Spring Semester 2021-2022

Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
EEN – 202: Electrical Machines – II
Tutorial Sheet – 02

Question. 1.

A squirrel-cage induction motor has a starting current of six times the full-load current and a
full-load slip of 0.05. Find in pu of full-load values, the line current and starting torque with
the following methods of starting ((a) to (d)).

(a) direct switching.

(b) stator-resistance starting with motor current limited to 2 pu,
(c) autotransformer starting with motor current limited to 2 pu, and
(d) star-delta starting.
(e) what autotransformer ratio would give 1 pu starting torque?

Question. 2.

A three-phase, four-pole, 210kW, 50Hz, 500V (line-to-line), Y-connected cage induction

motor is operating at its rated nominal speed of 1485 rpm, rated voltage, and rated frequency.
The critical slip corresponding to the breakdown torque is 0.044. Find:

(a) the starting torque Tst and

(b) the starting current ratio SCR.

Question. 3.

A 3 phase 50 Hz, 12 pole, 200 kW slip-ring induction motor drives a fan whose torque is
proportional to the square of speed. At full load, the motor slip is 0.045. The rotor resistance
measured between any two slip-rings is 61 mΩ. What resistance should be added in the rotor
circuit to reduce the fan speed to 450 rpm?
Question. 4.

A 50 Hz, 3-phase induction motor has a rated voltage V1. The motor’s breakdown torque at
rated voltage and frequency occurs at a slip of 0.2. The motor is instead run from a 60 Hz
supply of voltage V2. The stator impedance can be neglected.

(a) If V2 = V1, find the ratio of currents and torques at starting. Also find the ratio of maximum
torques.

(b) Find the ratio V2/V1 such that the motor has the same values of starting current and torque
at 50 Hz and 60 Hz.

Question. 5.

The impedances at standstill of the inner and outer cages of a double-cage rotor are (0.01 + j
0.5) Ω and (0.05 + j 0.1) Ω respectively. The stator impedance may be assumed to be negligible.
Calculate the ratio of the torques due to the two cages (i) at starting, and (ii) when running with
a slip of 5 %.