Req2 ( X eq X 2 ) 2