Induction Motors

Introduction
 Three-phase induction motors are the most common
and frequently encountered machines in industry
- simple design, rugged, low-price, easy maintenance
- wide range of power ratings: fractional horsepower to 10
MW
- run essentially as constant speed from no-load to full load
- Its speed depends on the frequency of the power source
• not easy to have variable speed control
• requires a variable-frequency power-electronic drive for optimal
speed control
Construction
 An induction motor has two main parts
- a stationary stator
• consisting of a steel frame that supports a hollow, cylindrical core
• core, constructed from stacked laminations (why?), having a
number of evenly spaced slots, providing the space for the stator
winding

Stator of IM
Construction
- a revolving rotor
• composed of punched laminations, stacked to create a series of rotor slots,
providing space for the rotor winding
• one of two types of rotor windings
• conventional 3-phase windings made of insulated wire (wound-rotor) »
similar to the winding on the stator
• aluminum bus bars shorted together at the ends by two aluminum rings,
forming a squirrel-cage shaped circuit (squirrel-cage)
 Two basic design types depending on the rotor design
- squirrel-cage: conducting bars laid into slots and shorted at both ends
by shorting rings.
- wound-rotor: complete set of three-phase windings exactly as the
stator. Usually Y-connected, the ends of the three rotor wires are
connected to 3 slip rings on the rotor shaft. In this way, the rotor circuit
is accessible.
Construction
Squirrel cage rotor

Wound rotor

Notice the
slip rings
Construction
Slip rings

Cutaway in a
typical wound-
rotor IM.
Notice the
brushes and the
slip rings

Brushes
 Rotating Magnetic Field
 Balanced three phase windings, i.e.
mechanically displaced 120 degrees
form each other, fed by balanced three
phase source
 A rotating magnetic field with constant
magnitude is produced, rotating with a
speed

120 f e
nsync  rpm
P
Where fe is the supply frequency and
P is the no. of poles and nsync is called the
synchronous speed in rpm (revolutions
per minute)
Synchronous speed
P 50 Hz 60 Hz
2 3000 3600
4 1500 1800
6 1000 1200
8 750 900
10 600 720
12 500 600
Rotating Magnetic Field
Rotating Magnetic Field
 Rotating Magnetic Field
Bnet (t ) Ba (t )  Bb (t )  Bc (t )

BM sin(t )0  BM sin(t  120 )120  BM sin(t  240)240

BM sin(t )xˆ

3
 [0.5 BM sin(t  120 )]xˆ  [ BM sin(t  120 )]yˆ
2
3
 [0.5 BM sin(t  240 )]xˆ  [ BM sin(t  240 )]yˆ
2
 Rotating Magnetic Field
1 3 1 3
Bnet (t ) [ BM sin(t )  BM sin(t )  BM cos(t )  BM sin(t )  BM cos(t )]xˆ
4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3
[ BM sin(t )  BM cos(t )  BM sin(t )  BM cos(t )]yˆ
4 4 4 4

[1.5 BM sin(t )]xˆ  [1.5 BM cos(t )]yˆ

Rotating Magnetic Field
Principle of operation
 This rotating magnetic field cuts the rotor windings and
produces an induced voltage in the rotor windings
 Due to the fact that the rotor windings are short circuited, for
both squirrel cage and wound-rotor, and induced current flows
in the rotor windings
 The rotor current produces another magnetic field
 A torque is produced as a result of the interaction of those two
magnetic fields

 ind kBR Bs

Where ind is the induced torque and BR and BS are the magnetic
flux densities of the rotor and the stator respectively
Induction motor speed
 At what speed will the IM run?
- Can the IM run at the synchronous speed, why?
- If rotor runs at the synchronous speed, which is the
same speed of the rotating magnetic field, then the rotor
will appear stationary to the rotating magnetic field and
the rotating magnetic field will not cut the rotor. So, no
induced current will flow in the rotor and no rotor
magnetic flux will be produced so no torque is
generated and the rotor speed will fall below the
synchronous speed
- When the speed falls, the rotating magnetic field will
cut the rotor windings and a torque is produced
Induction motor speed
 So, the IM will always run at a speed lower than
the synchronous speed
 The difference between the motor speed and the
synchronous speed is called the Slip

