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INDUCTION MOTORS
OBJECTIVE -
1. Construction, types and principle of operation of 3-phase induction motors.
2. Equivalent circuit of 3-phase induction motor. 3. Different
types of starters like auto-transformer starter, star-delta starter.
4. Principle of operation of single phase induction motor
CONSTRUCTION -
A typical motor consists of two parts namely stator and rotor like other type of
motors. 1. An outside stationary stator having coils supplied with AC current to
produce a rotating magnetic field, 2. An inside rotor attached to the output
shaft that is given a torque by the rotating field.
STATOR -

ROTOR –
Squirrel cage rotor – In the squirrel-cage rotor, the rotor winding consists of
single copper or aluminium bars placed in the slots and short-circuited by end-
rings on both sides of the rotor. Most of single phase induction motors have
Squirrel-Cage rotor. One or 2 fans are attached to the shaft in the sides of rotor
to cool the circuit.
Wound Rotor -In the wound rotor, an insulated 3-phase winding similar to the
stator winding wound for the same number of poles as stator, is placed in the
rotor slots. The ends of the star-connected rotor winding are brought to three
slip rings on the shaft so that a connection can be made to it for starting or
speed control. It is usually for large 3 phase induction motors. Rotor has a
winding the same as stator and the end of each phase is connected to a slip
ring. Compared to squirrel cage rotors, wound rotor motors are expensive
and require maintenance of the slip rings and brushes, so it is not so common
in industrial application
Name plate of 3 phase induction motor-

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION -
An AC current is applied in the stator armature which generates a flux in the
stator magnetic circuit. This flux induces an emf in the conducting bars of
rotor as they are “cut” by the flux while the magnet is being moved (E = BVL
(Faraday’s Law)) A current flows in the rotor circuit due to the induced emf,
which in term produces a force, (F = BIL) can be changed to the torque

MOTOR SLIP

The rotor in an induction motor can not turn at the synchronous speed. In
order to induce an EMF in the rotor, the rotor must move slower than the SS.
If the rotor were to somehow turn at SS, the EMF could not be induced in the
rotor and therefore the rotor would stop. However, if the rotor stopped or
even if it slowed significantly, an EMF would once again be induced in the rotor
bars and it would begin rotating at a speed less than the SS.

The relationship between the rotor speed and the SS is called the Slip.
Typically, the Slip is expressed as a percentage of the SS. The equation for the
motor Slip is:
% S = (SS – RS)/SS X100
Where:
%S = Percent Slip SS = Synchronous Speed (RPM) RS = Rotor Speed (RPM)

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