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Induction motor exercises

Exercise 1 The blocked rotor test is realized with rated

Determination of parameters from test current, for this case this value is 71 A.
A three-phase, 30 hp, 208 V, 4 pole, 60 Hz, wye- For found the synchronous speed:
connected induction motor was tested, obtaining the fs · 120 60 · 120
following data: nsinc = = = 1800 rpm
P 4
• No load at 60 Hz
b) Draw the equivalent circuit with the parameter
Vnl = 208 V Inl = 22 A Pnl = 1600 W values

• Blocked Rotor at 15 Hz

Vbr = 21 V Ibr = 71 A Pbr = 2100 W

• DC test

Vdc = 12 V Ibr = 75 A
a) Calculate:
– The equivalent circuit parameters
∗ For no load (60 Hz) Figure 1. Equivalent circuit (unit:ohms)
√
Vφ 208/ 3
Znl = = = 5.46Ω
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√ Exercise 2
Vφ2 208/ 3
Rnl = = = 27.04Ω The nameplate on a 460-V, 50-hp, 60-Hz, four-pole
Pφ 1600/3 induction motor indicates that its speed at rated load
1 is 1755 r/min. Assume the motor to be operating at
Xnl = s  = j5.57Ω
1
 
1 rated load.
2 − 2 a) What is the slip of the rotor?
Znl Rnl
∗ For DC test fs · 120 60 · 120
nsinc = = = 1800 rpm
1 Vdc 1 12 P 4
Rdc = R1 = · = · = 0.08Ω
2 idc 2 75 nsinc − n 1800 − 1755
s(slip) = = = 0.025 = 2.5%
∗ For Blocked rotor (15 Hz) nsinc 1800
√
Vφ 21/ 3 b) What is the frequency of the rotor currents?
Zbr = = = 0.171Ω
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fr = s · fs = (0.025) · (60Hz) = 1.5Hz
Pφ 2100/3
Rbr = 2 = = 0.139Ω
il 712 c) What is the angular velocity of the stator-produced
q air-gap flux wave with respect to the stator?
0 2 − R2 = j0.1Ω
Xrb = Zrb rb nsinc 1800
ωs = ·2·π = · 2 · π = 188.5 rad/s
fnom 0 60Hz 60 60
Xrb = · Xrb = · j0.1Ω = j0.4Ω
ftest 15Hz With respect to the rotor?
Is established that induction motor is
NEMA Type A, therefore: ωr = (1 − s) · ωs
X1 = 0.5 · Xrb X2 = 0.5 · Xrb The difference between stator angular speed and
rotor angular speed is defined as:
X1 = j0.2Ω X2 = j0.2Ω
∆ω = ωs − ωr ⇒ ∆ω = ωs · (1 − 1 + s) = ωs · s
– The rated current and synchronous speed
∆ω = (188.5 rad/s) · (0.025) = 4.71 rad/s
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Exercise 3 Table II

A three-phase induction motor runs at almost 1198 nsinc (rpm) 1800 1800 1800
r/min at no load and 1112 r/min at full load when s(%) 1 2 3
nr (rpm) 1782 1764 1746
supplied from a 60-Hz, three-phase source. ωsinc (rad/s) 188,50 188,50 188,50
a) How many poles does this motor have? ωr (rad/s) 186,61 184,73 182,84
R2 /s (Ω) 22,5 11,25 7,5
120 · fs 120 · 60 Z (Ω) 19,28+9,41j 10,77+4,23j 7,42+3,14j
P = = = 6.01 ≈ 6 P oles Zmag 21,457 11,571 8,061
nsinc 1198 Zang 26,011 21,448 22,949
b) What is the slip in percent at full load? F.P 0,899 0,931 0,921
Corriente (A) 12,38 22,95 32,95
nsinc − n 1198 − 1112 Pin (W) 8863 17020 24172
s(slip) % = · 100% = · 100% Pcore (W) 220 220 220
nsinc 1198 Pf &w (W) 265 265 265
Pcs (W) 47,34 162,77 335,40
s(slip) % = 7.18% Pag (W) 8815,21 16857,24 23836,64
Pconv (W) 8727,06 16520,10 23121,54
c) What is the corresponding frequency of the rotor Pout (W) 8242,06 16035,10 22636,54
currents? τind (Nm) 46,77 89,43 126,46
τload (Nm) 44,17 86,80 123,80
η(%) 93,00 94,21 93,65
fr = s · fs = (0.0718) · (60Hz) = 4.31Hz

d) What is the corresponding speed of the rotor field

Table III
with respect to the rotor? ANSWER

nr 1112 nr (rpm) 1782 1764 1746

ωr = ·2·π = · 2 · π = 116.4 rad/s
60 60 τind (Nm) 46,77 89,43 126,46
τload (Nm) 44,17 86,80 123,80
With respect to the stator? Pin (W) 8863 17020 24172
Pout (W) 8242,06 16035,10 22636,54
ωr 116.4 rad/s F.P 0,899 0,931 0,921
ωs = = = 125.4 rad/s η(%) 93,00 94,21 93,65
(1 − s) 0.9282

∆ωs = ωs − ωr = 9 rad/s Note: attached to this document a Excel file.

Exercise 4
A three-phase, Y-connected, 460-V (line-line), 25-
kW, 60-Hz, four-pole induction motor has the follow-
ing equivalent-circuit parameters in ohms per phase
referred to the stator:

R1 = 0.103 R2 = 0.225 Xl = 1.1 X2 = 1.13 Xm = 59.4

The total friction and windage losses may be assumed

constant at 265 W, and the core loss may be assumed
to be equal to 220 W. With the motor connected directly
to a 460-V source, compute:
a) the speed, output shaft torque and power, input
power and power factor and efficiency for slips of
1, 2 and 3 percent.

Table I

Vl−l (V) 460

Poles 4
fs (Hz) 60
nsinc (rpm) 1800
R1 (Ω) 0,103
R2 (Ω) 0,225
X1 (Ω) 1,1
X2 (Ω) 1,13
Xm (Ω) 59,4