IM Single Phase
IM Single Phase
IM Single Phase
OBJECTIVES:
1. To measure the starting and operating characteristics of the capacitor-start motor.
2. To compare it's starting and running performance with the split-phase motor.
THEORY:
Single phase induction motor suffers from a severe handicap. Since there is only one phase on
the stator winding the magnetic field in a induction motor doesn't rotate. Instead, it pulses,
getting first larger and then smaller, but always remaining in the same direction because there is
no rotating field. Hence, a single phase induction motor has no starting torque. There are three
techniques for starting single phase induction motors are commonly used. These are
1. Split phase winding
2. Shaded stator pole
3. Capacitor start and capacitor run
Here we will discuss about the capacitor start method.
In a capacitor start motor a capacitor is placed in series with the auxiliary winding of the motor.
By a proper selection of capacitor size, the magneto motive force of the starting current in the
auxiliary winding can be adjusted to be equal to the magneto motive force o the current in the
main winding, and the phase angel of the current in the aux winding can be made to lead the
current in the main winding by 90°. Since the two winding are physically separated by 90°, a 90°
phase difference in the current will yield a single uniform rotating stator magnetic field and the
motor will behave just as though it was starting from a three phase power source
Required Instruments:
1. Single phase induction motor. 2. Multi-meter. 3. Wattmeter 4. Voltmeter. 5. Tachometer
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE:
Caution:
High voltages are present in this experiment. Do not make any connection with the power on!
The power should be turned off after completing each individual measurement!