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EFFECTS OF UNSYMMETRICAL VOLTAGE SAGS ONINDUCTION MOTORS
Luis Guasch
*
, Felipe Córcoles
**
, Joaquim Pedra
**
*
Dep. Eng. Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, ETSE, Ctra. Salou, s/n, 43006 – Tarragona - Spain
**
Dep. Enginyeria Elèctrica, ETSEIB, Diagonal, 647, 08028 – Barcelona - Spain
 Abstract
– This paper analyzes the effects caused by theunsymmetrical voltage sags in the induction machine supplysystem: current and torque peaks, and mechanical speed loss.These effects depend on many elements, such as the sag mag-nitude and duration, the type of sag (symmetrical or unsym-metrical), and the fault and recovery voltage instants. It isshown that the most severe transient occurs for specific in-stants. Extensive ranges of voltage drop have been analyzed(for different magnitude and duration and the most severefault and recovery voltage instants), and machine sensitivity isgraphically shown in CBEMA curves. These curves can beapplied to protective relay coordination, especially for largemachines. It is also shown that different unsymmetrical sagswith the same positive-sequence voltage produce similar ef-fects. These unsymmetrical sags can be grouped to expressmachine sensitivity in CBEMA curves, using the positive-se-quence voltage for ordinates.
 Index Terms
– unsymmetrical voltage sag, sensitivitycurves, CBEMA curves, induction machine.
I.
 
INTRODUCTIONIn a first approximation, a
voltage sag
(
dip
) is a reduc-tion between 10% and 90% in rms voltage, with a durationfrom 0.5 cycles to 1 minute [1]. A short circuit or overloadon the utility system generally originates it. Typically, thevoltage sag duration ranges from 0.5 to 30 cycles, and themagnitude depends on the power system distribution andthe proximity to the fault site. (In this paper, the sag mag-nitude is the net rms voltage in percent or per unit of systemnominal voltage).The voltage at the customer bus is transient during thefault and after clearing the fault (that means voltage is non-sinusoidal). For simplicity purposes, the shape of the sag isconsidered rectangular. Then, it can be characterized by aduration and a depth, as well as by the possible associatedphase angle shift (phase jump) [2].Voltage sags can be either balanced or unbalanced, de-pending on the causes. If the individual phase voltages areequal, the sag is balanced. If the individual phase voltagesare different or the phase relationship is other than 120°, thesag is unbalanced. A three-phase short circuit or a largemotor starting can produce symmetrical sags. Single-line-to-ground (SLGF) or phase-to-phase faults due to lightning,animals, accidents, etc. can cause unsymmetrical sags. Thelarge majority of faults in the utility system are SLGF’s.Three-phase faults are more severe but much less common[3]. The load and the transformer connections influence thesag. A classification of the sags is included in [2].Different categories of industrial equipment have differ-ent sensitivities to voltage sags [3]. The main categories of sensitive loads are motors, adjustable-speed drives, anothertype of power electronic equipment, discharge lamps andcontrol devices –computers, programmable logic controllerand contactors–.The consequences of a voltage sag in the induction ma-chine supply are speed loss and current and torque peaksthat appear in the voltage drop and recovery points [4,5].This transient can trigger the motor or system protections.In this paper, the effects of unsymmetrical voltage sagson induction machines are analyzed and compared with theeffects of the symmetrical sags. Section II shows a voltagesag classification. The induction machine model is includedin Section III and used in Section IV to study the behaviorof the machine for the different sag types. The influence of the fault and recovery instant is discussed in Section V.Section VI includes CBEMA curves to show graphicallymachine sensitivity to the different sag types. These curvesplot current and torque peaks, and speed loss versus voltagedip. The use of positive-sequence voltage to study the ef-fects of unsymmetrical sags on the machine is also sug-gested. An application of the CBEMA curves is shown.II.
 
VOLTAGE SAG TYPESIn [2] it is shown that voltage sags experienced by three-phase loads can be classified into four types, denoted as A,B, C and D. Fig. 1 shows their phasor diagrams: dottedlines are the pre-fault voltage phasors and solid lines are thefault voltage phasors.Sag type A is balanced. All phasors drop the sameamount in magnitude. They can be defined by (1), where
h
is the sag magnitude or depth (0
 
h
 
1).
Type AType BType CType D
Fig. 1. Voltage sag types
 
VhV VhVjhVhVjh
abc
== = +
12321232(1)Types B, C and D are unsymmetrical sags. For sag typeB only one phasor drops in magnitude. For sag types C andD, two phasors drop in magnitude and change in phaseangle. For sag type D the third phasor only drops in mag-nitude. Sag types B, C and D are defined by (2), (3) and (4):
VhV VVjVVj
abc
== = +
12321232(2)
VVVjhVVjh
abc
== = +
12321232(3)
VVhVjVhVj
abc
== = +
12321232(4)III.
 
INDUCTION MACHINE MODELThe chosen model for the induction machine is a linearsingle-cage transient model. When the Ku transformation[6] in the synchronously reference frame is applied, thetransformed equations are: 
vvrLpjMpj MpjsrLpjsiistMii
sf rf ssrsf rf msfr
NMQP
=+ + ++ + +
NMMQPPNMQP
==ω ωω ωω ωω
Ψ ΨΨ ΨΨΨ
Γ 
g gb g b gb ge j
2Im
*
(5)IV.
 