nslip nsync  nm
Where nslip= slip speed
nsync= speed of the magnetic field
nm = mechanical shaft speed of the motor
The Slip
nsync  nm
s
nsync
Where s is the slip
Notice that : if the rotor runs at synchronous speed
s=0
if the rotor is stationary
s=1
Slip may be expressed as a percentage by multiplying the above
eq. by 100, notice that the slip is a ratio and doesn’t have units
Induction Motors and Transformers
 Both IM and transformer works on the principle of
induced voltage
- Transformer: voltage applied to the primary windings
produce an induced voltage in the secondary windings
- Induction motor: voltage applied to the stator windings
produce an induced voltage in the rotor windings
- The difference is that, in the case of the induction
motor, the secondary windings can move
- Due to the rotation of the rotor (the secondary winding
of the IM), the induced voltage in it does not have the
same frequency of the stator (the primary) voltage
Frequency
 The frequency of the voltage induced in the rotor is
given by
P n
fr 
120
Where fr = the rotor frequency (Hz)
P = number of stator poles
n = slip speed (rpm)
P (ns  nm )
fr 
120
P sns
 sf e
120
Frequency
 What would be the frequency of the rotor’s induced
voltage at any speed nm?

f r s f e
 When the rotor is blocked (s=1) , the frequency of
the induced voltage is equal to the supply frequency
 On the other hand, if the rotor runs at synchronous
speed (s = 0), the frequency will be zero
 Torque
 While the input to the induction motor is electrical
power, its output is mechanical power and for that we
should know some terms and quantities related to
mechanical power
 Any mechanical load applied to the motor shaft will
introduce a Torque on the motor shaft. This torque is
related to the motor output power and the rotor speed

Pout 2 nm
 load  N .m and m  rad / s
m 60
Horse power
 Another unit used to measure mechanical power is
the horse power
 It is used to refer to the mechanical output power
of the motor
 Since we, as an electrical engineers, deal with
watts as a unit to measure electrical power, there is
a relation between horse power and watts

hp 746 watts
Example
A 208-V, 10hp, four pole, 60 Hz, Y-connected
induction motor has a full-load slip of 5 percent
1. What is the synchronous speed of this motor?
2. What is the rotor speed of this motor at rated load?
3. What is the rotor frequency of this motor at rated load?
4. What is the shaft torque of this motor at rated load?
Solution
120 f e 120(60)
1. nsync   1800 rpm
P 4

2. nm (1  s)ns
(1  0.05) 1800 1710 rpm

3. f r sf e 0.05 60 3Hz

Pout Pout
4.  load  
m 2 nm
60
10 hp 746 watt / hp
 41.7 N .m
1710 2 (1/ 60)
 Equivalent Circuit
 The induction motor is similar to the transformer with the
exception that its secondary windings are free to rotate

As we noticed in the transformer, it is easier if we can combine

these two circuits in one circuit but there are some difficulties
Equivalent Circuit
 When the rotor is locked (or blocked), i.e. s =1, the
largest voltage and rotor frequency are induced in
the rotor, Why?
 On the other side, if the rotor rotates at synchronous
speed, i.e. s = 0, the induced voltage and frequency
in the rotor will be equal to zero, Why?
ER sER 0
Where ER0 is the largest value of the rotor’s induced voltage
obtained at s = 1(loacked rotor)
Equivalent Circuit
 The same is true for the frequency, i.e.
f r s f e
 It is known that
X  L 2 f L
 So, as the frequency of the induced voltage in the
rotor changes, the reactance of the rotor circuit also
changes X  L 2 f L
r r r r r
Where Xr0 is the rotor reactance
2 sf e Lr
at the supply frequency
(at blocked rotor) sX r 0
Equivalent Circuit
 Then, we can draw the rotor equivalent circuit as
follows

Where ER is the induced voltage in the rotor and RR is the

rotor resistance
Equivalent Circuit
 Now we can calculate the rotor current as
ER
IR 
( RR  jX R )
sER 0

( RR  jsX R 0 )
 Dividing both the numerator and denominator by s
so nothing changes we get
ER 0
IR 
RR
(  jX R 0 )
s
Where ER0 is the induced voltage and XR0 is the rotor
reactance at blocked rotor condition (s = 1)
Equivalent Circuit
 Now we can have the rotor equivalent circuit
Equivalent Circuit
 Now as we managed to solve the induced voltage
and different frequency problems, we can combine
the stator and rotor circuits in one equivalent
circuit
Where
2
X 2 aeff X R0
2
R2 aeff RR
IR
I2 
aeff
E1 aeff ER 0
NS
aeff 
NR
Power losses in Induction machines
 Copper losses
- Copper loss in the stator (PSCL) = I12R1
- Copper loss in the rotor (PRCL) = I22R2
 Core loss (Pcore)
 Mechanical power loss due to friction and windage
 How this power flow in the motor?
Power flow in induction motor
Power relations

