PROBLEMS ON INDUCTION MOTORS EE330

(1) A balanced three-phase 60-Hz voltage is applied to a three-phase, two-pole induction motor. Corresponding to a per-unit slip of 0.05, determine the following: a. The speed of the rotating stator-magnetic field relative to the stator winding. b. The speed of the rotor field relative to the rotor winding. c. The speed of the rotor field relative to the stator winding. d. The speed of the rotor field relative to the stator field. e. The frequency of the rotor currents. (2) The twelve-pole three-phase stator of a squirrel-cage induction motor is connected to a source of balanced 60-Hz voltages. For each of three conditions (1) at the instant of starting (2) when the rotor mechanical speed is threefourths of synchronous speed, (3) when the motor is operating at a full-load slip of 4 percent- give the following speeds in revolutions per minute: a. Speed of stator field with respect to stator b. Speed of stator field with respect to rotor c. Speed of rotor field with respect to stator d. Speed of rotor field with respect to rotor e. Speed of rotor field with respect to stator field (3) A three-phase induction motor runs at almost 1180 r/min at no load and at 1140 r/min at full load when supplied with power from a 60 Hz three-phase line. a. How many poles have this motor? b. What is slip at full load? c. What is corresponding frequency of the rotor voltages at full load? d. What is the corresponding speed of the rotor field with respect to (1) the rotor, (2) the stator, and (3) the stator field? (4) If an eight poles induction motor running from a supply of 50 Hz has an e.m.f. in the rotor of frequency 1.5 Hz, determine: a. the speed of the motor b. the slip (5) The rotor of a 6 pole, 50 Hz, three-phase induction motor is rotated by some means at 1000 rpm. Calculate: a. The rotor voltage b. The rotor frequency c. The slip d. The developed torque (6) A three-phase, balanced, 60 Hz supply voltage is applied to a three-phase, 4 pole induction motor. At rated output power the slip was 0.05. Find: a. The rotor frequency b. The speed of the rotor mmf relative to rotor structure c. The speed of the rotor mmf relative to stator structure d. The speed of the rotor mmf relative to stator field (7) A 220-V, three-phase, 50-Hz, 6 poles induction motor is running at a slip of 3.5 percent. Find: a. The speed of the magnetic fields in revolutions per minute. b. The speed of the rotor in revolutions per minute.

c. The slip speed of the rotor. d. The rotor frequency in hertz. (8) A three-phase, 60-Hz induction motor runs at 715 r/min at no load and at 670 r/min at full load. a. How many poles does motor have? b. What is slip at rated load? c. What is speed at one-quarter of the rated load? d. What is the rotors electrical frequency at one-quarter of the rated load? (9) An eight-pole, three-phase, 60 Hz induction motor is operating at a speed of 870 rpm. The input power at this speed is 33 KW and the stator copper loss is 1200 W. Find: a) Slip b) Air-gap power c) Rotor copper loss d) Developed torque e) Developed power Neglect iron and mechanical losses. (10) An eight pole, three phase, 230-V, 60-Hz induction motor has the following parameters: R1=0.780 X1=0.560 R2=0.280 X2=0.840 Xm=32.0 Rotational losses =224 W Calculate: a) Motor performance at a slip of 0.03 b) Starting torque. (11) A three-phase, star connected 220 V, 10 Hp, 60 Hz, 6 pole induction motor has the following constants in ohms per phase referred to the stator: Stator resistance=0.294 Stator reactance=0.503 Rotor resistance at standstill=0.144 Rotor reactance at standstill=0.209 Magnetizing reactance=13.25 The total friction, windage and core losses may be assumed to be constant at 403 W, independent of load. For a slip of 2 percent, compute the speed, output torque, output power, stator current, power factor and efficiency when the motor is operated at rated voltage and frequency. (12) A three-phase, 440 V, 60 Hz, Y-connected, eight pole, 100 HP induction motor has the following parameters expressed per phase: R1=0.06 X1=X2=0.26 R2=0.048 Xm=8.47 The rotational losses are 1600 W. For a slip of 3 percent fid: a) Input line current and power factor b) The efficiency (13) A 100 HP, three phase, star-connected, 440 V, 50 Hz, 8 poles squirrel-cage induction motor has the following equivalent circuit constants, all expressed in ohms per phase referred to stator: R1=0.085 R2=0.067 X1=0.196 X2=0.161 Xm=6.65 No-load rotational losses = 2.7 KW, stray load loss = 0.5 KW. The rotational and load losses may be considered constant. a) Compute the starting current and the internal starting torque. b) Compute the HP output, stator current, power factor and efficiency for a slip of 3%.

