Homework 7 Induction Motor 1

1. What are those two type rotors of asynchronous machine? Please try to explain their features.
(1 Remarks)

- Squirrel cage motor

These consist of a series of conductive bars arranged inside grooves carved on the face of
the rotor and short-circuited at one of its ends by means of large short-circuit rings. This
design is called a treadmill rotor because the drivers, if examined on their own, look like
one of the exercise wheels where squirrels or hamsters run.

- Winding type

Has a complete set of triphasic windings which are mirror images of the stator windings.
Generally, the three phases of the rotor windings are Y-connected, and the ends of the three
rotor wires are attached to the slip rings on the rotor shaft. The rotor windings are shorted
by means of brushes mounted on the slip rings. Therefore, the wound rotors of induction
motors have rotor currents accessible in the stator brushes, where extra resistance can be
examined and inserted into the rotor circuit.

2. Please explain how does induction motor work (2 Remarks)

Asynchronous or induction motors are practically three-phase motors are based on the
actuation of a metallic mass by the action of a rotating field are formed by two armatures
with coaxial fields one is fixed and the other mobile is also called respectively stator and
rotor, The rotor winding that conducts the alternating current that is produced by induction
of the directly connected stator winding consists of conductor copper or aluminum cast into
a rotor of steel mills. Short-circuit end rings are installed at both ends of the squirrel cage or
at the ends in the case of the wound rotor
3. Please express the relationship of nominal power P N and nominal voltageU N , nominal current
I N for an induction motor? (1 Remarks)

P N = √3∗U N ∗I N ∗η∗cos ⁡(φ)

P N =Rated Power
U N =Nominal Voltage
I N =Nominal Current
η=Efficiency

4. A three-phase asynchronous machine has the following parameters related, its number of pair
pole of p, the stator frequency f 1, rotor frequency f 2, the slip s, synchronous speed n1, rotating
speedn , the rotor MMF F 2 and its relative rerating speed n2 with respect to rotor. Please try to
complete the table below. (The negative value means that the rotating direction is opposite to
the air gap MMF rotating direction.) (12 Remarks)

p f 1(Hz) f 2(Hz) s n1 (rpm) n n2 (rpm)

1 50 1.5 0.03 3000 2910 90
2 50 5 0.1 1500 1350 150
3 50 50 1 1000 0 1000
4 50 10 -0.2 750 900 -150
5 50 91.67 1.83 600 -500 1100
2 60 3 0.05 1800 1710 90
5. There is a three-phase induction motor with its stator winding applied by rated voltage of 50Hz.
(4 Remarks)
a. If the number of effective turns of the stator winding for each phase decreases, then
the magnetic fluxes for each phase Φ m would________ (increase or decrease).
b. If the air gap length is enlarged, then the motor no load current would __________
(increase or decrease).
c. If the value of voltage applied to stator winding is fixed, but its frequency is
changed to 60Hz, then the exciting reactance would __________ (increase or
decrease).current would __________ (increase or decrease).