VOLTAGE SAG EFFECTSThe transient shape depends on many elements, such asthe sag magnitude and duration, the electrical parameters of the machine, the load and the mechanical inertia. Depend-ing on the type of fault (balanced or unbalanced), the faultand recovery voltage instants (or the corresponding voltageangles) have different effects on current and torque peaks.Irrespective of the type of sag, the observed effects of avoltage sag on the induction machine supply are speed lossand current and torque peaks.Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 show the machine be-havior for sag types A, B, C and D, respectively. The sagshave a depth
h
= 0.1 with 300 ms of duration. The chosenmotor for the simulation is an actual motor that drives aventilator in a cement plant: 610 kW, 3300 V (star), 50 Hz,7850.5 Nm, 742 min
-1
and 148 A. Its operating point isclose to the nominal conditions.
Sag magnitude,
h
, (%) and mechanical speed,
ω
m
, (rad/s)737475767778
10%Phase
a
current,
i
a
/ (
 I 
 N 
), (p.u.)-8-4048-6-30360100200300400500Time (ms)Electromagnetic torque,
Γ 
Γ 
 N 
, (p.u.)
Fig. 3. Machine behavior for voltage sag type B: 300 ms and 10% of sagmagnitude
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10%Sag magnitude,
h
, (%) and mechanical speed,
ω
m
, (rad/s)Phase
c
current,
i
c
/ (
 I 
 N 
), (p.u.)-8-4048Electromagnetic torque,
Γ 
Γ 
 N 
, (p.u.)-6-30360100200300400500Time (ms)
Fig. 2. Machine behavior for voltage sag type A: 300 ms and 10% of sagmagnitude
 
The effects of sag type A, Fig. 2, have been studied in[4,5]. Mechanical speed loss shows initial oscillations in thevoltage drop and recovery points, points
and
. Currentand torque peaks are usually obtained in the first cycle afterthe drop or the recovery voltage points, but in certain con-ditions in the next 2 or 3 cycles. The fault and recoveryvoltage instants have minimal influence in current peak andno influence in torque peak and speed loss.The transients of unsymmetrical sags are very differentfrom the symmetrical ones. They are sensitive to the faultand recovery voltage instants, or voltage angles in theseinstants. This influence is studied in Section V. On theother hand, transient speed and torque show non-dampedoscillations because of the negative-sequence voltage. Bycomparing symmetrical and unsymmetrical sags with thesame depth –
h
in (1), (2), (3) and (4)– and duration, it canbe observed that current peaks are usually lower in theunsymmetrical sags whereas torque peaks can be higher.Among the unsymmetrical sags, type B produces lowercurrent and torque peaks, and speed loss, Fig. 3.Sag types C and D, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, with the samedepth and duration, show similar transients. Similar torqueand current peaks can be expected. This will be verified inthe CBEMA curves of Section VI.V.
 
INFLUENCE OF THE FAULT AND RECOVERYVOLTAGE INSTANTSIf the fault is balanced, type A, the fault and the recov-ery voltage instants (or the corresponding voltage angles)have less influence in current peak and no influence intorque peak and speed loss. They only cause current peak tobe obtained in one or another phase [4,5]. However, theseinstants have a great influence in current and torque peakswhen the fault is unbalanced, and no influence in speedloss.Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 display current and torque peaks versusphase voltage in points
and
for the unsymmetricalsags with different depth
h
(0.1, 0.5 and 0.9).In sag of types B and D (Fig. 6a, Fig. 6c, Fig. 7a andFig. 7c), it can be observed that the maximum current andtorque peaks are obtained when phase voltage is 90° (
v
a
(
)is null). In sag type C (Fig. 6b and Fig. 7b), the maximumpeaks are obtained when phase voltage is 0° (
v
a
(
) is maxi-mum).Fig. 8 displays speed loss in point
versus phase volt-
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10%Sag magnitude,
h
, (%) and mechanical speed,
ω
m
, (rad/s)-8-4048Phase
c
current,
i
c
/ (
 I 
 N 
), (p.u.)-6-30360100200300400500Electromagnetic torque,
Γ 
Γ 
 N 
, (p.u.)Time (ms)
Fig. 4. Machine behavior for voltage sag type C: 300 ms and 10% of sagmagnitude
737475767778
10%Sag magnitude,
h
, (%) and mechanical speed,
ω
m
, (rad/s)-8-4048Phase
a
current,
i
a
/ (
 I 
 N 
), (p.u.)-6-30360100200300400500Electromagnetic torque,
Γ 
Γ 
 N 
, (p.u.)Time (ms)
Fig. 5. Machine behavior for voltage sag type D: 300 ms and 10% of sagmagnitude
0123456710%
10%
50%
50%
90%
90%
Current peak,
i
 peak 
/ (
 I 
 N 
), (p.u.) for sag type B0123456710%
10%
50%
50%
90%
90%
Current peak,
i
 peak 
/ (
 I 
 N 
), (p.u.) for sag type C0123456704590135180Angle (°)10%
10%
50%
50%
90%
90%
Current peak,
i
 peak 
/ (
 I 
 N 
), (p.u.) for sag type D
Fig. 6. Current peak in points
and
versus the voltage angle for sagtypes B, C and D. Sag magnitudes (10%, 50% and 90%). Sag duration:300 ms
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