DOKUZ EYLL UNIVERSITY

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

EED3012 Energy Conversion II Experimental Work
Experiment 1
Torque-Speed Characteristic of a Wound-Rotor Induction Motor
The object of this experiment is to investigate the relationship between the speed/torque
characteristic of wound rotor induction motor with shorted rotor windings and block rotor
test.

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
Three-phase Rotor Winding Motor
Magnetic Powder Brake Unit
Brake Control Unit
Three-phase AC/DC Power Supply
Three-phase Power Supply Module
Three-pole Current Limit Protection Switch Module
Digital Power Analysis Meter
Coupling
Coupling Guard
Shaft End Guard
Connecting Leads Set
Safety Bridging Plugs Set

EM-3330-3B
EM-3320-1A
EM-3320-1N
EM-3310-1D
EM-3310-1B
EM-3310-2A
EM-3310-3H
EM-3390-2A
EM-3390-2B
EM-3390-2C
EM-3390-3A
EM-3390-4A

CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS:

Fig-1. Circuit diagram for wound-rotor induction motor

DOKUZ EYLL UNIVERSITY

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
EE323 Armature Windings and Induction Machines
Experimental Work

Fig-2. Connection diagram for wound-rotor induction motor

Fig-3. Connection diagram for wound-rotor induction motor for blocked-rotor test
PROCEDURE: (Part-1: shorted rotor windings)
Set up the equipment as shown in Fig-1 and Fig-2.
1. Mechanically couple the wound-rotor induction machine to magnetic powder brake
unit using a coupling. Install the coupling guard and shaft end guard. Electrically
connect the brake controller to the magnetic powder brake using the RS232 cable.
Before using the brake controller and magnetic powder brake unit, you must first
calibrate the torque display of the brake controller to 0 kg.m by adjusting the zero adj
knob located on the rear panel of magnetic powder brake unit with power on.

DOKUZ EYLL UNIVERSITY

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
EE323 Armature Windings and Induction Machines
Experimental Work
2. Install the required modules in the experimental frame. Construct the circuit in
accordance with the circuit diagram in Fig-1 and the connection diagram in
Fig-2. Note: The thermal switches of the wound-rotor induction machine and
magnetic powder brake unit must be connected together. The stator windings
of the motor are connected in delta.
3. Sequentially turn on the Brake Controller, Magnetic Power Brake Unit, 3-P
current limit protection switch, and three-phase power supply.
4. Manipulate the brake controller to operate in Mode\Closed Loop\Constant
Torque mode and set the output torque to 0.0 kg.m. If the controller does not
operate normally, reboot it by pressing RESET button.
5. Manipulate the brake controller such that output torque is adjusted to the
values given in Table-1 by operating the unit in Mode\Closed Loop\Constant
Torque mode. Complete Table-1.
6. Sequentially turn off the three-phase power supply, 3-P current limit protection
switch modules, magnetic powder brake unit, and brake controller.
7. Using the results of Table-1, plot the graphs of speed, current, and efficiency
vs torque.

Calculate the input power, output power and efficiency using the following formulas:
Input Power:
V I
Pin

1 , ll

Pout

Output Power:
Efficiency:
P
2 n (rpm ) T ( Nm )
out

60

100%

in

PROCEDURE: (Part-2: blocked rotor test)

Set up the equipment as shown in Fig-3.
1. Install the required modules in the experimental frame. Construct the circuit in
accordance with the connection diagram in Fig-3.
2. Sequentially turn on the Brake Controller, Magnetic Power Brake Unit, 3-P current
limit protection switch, three-phase power supply, and 3-phase AC/DC power supply.

3. Manipulate brake controller to operate in mode\open loop\manual mode and

set the output voltage to7 volt.
4. Press the on pushbutton on three-phase power supply module. Set the on-off
switch on fourpole switch module to on position for starting the motor in delta.
5. On the 3 phase AC/DC power supply, slowly turn the voltage control knob
clockwise so that the motor current I is equal to the rated value of 2.0 A.
6. Record the motor current motor voltage E motor power P and power factor
cos values displayed by digital power analysis meter and complete Table-2.

DOKUZ EYLL UNIVERSITY

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
EE323 Armature Windings and Induction Machines
Experimental Work
7. Sequentially turn off the 3-phase AC/DC power supply, three-phase power
supply, 3-P current limit protection switch modules, magnetic powder brake
unit, and brake controller.
RESULTS:
Explain the main features you have learned from the experiments. Discuss on the
graphics obtained from the tests and comment on the results in your report, also
equivalent circuit parameters must be calculated.

Table-1. Measured values with wound-rotor induction motor with shorted rotor windings
Measured
values
Torque (T, Speed
kg.m)
(n,rpm)
0.00
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30

Voltage
(V1, V)

Current
(I1,A)

Input Power
Factor

Calculated
values
Input Power
(Pin,W)

Output Power
(Pout, W)

Efficiency
(%)

Table-2. Measured values with wound-rotor induction motor with blocked rotor test