186
10.
Symmetrical
Three-Phase
AC Machines
PR
__
1_
=
Wl
< 1
rJg
=
Pm
- 1 - S w
(10.93)
which means
that
the
efficiency even of
an
idealised
motor
ü;
lowered in
proportion
to
speed, whether
the
reduction in speed
is
caused by additional
rotor
resistors or by reduced
stator
voltage. A similar situation exists in
the
generation region, where
the
losses rise also with
the
magnitude
of
the slip.
With
a real motor, having
primary
copper losses as well as iron
and
friction
losses,
the
efficiency will drop below this idealised case.
(JRLa
iR
Pv
Rotor lasses
~
RR
PR
RR
~
S
Inputpower
)
, ,
1
RR(S-l)
,
,
'r'
,
~
Pm
Mech. power
Fig.
10.12.
Power balance
in
the
rotor
The
explanation is, of course,
that
the induction
motor
functions like a
mechanical clutch, where
the
product
of
speed difference and torque causes
an
unavoidable power loss.
The
definition of efficiency in the braking region
at
reverse speed, S >
I,
does
not
make sense, because electrical as well as
mechanical power is supplied
to
the
rotor
and
converted
to
heat.
With
high slip control schemes for short
duty
drives the
main
problem is
the
dissipation of
the
rotor
heat
loss.
ln
this respect a wound
rotor
motor
with
external
rotor
resistors is preferable, however
at
the
cost of moving contacts.
These results give ample evidence
that
an
efficient adjustable speed AC
drive can only be realised when either
the
slip power is recovered by some
means
or
the
stator
frequency
Wl
is changed
to
track
the
mechanical speed,
thus restricting the
rotor
frequency to small values.
10.2.3
Comparison
with
Practical
Motor
Designs
The
simplified theory of a symmetrical induction motor in steady
state
points
to
the
totalleakage
factor
(j
as
the
most inflllcntial
panl.111
ctcr of
the
machine.
As
was mentioned before,
(j
depends on thc
:-;11,,1'(:
or
til!: Klots
and
increases
with
lhe
airgap.
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or
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10.2
Induction
Motor
in
Steady
State
187
The
scale of
the
normalised
slip/torque
curve, Fig. 10.9 b, is fixed by
the
pull-out slip
Sp
and
the
peak torque m
p
;
in
the
interest of good efficiency
in
steady
state,
Sp
should
be
as small as possible.
The
peak torque is also
affected by
the
leakage factor.
ln
Table 10.2 some
of
the
characteristic
parameters
obtained with
the
simplified model are compared
to
those of
standard
motors, as taken from
manufacturers lists on medium size
(> 100 kW)
50
Hz motors, for a two pole-
and
an
eight pole-machine.
The
comparison indicates a fairly close agreement,
at
least from
the
standpoint
of
the
user.
Table
10.2.
Comparison
of
idealised
model
with
pararneters
of
standard
motors
Model
Real
Model Rea1
for a
= 0.05, for a = 0.1,
no = 3000
l/min
no = 750
l/min
Sn
= 0.22 0.20 0.32 0.30
--s;
fo
fo
= 0.22 0.30 0.32 0.40
fs!
l-a
cos
'Pn
rra
= 0,90
0.90 0.82 0.84
mpo
1
~
= 2.35
2.30 1.82 2.0
m
n
2 a
10.2.4
Starting
of
the
Induction
Motor
When
selecting suitable values for efficiency, power factor and overload capac-
ity
at
the
nominal
operating
point,
the
starting
performance of the
motor
is
unsatisfactory; this is
apparent
from Fig. 10.13, where characteristic variables
of a
motor
with a leakage factor
(j
= 0.05 are
plotted
against normalised slip.
The
conditions for acceptable performance
at
the
nominal operating
POill(.
are:
a)
The
normalised slip
at
the
nominal operating point should be
about
Snl
Sp
~
..j(i
to
achieve a good power factor
and
adequate overload
ca
-
pacity
_
b)The
need for good efficiency
rJn
< 1 -
Sn
calls for a minimal value
of
nominal and, hence, pull-out slip.
With
motors above 100 kW, a nomill;d
slip
Sn
~
0.
02
is
realisable; the pull-out slip would
then
be
about
SI'
~
O,lO.
This llw:tns
that
an
indllctioll
motor
with a short circuited, consta.lli
f':
"
:
ii
st,
nIlC<'
rotor
wOllld llitvo to
Ht.ari
fnllll
fi
lalldstill
(8
=
1)
at
SI
Sp
~
10
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