Name: Leahcim Dela Salde Year/Section: 3 BSABE-A

A research activity:
1. Explain how electric motor works?
Electric motors work through the principles of electromagnetism. When you run
electricity through a wire, it creates a magnetic field. If you coil the wire around a
rod and run electricity through the wire, it creates a magnetic field around the rod.
One end of the rod will have a north magnetic pole and the other will have a south
pole. Opposite poles attract one another, like poles repel. When you surround that
rod with other magnets, the rod will rotate from the attractive and repulsive forces.

2. Draw a detailed part of an electric motor.

3. Explain the advantage of using electric motor in farms
Using electric motor in farms has a lot of advantages. Electric motors are low in first cost,
cheap to operate, long in life and highly efficient. When it comes to operation it is quiet
and is very simple to operate. It is also capable of starting a reasonable load, withstanding
temporary overloading, and of being automatically and remotely controlled. Lastly,
electric motors are compact and safe.
4. What are the different types of electric motors?
There are five different types of electric motors and these are split phase motor, capacitor
motor, repulsion-start induction motor, universal motor, and three-phase induction type
motor.

After doing the activity, did you observe the differences of the electric motor types, and
its advantages? In the space provided below, try to describe those differences that you
observed during your research.
After doing the activity, I observe that different electric motor types differ when it comes
to power output, efficiency, speed control, and output range. AC motors are known for
their increased power output and efficiency, while DC motors are prized for their speed
control and output range. Each of the electric motor has its own advantages.

No Electric Motor Classification Advantages

. Types
1 Split phase motor It consists of a squirrel-cage rotor The split-phase motor is
and a stator in which are found two the simplest in
different sets of windings. One is construction and the
called the main or running winding, least expensive to buy.
and the other the auxiliary or
starting winding
2 Capacitor motor Also called as a greatly improved It has greater starting
split-phase type. The capacitor-start torque and has high
motor has in addition a capacitor power factor. It has also
(condenser) placed in series with no centrifugal switch is
the starting winding. The smaller required and highly
sizes of capacitor-start motors can efficient.
usually be identified by the tube-
 shaped container on top of the
motor which holds the capacitor
3 Repulsion-start It has only one winding in the stator
induction motor which acts as a running winding. It
has a wound rotor instead of the
squirrel cage type and therefore has
a commutator and brushes
4 Universal motor The universal motor is not an
induction motor. Line current flows
through the brushes to the rotor as
well as to the stator in such a way
that the two windings are in series
with each other.
5 Three-phase Three-phase electricity consists of
induction type three distinct currents which require
motor three or more primary (high-line)
wires, two or three transformers at
the farm, and three or more
secondary wires to the motor.
Like capacitor motor, it
has also high starting
torque and can be
controlled easily. Its
speed is not limited and
can be adjusted.
It will operate on either
direct or alternating
current of the correct
voltage.
Three-phase motors are
very simple in
construction and hence
relatively low in first
cost.