Pin  3 VL I L cos  3 V ph I ph cos 

PSCL 3 I12 R1

PAG Pin  ( PSCL  Pcore )

PRCL 3I 22 R2
Pconv PAG  PRCL
Pconv
Pout Pconv  ( Pf  w  Pstray )  ind 
m
Equivalent Circuit
 We can rearrange the equivalent circuit as follows

Resistance
Actual rotor
equivalent to
resistance
mechanical load
Power relations

Pin  3 VL I L cos  3 V ph I ph cos 

PSCL 3 I12 R1
R22 PRCL
PAG Pin  ( PSCL  Pcore ) Pconv  PRCL 3I 2 
s s
PRCL 3I 22 R2
PRCL (1  s )
Pconv PAG  PRCL 3I 22 R2 (1  s ) 
s s
Pconv (1  s ) PAG
Pconv (1  s ) PAG
Pout Pconv  ( Pf  w  Pstray )  ind  
m (1  s )s
Power relations
PAG Pconv
1 1-s

PRCL
s
PAG : PRCL : Pconv
1 : s : 1-s
Example
A 480-V, 60 Hz, 50-hp, three phase induction motor is
drawing 60A at 0.85 PF lagging. The stator copper
losses are 2 kW, and the rotor copper losses are
700 W. The friction and windage losses are 600
W, the core losses are 1800 W, and the stray losses
are negligible. Find the following quantities:
1. The air-gap power PAG.
2. The power converted Pconv.
3. The output power Pout.
4. The efficiency of the motor.
Solution
1. Pin  3VL I L cos 
 3 480 60 0.85 42.4 kW
PAG Pin  PSCL  Pcore
42.4  2  1.8 38.6 kW

2. Pconv PAG  PRCL

700
38.6  37.9 kW
1000
3. Pout Pconv  PF &W
600
37.9  37.3 kW
1000
Solution
37.3
Pout  50 hp
0.746

Pout
4.  100%
Pin
37.3
 100 88%
42.4
Example
A 460-V, 25-hp, 60 Hz, four-pole, Y-connected induction motor
has the following impedances in ohms per phase referred to
the stator circuit:
R1= 0.641 R2= 0.332
X1= 1.106  X2= 0.464  XM= 26.3 
The total rotational losses are 1100 W and are assumed to be
constant. The core loss is lumped in with the rotational losses.
For a rotor slip of 2.2 percent at the rated voltage and rated
frequency, find the motor’s 4. P and P
conv out
1. Speed
2. Stator current 5. ind and load
3. Power factor 6. Efficiency
Solution
120 f e 120 60
1. nsync   1800 rpm
P 4
nm (1  s )nsync (1  0.022) 1800 1760 rpm
R2 0.332
2. Z 2   jX 2   j 0.464
s 0.022
15.09  j 0.464 15.11.76 
1 1
Zf  
1/ jX M  1/ Z 2  j 0.038  0.0662  1.76
1
 12.9431.1 
0.0773  31.1
Solution
Z tot Z stat  Z f
0.641  j1.106  12.9431.1 
11.72  j 7.79 14.0733.6 
4600
V 3
I1   18.88  33.6 A
Z tot 14.0733.6
3. PF cos 33.6 0.833 lagging
4. Pin  3VL I L cos   3 460 18.88 0.833 12530 W
PSCL 3I12 R1 3(18.88) 2 0.641 685 W
PAG Pin  PSCL 12530  685 11845 W
Solution
Pconv (1  s ) PAG (1  0.022)(11845) 11585 W

Pout Pconv  PF &W 11585  1100 10485 W

10485
= 14.1 hp
746
PAG 11845
5.  ind   62.8 N.m
sync 2 1800
60
Pout 10485
 load   56.9 N.m
m 2 1760
60
Pout 10485
6.   100%  100 83.7%
Pin 12530
Torque, power and Thevenin’s
Theorem
 Thevenin’s theorem can be used to transform the
network to the left of points ‘a’ and ‘b’ into an
equivalent voltage source VTH in series with
equivalent impedance RTH+jXTH
Torque, power and Thevenin’s
Theorem

jX M XM
VTH V | VTH || V |
R1  j ( X 1  X M ) R12  ( X 1  X M ) 2
RTH  jX TH ( R1  jX 1 ) // jX M
Torque, power and Thevenin’s
Theorem
 Since XM>>X1 and XM>>R1

