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For F-Class insulation,
by half if temperature exceeds 90
A B F H stator temperature of
40
A-Class (105 ºC)
Stopped Running
• Current < 0 threshold • Previous state Starting or Overload
• Contactor / breaker is open • Current drops below overload pickup
level
Starting
• Previous state Stopped and current > 0 Overload
• Previous state Running
• Motor current must increase to level
greater than overload pickup within • Current rises above overload pickup level
seconds • Thermal capacity used (TCU) begins to
accumulate
• Otherwise, motor algorithm declares
Running state
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Additional synchronous-motor states
SM Stabilizing
• Previous state Running
• Field applied; waiting for Load Application Delay to expire
SM Running
• Previous state SM Stabilizing
• Now, load is on motor; currents must be less than overload (FLA • OL)
SM Resync
• Previous state SM Running
• Power Factor protection trip; motor running without DC field; waiting to return to SM
Running
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Motor thermal limit curves
Hot
LRThot 30 s
HCR = = = 0.86
LRTcold 35 s
Rotor
Negative-sequence currents
(or unbalanced phase currents) N
cause additional rotor heating
Main causes of current unbalance
• Blown fuses
• Loose connections
• Stator turn-to-turn faults S
Stator
• System voltage distortion and unbalance
Rotor bars
• Faults
where
• Im — real motor current
• K—unbalance bias factor
• I1 and I2 — positive- and negative-sequence components of motor current
K factor reflects extra heating caused by negative-sequence motor current
Derating
NEMA recommended derating curve
Calculate K
• Typical: K = 175 / ILR2
• Conservative: K = 230 / ILR2
where ILR is locked rotor current Percent voltage unbalance
Ieq hot
TCUend = • 1− • 100%
OL_PKP cold
Stopped Stopped
from 100% from 85%
Thermal capacity used