(14) A 208-V, 4-pole, 60 Hz, star-connected wound rotor induction motor is rated at 15 HP. Its equivalent circuit components are: R1=0.21 R2 =0.137 X1 =0.442 X2 = 0.442 Xm=13.2 For a slip of 0.05, find: a) The line current. b) The stator copper losses. c) The air-gap power. d) The power converted from electrical to mechanical form. e) The developed torque. f) The load torque. g) The overall motor efficiency. h) The motor speed in rpm and rad/sec. (15) For the motor of problem (14) how much additional resistance (referred to the stator circuit) would be necessary to add to the rotor circuit to make the maximum occur at starting? (16) For the motor of problem (14) what is the slip at the pullout torque (maximum torque)? What is the maximum torque of this motor? (17) A 500 V, 50 Hz, three phase induction motor develops 20 Hp inclusive of mechanical losses when running at 985 rpm, the power factor being 0.87. Calculate: a) The slip b) The rotor copper losses c) The total input power if the stator losses are 1500 W. d) The line current e) Number of cycles per minute of the rotor e.m.f. (18) An induction motor carries a rotor current per phase of 10 A, when the slip is 5%. If the rotor resistance is 0.1 , determine the internal power developed per phase, the rotor copper losses and the rotor input. (19) The power input to a 500 V, 50Hz, 6 poles, three phase induction motor running at 975 rpm is 40 KW at 0.88 power factor. The stator losses are 1.0 KW and the friction and windage losses total 2.0 KW. Calculate: a) The slip b) The line current c) The net output power d) The rotor copper losses e) The efficiency (20) A 50-HP, 440 V, three-phase, 60-Hz, eight-pole squirrel-cage induction motor is operated at rated load with rated voltage at rated frequency applied. The slip is 3.0 percent, the efficiency is 91.0 percent, and the line current is 63.0 A. a) Find the speed in revolutions per minute of the rotor field with respect to the rotor. b) Find the shaft torque delivered to the load. c) Find the power factor at the stator terminals. (21) A three-phase, squirrel-cage induction motor is started by reducing the voltage applied to the motor by a factor of . Exciting current can be ignored. a) By what factor is the starting torque reduced? b) By what factor is the starting current in the motor windings reduced? (22) A 10 HP, three-phase, 60-Hz, 6-pole induction motor runs at a slip 3.0 percent at full load. Rotational and stray load losses at full load are 4.0 percent of the output power. Compute: a) The rotor copper loss at full load

b) The electromagnetic torque at full load. c) The power delivered by the stator to the air gap at full load. (23) A 50-kw, 440-v, 50-Hz, two-pole induction motor has a slip of 6 percent when operating at full-load conditions. At full-load conditions, the friction and windage losses are 520 W, and the core losses are 500 W. Find the following values for full-load conditions: (a) The shaft speed (b) The output power (c) The load torque (d) The induced torque (e) The rotor frequency (24) A 208-V, four-pole, 60-Hz, Y-connected wound-rotor induction motor is rated at 15 HP. Its equivalent circuit components are: R1=0.220 R2=0.127 X1=0.430 X2=0.430 Xm=15.0 Pmech=300 W Pcore=200 W For a slip of 0.05, find (a) The line current (b) The stator copper losses (c) The air-gap power (d) The power converted from electrical to mechanical form (e) The induced torque (f) The load torque (g) The overall machine efficiency (h) The motor speed in rpm and rad/sec (25) For the motor in problem (25), what is the slip at the pullout torque? What is the pullout torque of this motor? (26) A 440-V, 50=Hz, six-pole, Y-connected induction motor is rated at 75 kW. The equivalent circuit parameters are: R1=0.082 R2=0.070 X1=0.19 X2=0.18 Xm=7.2 Pf+w=1.3 kW Pmisc=150 W Pcore=1.4 kW For a slip of 0.04, find (a) The line current (b) The stator power factor (c) The rotor power factor (d) The stator copper losses (e) The air-gap power (f) The power converted from electrical to mechanical form (g) The induced torque (h) The load torque (i) The overall machine efficiency (j) The motor speed in rpm and rad/sec. (27) For the motor in problem (27), what is pullout torque? What is slip at the pullout torque? What is rotor speed at the pullout torque? (28) A three-phase, 5-HP, 220-V, six-pole, 60-Hz induction motor runs at a slip of 0/025 at full load. Rotational and stray-load loses at full load are 5% of the output power. Calculate the power transferred across the air gap, the rotor copper loss at full load, and the electromagnetic torque at full load. (29) The power transferred across the air gap of a two-pole induction motor is 24 kW. If the electromagnetic power developed is 22 kW, find the slip. Calculate the output torque, if the rotational loss at this slip is 400 W.

(30) The per-phase equivalent circuit of a three-phase, 600-V, 60-Hz, four-pole, wyeconnected wound-rotor induction motor has the following parameters: R1=0.75 R2=0.80 X1=X2=2.0 Xm=50 Neglect the core losses. a) Find the slip at which the maximum developed torque occurs. b) Calculate the value of the maximum torque developed. c) Determine the starting torque. d) Compute the per-phase referred value of the additional resistance that must be inserted in the rotor circuit in order to obtain the maximum torque at starting.