XM
VTH V
X1  X M

 Because XM>>X1 and XM+X1>>R1

2
 XM 
RTH R1  
 X1  X M 
X TH  X 1
Torque, power and Thevenin’s
Theorem
VTH VTH
I2  
ZT  R2 
2
2
R
 TH    ( X TH  X 2 )
 s 
Then the power converted to mechanical (Pconv)
R2 (1  s )
2
Pconv 3I 2
s
And the internal mechanical torque (Tconv)
R2
Pconv Pconv 3I 22
 ind    s  PAG
m (1  s )s s s
Torque, power and Thevenin’s
Theorem
2
 
 
3  VTH   R2 
 ind     s 
s 
  
2
 R  R2   ( X  X ) 2
  TH s  TH 2 
 

2 R2 
3V  
TH
1  s 
 ind 
s  R2 
2
2
R
 TH    ( X TH  X 2 )
 s 
Torque-speed characteristics

Typical torque-speed characteristics of induction motor

Comments
1. The induced torque is zero at synchronous speed.
Discussed earlier.
2. The curve is nearly linear between no-load and full
load. In this range, the rotor resistance is much
greater than the reactance, so the rotor current,
torque increase linearly with the slip.
3. There is a maximum possible torque that can’t be
exceeded. This torque is called pullout torque and
is 2 to 3 times the rated full-load torque.
Comments
4. The starting torque of the motor is slightly higher
than its full-load torque, so the motor will start
carrying any load it can supply at full load.
5. The torque of the motor for a given slip varies as
the square of the applied voltage.
6. If the rotor is driven faster than synchronous speed
it will run as a generator, converting mechanical
power to electric power.
Complete Speed-torque c/c
Maximum torque
 Maximum torque occurs when the power
transferred to R2/s is maximum.
 This condition occurs when R2/s equals the
magnitude of the impedance RTH + j (XTH + X2)
R2 2
 RTH  ( X TH  X 2 ) 2
sTmax

R2
sTmax 
2
RTH  ( X TH  X 2 ) 2
Maximum torque
 The corresponding maximum torque of an induction
motor equals

1  3VTH2 
 max   
2s  RTH  RTH
2
 ( X  X ) 2 
 TH 2 

The slip at maximum torque is directly proportional to the

rotor resistance R2

The maximum torque is independent of R2

Maximum torque
 Rotor resistance can be increased by inserting
external resistance in the rotor of a wound-rotor
induction motor.
The
value of the maximum torque remains unaffected
but
the speed at which it occurs can be controlled.
Maximum torque

Effect of rotor resistance on torque-speed characteristic

Example
A two-pole, 50-Hz induction motor supplies 15kW to a
load at a speed of 2950 rpm.
1. What is the motor’s slip?
2. What is the induced torque in the motor in N.m under
these conditions?
3. What will be the operating speed of the motor if its
torque is doubled?
4. How much power will be supplied by the motor when
the torque is doubled?
Solution
120 f e 120 50
1. nsync   3000 rpm
P 2
nsync  nm 3000  2950
s  0.0167 or 1.67%
nsync 3000

2.  no Pf W given
 assume Pconv Pload and  ind  load
Pconv 15 103
 ind   48.6 N.m
m 2
2950 
60
Solution
3. In the low-slip region, the torque-speed curve is linear
and the induced torque is direct proportional to slip. So,
if the torque is doubled the new slip will be 3.33% and
the motor speed will be
nm (1  s )nsync (1  0.0333) 3000 2900 rpm

4. Pconv  ind m
2
(2 48.6) (2900  ) 29.5 kW
60
Example
A 460-V, 25-hp, 60-Hz, four-pole, Y-connected wound-rotor
induction motor has the following impedances in ohms
per phase referred to the stator circuit
R1= 0.641 R2= 0.332
X1= 1.106  X2= 0.464  XM= 26.3 
1. What is the maximum torque of this motor? At what speed
and slip does it occur?
2. What is the starting torque of this motor?
3. If the rotor resistance is doubled, what is the speed at
which the maximum torque now occur? What is the new
starting torque of the motor?
4. Calculate and plot the T-s c/c for both cases.
Solution
XM
VTH V
R12  ( X 1  X M ) 2
460
26.3
 3 255.2 V
2 2
(0.641)  (1.106  26.3)
2
 XM 
RTH R1  
X
 1  X M 
2
 26.3 
(0.641)   0.590
 1.106  26.3 
X TH  X 1 1.106
Solution
R2
1. sTmax  2
RTH  ( X TH  X 2 ) 2
0.332
 0.198
2 2
(0.590)  (1.106  0.464)

