Sheet 3

Induction Motor
Answer the following questions
1- What are slip and slip speed in an induction motor?
2- How does an induction motor develop torque?
3- Why is it impossible for an induction motor to operate at synchronous speed?
4- Sketch and explain the shape of a typical induction motor torque-speed characteristic curve.
5- What equivalent circuit element has the most direct control over the speed at which the pullout
torque occurs?
6- What infonnation is learned in a locked-rotor test?
7- What infonnation is learned in a no-load test?

Solve the following problems

1- A 220-V, three-phase. two-pole. 50-Hz induction motor is ruooing at a slip of 5 percent

Find:
(a) The speed of the magnetic fields in revolutions per minute
(b) The speed of the rotor in revolutions per minute
(c) The slip speed of the rotor
(d) The rotor frequency in hertz

2- A three-phase. 60-Hz induction motor runs at 890 rpm at no load and at 840 rpm at full load.
(a) How many poles does this motor have?
(b) What is the slip at rated load?
(c) What is the speed at one-quarter of the rated load?
(d) What is the rotor's electrical frequency at one-quarter of the rated load?

3- A 208-V, two-pole, 60-Hz, V-connected wound-rotor induction motor is rated at

15 hp. Its equivalent circuit components are
R1 = 0.2 Ω R2 = 0.12 Ω XM = 15.0 Ω
X1 = 0.4l Ω X2 = 0.41 Ω
P mech = 250 W Pmisc= 0 Pcore = 180W

For a slip of 0.05, find

(a) The line current IL
(b) The stator copper losses PSCL
(c) The air-gap power PAG
(d) The power converted from electrical to mechanical form Pconv
(e) The induced torque Tind
(f) The load torque Tload
(g) The overall machine efficiency
(h) The motor speed in revolutions per minute and radians per second
4- A 460-V, four-pole, 50-hp, 60-Hz, Y-connected, three-phase induction motor develops
its full-load induced torque at 3.S percent slip when operating at 60 Hz and 460
V. The per-phase circuit model impedances of the motor are
R1 = 0.33 Ω XM =30 Ω
X1 = 0.42 Ω X2 = 0.42 Ω
Mechanical, core, and stray losses may be neglected in this problem.
(a) Find the value of the rotor resistance R2.
(b) Find Tmax , smax and the rotor speed at maximum torque for this motor.
(c) Find the starting torque of this motor.

5- A 440-V. 50-Hz, two-pole, V-connected induction motor is rated at 75 kW. The equivalent
circuit parameters are
R1 = 0.075 Ω R2 = 0.065 Ω XM = 7.20 Ω
X1 = 0.170 Ω X2 = O.170 Ω
PF&W = 1.0 kW Pmisc = 150 W Pcore = 1.1 kW
For a slip of 0.04, find
(a) The line current IL
(b) The stator power factor
(c) The rotor power factor
(d) The stator copper losses PSCL
(e) The air-gap power PAG
(j) The power converted from electrical to mechanical form Pconv
(g) The induced torque Tind
(h) The load torque Tlood
(i) The overall machine efficiency η
(j) The motor speed in revolutions per minute and radians per second

6- A wound-rotor induction motor is operating at rated voltage and frequency with its slip rings
shorted and with a load of about 25 percent of the rated value for the machine. If the rotor
resistance of this machine is doubled by inserting external resistors into the rotor circuit. explain
what happens to the following:
(a) Slip s
(b) Motor speed nm.
(c) The induced voltage in the rotor
(d) The rotor current
(e) Tind
(f) Pout
(g) PRCL
(h) Overall efficiency η