Presentation On

Power & Torque in Induction Motors

Presented By
Wajahat Rafique Chohan
Nouman Ahmed
Hasnain Haroon
Hafiz Muhammad Umer
Syed Wajahat Ali
POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS-LOSSES
since induction motor is a singly excited machine,
its power & torque relationships is different from sync.
machines
Losses & power-flow Diagram
the input is electric power and the output mechanical
power (while rotor windings are short circuited)
As shown in power flow Figure (next), Pin is in form of
3 phase electric voltages & currents
1
st
losses is stator winding losses I^2 R=PSCL
2
nd
Hysteresis & Eddy currents loss in stator Pcore
Power remained at this point transferred to rotor
through air gap: is called air-gap power PAG




POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS-LOSSES
Part of power transferred to rotor lost as :
I^2 R=PRCL & rest converted from electrical to
mechanical form Pconv, friction & windage losses
PF&W & stray losses Pmisc subtracted Pout
POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS-LOSSES
Note: in practice core loss is partially related to stator
and partially to rotor, however since induction motor
operates at a speed near synchronous speed, relative
motion of magnetic field over rotor surface is quite low
(frequency of induced voltage = s fe) & rotor core
losses are very tiny
These losses in induction motor equivalent circuit
represented by a resistor RC (or GC) ,
If core losses are given as a number (X Watts) often
lumped with mechanical losses & subtracted at point
on diagram where mechanical losses are located
POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS-LOSSES
The higher the speed of an induction
motor, the higher its friction, windage, and
stray losses, while the lower the core
losses sometimes these 3 categories
of losses are lumped together and called
rotational losses
Since component losses of rotational
losses change in opposite directions with a
change in speed, total rotational losses of
a motor often considered constant


POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS
Employing the equivalent circuit, power &
torque equations can be derived
Input current I1= V/ Zeq =
R1 + jX1 + 1/{[GC-jBM +1/[R2/s +jX2]}
POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS
stator copper losses, core losses and rotor copper
losses can be found
stator copper losses (3 phase)=PSCL= 3 I1^2 R1
core losses Pcore = 3 E1^2 GC
PAG=Pin-PSCL-Pcore
only element in equ. cct. where air gap power can be
consumed is resistor R2/s , & air gap power can also
be given: PAG=3 I2^2 R2/s (1)
Actual resistive losses in rotor circuit:
PRCL=3 I2^2 R2 (2)
Pconv=PAG- PRCL=3I2^2 R2/s-3I2^2 R2 = 3I2^2 R2 (1/s-1)
Pconv= 3I2^2 R2 (1-s)/s

POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS
Note:
from equations (1) & (2)
rotor copper losses = air gap power x slip
The lower the slip the lower the lower rotor losses
And if rotor is stationary s=1 & air gap power is
entirely consumed in rotor, this is consistent with the
fact that output power in this case would be zero since
m=0, Pout=Tload m=0
Pconv=PAG-PRCL=PAG-sPAG=(1-s)PAG (3)
If friction & windage losses and stray losses are
known, output power
Pout=Pconv-PF&W- Pmisc
POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS
Induced torque Tind as : torque generated by internal
electric to mechanical power conversion
It differs from available torque by amount equal to
friction & windage torques in machine
Tind=Pconv/m also called developed torque of machine
Substituting for Pconv from (3) & for m, (1-s) sync
Tind= (1-s)PAG/ [(1-s)sync]= PAG/sync (4)
So (4) express induced torque in terms of air-gap
power & sync. Speed which is constant
PAG yields Tind
POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS
SEPARATION of PRCL & Pconv in induction motor Eq.
cct.
Part of power coming across air gap consumed in
rotor copper losses, & the other part converted to
mechanical power to drive motor shaft
it is possible to separate these two different uses of
air-gap power & present them separately in the
equivalent circuit
Equation (1) is an expression for total air-gap power,
while (2) gives actual rotor losses, the difference
between these two is Pconv & must be consumed in an
equivalent resistor
Rconv=R2/s-R2 = R2(1/s-1) =R2 (1-s)/s
POWER & TORQUE IN INDUCTION
MOTORS
The per-phase equivalent circuit with rotor
copper losses & power converted to mech. form
separated into distinct elements shown below:

INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
How does its torque change as load changes?
How much torque can supply at starting
conditions? how much does the speed of
induction motor drop as its shaft load
increases?
it is necessary to understand the relationship
among motors torque, speed, and power
the torque-speed characteristic examined first
from physical viewpoint of motors magnetic
field & then a general equation for torque as
function of slip derived

INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
Induced Torque from a Physical Viewpoint
Figure shows a cage rotor of an induction motor
Initially operating at no load & nearly sync.
speed
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
Net magnetic field Bnet produced by magnetization
current IM flowing in motors equivalent circuit
Magnitude of IM and Bnet directly proportional to E1
If E1 constant, then Bnet constant
In practice E1 varies as load changes, because stator
impedance R1 and X1 cause varying voltage drops
with varying load
However, these drops in stator winding is relatively
small so E1 ( hence IM & Bnet) approximately constant
with changes in load
In Fig (a) motor is at no load, its slip is very small &
therefore relative motion between rotor and magnetic
field is very small & rotor frequency also very small
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
Consequently ER induced in rotor is very small,
and IR would be small
So frequency is very small, reactance of rotor is
nearly zero, and maximum rotor current IR is
almost in phase with rotor voltage ER
Rotor current produces a small BR at an angle
just slightly greater than 90 behind Bnet
Note: stator current must be quite large even at
no load, since it supply most of Bnet
That is why induction motors have large no load
currents compared to other types of machines
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
The induced torque, which keeps rotor running is
given by:
Tind = k BR x Bnet or Tind=k BR Bnet sin
Since BR is very small, Tind also quite small, enough
just to overcome motors rotational losses
suppose motor is loaded (in Fig (b)) as load increase,
motor slip increase, and rotor speed falls. Since rotor
speed decreased, more relative motion exist between
rotor & stator magnetic fields in machine
Greater relative motion produces a stronger rotor
voltage ER which in turn produces a larger rotor
current IR
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
Consequently BR also increases, however angle of
rotor current & BR changes as well
Since rotor slip get larger, rotor frequency increases
fr=sfe and rotor reactance increases
( LR)
Rotor current now lags further behind rotor voltage (as
shown) & BR shift with current
Fig b, shows motor operating at a fairly high load
Note: at this situation, rotor current increased and
increased
Increase in BR tends to increase torque, while
increase in tends to decrease the torque (>90)
However since the effect of first is higher than the
second in overall induced torque increased with load
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
Using: Tind=k BR Bnet sin derive output torque-versus-speed
characteristic of induction motor
Each term in above equation considered separately to derive
overall machine behavior
Individual terms are:
1. BR directly proportional to current flowing in rotor, as long as
rotor is unsaturated
Current flow in rotor increases with increasing slip (decreasing
speed) it is plotted
2- Bnet magnetic field in motor is proportional to E1 & therefore
approximately constant (E1 actually decreases with increasing
current flow) this effect small compared to the other two &
ignored in drawing
3- sin : is just equal to P.F. angle of rotor plus 90 =R+90
And sin=sin(R+90)=cos R which is P.F. of rotor
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
Rotor P.F. angle can be determined as follows:
R =atan XR/RR = atan sXR0 / RR
PFR = cos R PFR=cos(atan sXR0/RR)
plot of rotor P.F. versus speed shown in fig (c)
Since induced torque is proportional to product
of these 3 terms, torque-speed characteristic
can be constructed from graphical multiplication
of 3 previous plots Figs (a,b,c) and shown in fig
(d)
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
Development of induction motor torque speed
Development of induction motor
torque speed

Development of induction motor
torque speed

Development of induction motor
torque speed

INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
This characteristic curve can be divided into three
regions
1
st
region: is low-slip region in which motor slip
increases approximately linearly with increase load &
rotor mechanical speed decreases approximately
linearly with load
In this region rotor reactance is negligible, so rotor PF
is approximately unity, while rotor current increases
linearly with slip
The entire normal steady-state operating range of an
induction motor is included in this linear low-slip region
INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
2
nd
region on curve called moderate-slip region
In moderate-slip region rotor frequency is
higher than before, & rotor reactance is on the
same order of magnitude as rotor resistance

- In this region rotor current, no longer increases
as rapidly as before and the P.F. starts to drop
- peak torque (pullout torque) of motor occurs at
point where, for an incremental increase in
load, increase in rotor current is exactly
balanced by decrease in rotor P.F.

INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE
CHARACTERISTIC
3
rd
region on curve is called high-slip region
In high-slip region, induced torque actually
decreases with increased load, since the
increase in rotor current is completely
overshadowed by decrease in rotor P.F.

For a typical induction motor, pullout torque is
200 to 250 % of rated full-load torque
And starting torque (at zero speed) is about
150% of full-load torque
Unlike synchronous motor, induction motor can
start with a full-load attached to its shaft
INDUCTION MOTOR INDUCED-
TORQUE EQUATION
Equiv. circuit of induction motor & its power flow
diagram used to derive a relation for induced
torque versus speed
Tind=Pconv/m or Tind=PAG/sync
Latter useful, since sync is constant (for fe &
and a number of poles) so from PAG Tind
The PAG is equal to power absorbed by resistor
R2/s , how can this power be determined?


INDUCTION MOTOR INDUCED-
TORQUE EQUATION
In this figure the air-gap power supplied to one
phase is: PAG,1=I2^2 R2/s
for 3 phase: PAG=3I2^2 R2/s
INDUCTION MOTOR INDUCED-
TORQUE EQUATION
If I2 can be determined, air-gap power &
induced torque are known
easiest way to determine Thevenin equivalent
of the portion of circuit to left of arrow E1 in eq.
cct. figure
VTH= V ZM/ [ZM+Z1] = V j XM / [R1+jX1+jXM]
Magnitude of thevenin voltage:
VTH= V XM / [R1^2+(X1+XM)^2]
VTH V XM / [X1+XM] , ZTH = Z1ZM /[Z1+ZM]
ZTH=RTH+jXTH = jXM(R1+jX1)/[R1+j(X1+XM)]
INDUCTION MOTOR INDUCED-
TORQUE EQUATION
Thevenin equivalent voltage of induction motor