The corresponding speed is

nm (1  s )nsync (1  0.198) 1800 1444 rpm
Solution
The torque at this speed is

1  3VTH2 
 max   
2s  R  R 2  ( X  X )2 
 TH TH TH 2 
3 (255.2) 2

2
2 (1800  )[0.590  (0.590) 2  (1.106  0.464) 2 ]
60
229 N.m
Solution
2. The starting torque can be found from the torque eqn.
by substituting s = 1
2  R2 
3VTH  
1  s 
 start  ind s 1  2
s  R2  2
R
 TH    ( X TH  X 2 )
 s  s 1

3VTH2 R2

s [ RTH  R2   ( X TH  X 2 ) 2 ]
2

3 (255.2) 2 (0.332)

2
1800  [(0.590  0.332) 2  (1.106  0.464) 2 ]
60
104 N.m
Solution
3. If the rotor resistance is doubled, then the slip at
maximum torque doubles too
R2
sTmax  0.396
2
RTH  ( X TH  X 2 ) 2

The corresponding speed is

nm (1  s )nsync (1  0.396) 1800 1087 rpm

The maximum torque is still

max = 229 N.m
Solution
The starting torque is now
3 (255.2) 2 (0.664)
 start 
2
1800  [(0.590  0.664) 2  (1.106  0.464) 2 ]
60
170 N.m
Determination of motor parameters
 Due to the similarity between the induction motor
equivalent circuit and the transformer equivalent
circuit, same tests are used to determine the values
of the motor parameters.
- DC test: determine the stator resistance R1
- No-load test: determine the rotational losses and
magnetization reactance (similar to no-load test in
Transformers).
- Locked-rotor test: determine the rotor and stator
impedances (similar to short-circuit test in
Transformers).
DC test
- The purpose of the DC test is to determine R1. A variable
DC voltage source is connected between two stator
terminals.
- The DC source is adjusted to provide approximately
rated stator current, and the resistance between the two
stator leads is determined from the voltmeter and
ammeter readings.
DC test
- then
VDC
RDC 
I DC
- If the stator is Y-connected, the per phase stator
resistance is
RDC
R1 
2
- If the stator is delta-connected, the per phase stator
resistance is
3
R1  RDC
2
No-load test

1. The motor is allowed to spin freely

2. The only load on the motor is the friction and windage
losses, so all Pconv is consumed by mechanical losses
3. The slip is very small
No-load test

4. At this small slip

R2 (1  s ) R 2 (1  s )
R2 & X 2
s s
The equivalent circuit reduces to…
No-load test

5. Combining Rc & RF+W we get……

No-load test
6. At the no-load conditions, the input power measured by
meters must equal the losses in the motor.
7. The PRCL is negligible because I2 is extremely small
because R2(1-s)/s is very large.
8. The input power equals

Pin PSCL  Pcore  PF &W

3I12 R1  Prot

Where
Prot Pcore  PF &W
No-load test
9. The equivalent input impedance is thus approximately

V
Z eq   X1  X M
I1,nl

If X1 can be found, in some other fashion, the magnetizing

impedance XM will be known
Blocked-rotor test
 In this test, the rotor is locked or blocked so that it
cannot move, a voltage is applied to the motor, and
the resulting voltage, current and power are
measured.
Blocked-rotor test
 The AC voltage applied to the stator is adjusted so
that the current flow is approximately full-load
value.
 The locked-rotor power factor can be found as
Pin
PF cos  
3Vl I l
 The magnitude of the total impedance
V
Z LR 
I
Blocked-rotor test
'
Z LR RLR  jX LR
 Z LR cos   j Z LR sin 

RLR R1  R2
'
X LR  X 1'  X 2'

Where X’1 and X’2 are the stator and rotor reactances at
the test frequency respectively
R2 RLR  R1
f rated '
X LR  X LR  X 1  X 2
f test
Blocked-rotor test
X1 and X2 as function of XLR

Rotor Design X1 X2

Wound rotor 0.5 XLR 0.5 XLR

Design A 0.5 XLR 0.5 XLR

Design B 0.4 XLR 0.6 XLR

Design C 0.3 XLR 0.7 XLR

Design D 0.5 XLR 0.5 XLR

Example
The following test data were taken on a 7.5-hp, four-pole, 208-V, 60-Hz,
design A, Y-connected IM having a rated current of 28 A.

DC Test:
VDC = 13.6 V IDC = 28.0 A
No-load Test:
Vl = 208 V f = 60 Hz
I = 8.17 A Pin = 420 W
Locked-rotor Test:
Vl = 25 V f = 15 Hz
I = 27.9 A Pin = 920 W

(a) Sketch the per-phase equivalent circuit of this motor.

(b) Find the slip at pull-out torque, and find the value of the pull-out torque.