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Mehran University College
Of Engineering & Technology,
Khairpur Mir’s
WORKING PRINCIPLE ,
SLIP AND TORQUE OF IM
ENGR. AHSANULLAH MEMON
LECTURER
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MUCET KHAIRPUR MIRS
WORKING PRINCIPLE
When three phase supply is given to the stator of three
phase induction motor, a rotating magnetic field is
produced which rotates with synchronous speed.
The flux passes through the air gap and cuts the rotor
conductors which are stationary.
Due to relative speed between rotating flux and
stationary conductors. An emf is induced according to
faradays laws of electromagnetic induction.
Since the rotor bars or conductors forms a closed circuit
, rotor current is produced whose direction is given by
lenz law.
Hence current in rotor will produce its own flux and to
reduce relative speed , the rotor starts to running in
same direction as that of rotating flux and tries to catch
up with rotating flux.
Slip
In practice, the rotor can never reach the speed of stator flux. If it
did, there would be no relative speed between the stator field and
rotor conductors, no induced rotor currents and, therefore, no torque
to drive the rotor.
The friction and windage would immediately cause the rotor to slow
down. Hence, the rotor speed (N) is always less than the suitor field
speed (Ns).
The difference between the synchronous speed Ns of the rotating
stator field and the actual rotor speed N is called slip. It is usually
expressed as a percentage of synchronous speed
Rotor Current Frequency
The frequency of a voltage or current induced due to the relative
speed between a windings and a magnetic field is given by the
general formula.
Rotor emf and reactance under running
conditions
When s=1 ,rotor induced emf is maximum because relative
speed between rotor and revolving stator flux is maximum.
When motor start running, relative speed is decreased and emf
which is directly proportional to relative speed is also
decreased.
ROTOR CURRENT
If rotor e.m.f./phase and roto reactance/phase are s E2 and sX2
respectively.
The rotor resistance/phase is R2 and is independent of
frequency and, therefore, does not depend upon slip.
Likewise, stator winding values R1 and X1 do not depend
upon slip.
Mehran University College
Of Engineering & Technology,
Khairpur Mir’s
TORQUE IN 3 PHASE IM
ENGR. AHSANULLAH MEMON
LECTURER
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MUCET KHAIRPUR MIRS
ROTOR TORQUE
As studied in DC motors that power torque of DC motor depends
upon flux and rotor current, hence in AC motors torque depend
upon these two factors along with power factor also.
Starting Torque (Ts)
The rotor circuit of an induction motor has low resistance and high
inductance.
At starting, the rotor frequency is equal to the stator frequency (i.e.,
50 Hz) so that rotor reactance is large compared with rotor
resistance.
Therefore, rotor current lags the rotor e.m.f. by a large angle, the
power factor is low and consequently the starting torque is small.
When resistance is added to the rotor circuit, the rotor power
factor is improved which results in improved starting torque.
As rotor bars of squarel cage rotors are permanently shortcircuited, it is not possible to add any external resistance in the
rotor circuit at starting. Consequently, the starting torque of such
motors is low.
The resistance of the rotor circuit of wound rotor motors can be
increased through the addition of external resistance. By inserting
the proper value of external resistance (so that R2 = X2), maximum
starting torque can be obtained.
Starting Torque (Ts)
Condition for maximum starting torque
Starting torque will be maximum when rotor resistance/phase is
equal to standstill rotor reactance/phase.
Under the condition of maximum starting torque,
power factor is 0.707 lagging
Effect of Change of Supply Voltage
= 45° and rotor
Torque Under Running Conditions
Maximum Torque under Running Conditions
Torque-Slip Characteristics
At s=1 the term
compared to
increases very rapidly so that
.
may be neglected as
Problem (H.W)
Consider a 6-pole, 3-phase, 50 Hz induction motor. If the full-load
speed of the motor is 960 r.p.m.Standstill rotor emf / phase is 220v
and rotor reactance is 100 ohm.
i)Calculate rotating field speed.
ii)Calculate the slip.
iii)Rotor emf / phase
iv)Rotor frequency
v)Rotor reactance / phase