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Electrical Interview Questions & Answers: Lab Viva Questions

Induction Motor Interview Questions Answers

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Induction Motors? Answer: Advantages: It is simple and rugged in construction It is relatively cheap Induction motors require less maintenance Induction motor has high efficiency and reasonably good power factor 3-phase induction machines are self starting Disadvantages: Induction motors are essentially a constant speed motor and its speed cannot be changed easily Its starting torque is inferior to dc shunt motor 2. What is the condition for maximum torque in induction motor? Answer: Starting torque will be maximum when the rotor resistance / phase is equal to standstill rotor reactance / phase 3. Slip ring induction motor advantages and disadvantages compared to squirrel cage motors? Answer: Advantages: High starting torque with low starting current Smooth acceleration under heavy loads No abnormal heating during starting Good running characteristics after external rotor resistances are cut out Adjustable speed Disadvantages: The initial and maintenance costs are greater than those of squirrel cage motors The speed regulation is poor when run with resistance in the rotor circuit 4. Methods to control speed of Wound Rotor Motors? Answer: The speed of wound rotor motors are changed by changing the slip of the motor. This can be achieved by: Varying the stator line voltage Varying the resistance in the rotor circuit Inserting and varying a foreign voltage source in the rotor circuit 5. Explain how Torque-Slip Characteristics vary when adding resistance to rotor circuit? Answer: The addition of resistance to the rotor circuit does not change the value of maximum torque but it only changes the value of the slip at which the maximum torque occurs 6. Disadvantages of Star-Delta Starting of Induction motor?
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Electrical Interview Questions & Answers: Lab Viva Questions

Answer: In Star-Delta starting induction motor stator is connected in star connection for starting after picking up speed it is connected to delta connection. When induction motor is connected in star connection stator phase voltage reduced by 1/(31/2 ) times the line voltage. This also results in reduced starting torque (1/3 times compared to delta connection).

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08 September 2012

Why Damper windings used in synchronous motors

Synchronous motors are not self starting machines. These machines are made self starting by providing a special winding in the rotor poles, known as damper winding or squirrel cage windings. The damper winding consists of short circuited copper bars embedded in the the face of the rotor poles When an ac supply is provided to stator of a 3-phase synchronous motor, stator winding produces rotating magnetic field. Due to the damper winding present in the rotor winding of the synchronous motor, machine starts as induction motor (Induction machine works on the principle of induction. Damper windings in synchronous motor will carryout the same task of induction motor rotor windings. Therefore due to damper windings synchronous motor starts as induction motor and continue to accelerate). The exciter for synchronous motor moves along with rotor. When the motor attains about 95% of the synchronous speed, the rotor windings is connected to exciter terminals and the rotor is magnetically locked by the rotating magnetic field of stator and it runs as a synchronous motor. Functions of Damper Windings: Damper windings helps the synchronous motor to start on its own (self starting machine) by providing starting torque By providing damper windings in the rotor of synchronous motor "Hunting of machine"can be suppressed.When there is change in load, excitation or change in other conditions of the systems rotor of the synchronous motor will oscillate to and fro about an equilibrium position. At times these oscillations becomes more violent and resulting in loss of synchronism of the motor and comes to halt

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