Tutorial Induction Machine1
Tutorial Induction Machine1
Q1. The frequency and induced voltage in the rotor of a certain six pole wound rotor induction
motor, whose shaft is blocked are 60Hz and 100V, respectively. Determine the corresponding
values when the rotor is running at 1100 r/min.
Q2. A 3-phase, 460 V, 100 hp, 60 Hz, four-pole induction machine delivers rated output power
at a slip of 0.05. Determine the:
(a) Synchronous speed and motor speed.
(b) Speed of the rotating air gap field.
(c) Frequency of the rotor circuit.
(d) Slip rpm.
(e) Speed of the rotor field relative to the
(i) rotor structure.
(ii) Stator structure.
(iii) Stator rotating field.
(f) Rotor induced voltage at the operating speed, if the stator-to-rotor turns ratio is 1 : 0.5.
Q3. The rotor of a certain 25hp, six pole, 60Hz induction motor has equivalent resistance and
equivalent reactance per phase of 0.10 and 0.54 respectively. The blocked rotor
voltage/phase (EBR) is 150V. If the rotor is turning at 1164 r/min, determine:
a) Synchronous speed
b) slip
c) rotor impedance
d) rotor current
e) rotor current if changing the shaft load resulted in 1.24 % slip
f) speed of the conditions in (e)
Q4. A three phase, 460V, 25hp, 60Hz, four pole induction motor operating at reduced load
requires 14.58kW input to the rotor. The rotor copper losses are 263W and the combined friction,
windage and stray power losses are 197W. Determine:
R1 = 0.12, R'2 = 0.1, X1 = X'2 = 0.25 and Xm = 10. The rotational loss is 400W. For 5%
slip, determine:
a) The motor speed in rpm and radians per sec (1800rpm, 188.5 rad/sec)
b) The motor current
c) The stator cu-loss
d) The air gap power
e) The rotor cu-loss
f) The shaft power
g) The developed torque and the shaft torque
h) The efficiency
Q6. A no-load test conducted on a 30 hp, 835 r/min, 440 V, 3-phase, 60 Hz squirrel-cage
induction motor yielded the following results:
Q7. The following test results are obtained from a three-phase 60 hp, 2200 V, six-pole, 60 Hz
squirrel-cage induction motor.
• (1) No-load test:
• Supply frequency = 60 Hz, Line voltage = 2200 V
• Line current = 4.5 A, Input power = 1600 W
• (2) Blocked-rotor test:
• Frequency = 15 Hz, Line voltage = 270 V
• Line current = 25 A, Input power = 9000 W
• (3) Average DC resistance per stator phase: 2.8
• (a) Determine the no-load rotational loss.
• (b) Determine the parameters of the IEEE-recommended equivalent circuit
(c) Determine the parameters (Vth, Rth, Xth) for the Thevenin equivalent circuit
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