AC Machine : Three-phase induction motors

 
Production of a rotating magnetic field:
  
Synchronous speed:
Construction of a three-phase induction motor:
  
Principle of operation of a three-phase induction motor:
Slip:
 Rotor e.m.f and frequency:

Rotor e.m.f:
Rotor frequency:
Rotor impedance and current:
Rotor impedance and current:
Rotor copper loss:
Induction motor losses and efficiency:

The above figure summarizes losses in induction motor

Torque equation for an induction motor:
Induction motor torque–speed characteristics:
 Induction motor types
• 1.squirrel cage induction motor
• 2.wound rotor induction motor.
Advantages of squirrel-cage induction motors
Advantages of wound rotor induction motor:
Uses of three-phase induction motors:
 Uses of three-phase induction motors:

• Three-phase induction motors are widely used

in industry and constitute almost all industrial
drives where a nearly constant speed is
required, from small workshops to the largest
industrial enterprises Typical applications are
with machine tools, pumps and mill motors.
The squirrel cage rotor type is the most widely
used of all a.c. motors.