Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Introduction to Electrical Machines
Assignment One
1. A 75 kW, 440 V, 3-phase, 6-pole, 50 Hz, wound-rotor induction motor has a full-load
slip of 0.04 and the slip at maximum torque of 0.2 when operating at rated voltage and
frequency with rotor winding short-circuited at the slip-rings. Assume the stator
resistance and rotational losses to be negligible. Find:
(a) maximum torque,
(b) starting torque, and
(c) full-load rotor copper-loss.
The rotor resistance is now doubled by adding an external series resistance.
Determine:
(d) slip at full-load,
(e) full-load torque, and
(f ) slip at maximum torque.

2. A 4-pole, 3-phase, 400 V, 50 Hz induction motor has the following parameters of its
circuit model (referred to the stator side on an equivalent-star basis):

R1=1.2Ω X1=1.16Ω Xm=35Ω

R2’=0.4Ω X2’=1.16Ω

Rotational losses are 800 W.

(a) For a speed of 1440 rpm, calculate the input current, power factor, net mechanical
power output, torque and efficiency,
(b) Calculate the maximum torque and the slip at which it occurs.
3. A 5 kW, 400 V, 50 Hz, 4-pole induction motor gave the following test data:
No-load test: V0 = 400 V, P0 = 350 W, I0 = 3.1 A
Blocked rotor test: VSC = 52 V, PSC = 440 W, ISC = 7.6 A

24 V dc when applied between the two stator terminals causes a current of 7.6 A to
flow. Calculate the motor efficiency at rated voltage at a slip of 4%.

4. A 3-phase, 20 kW, 600 V, 50 Hz, 6-pole, Y-connected squirrel-cage induction

motor has the following parameters/phase referred to the stator:

R1 = 0.937 Ω; R2’ = 0.7 Ω

X (equivalent) = 3.42 Ω

Xm = 72.9 Ω

The rotational and core losses equal 545 W.

For a slip of 3.5% find:

(a) the line current and power factor

(b) the mechanical output and shaft torque

(c) the efficiency.

5. A 7.5 kW, 400 V, 4-pole induction motor gave the following test results:

No-load test V0 = 400 V P0 = 330 W I0 = 3.52 A

Blocked-rotor test VSC = 110 V PSC = 615 W ISC = 13 A

The effective ac resistance between the stator terminals is 2.2 Ω and the full-load slip
is 4%.

Determine: (a) the parameters of the per phase circuit model.

(b) the stator current and its power factor when the motor is delivering full-load.

(c) the efficiency in part (b).