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Ame 3L Experiment 8 Speed Control of Slipring Induction Motor AIM

This document describes an experiment to control the speed of a slip ring induction motor by varying the rotor resistance. It involves connecting the motor properly, switching it on, and adjusting the rotor resistance using a rheostat while taking readings from various meters. As the resistance increases, the slip and torque decrease while the speed reduces according to the torque-slip equation. A graph of motor speed versus rotor resistance will then be plotted from the collected data readings.

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Ame 3L Experiment 8 Speed Control of Slipring Induction Motor AIM

This document describes an experiment to control the speed of a slip ring induction motor by varying the rotor resistance. It involves connecting the motor properly, switching it on, and adjusting the rotor resistance using a rheostat while taking readings from various meters. As the resistance increases, the slip and torque decrease while the speed reduces according to the torque-slip equation. A graph of motor speed versus rotor resistance will then be plotted from the collected data readings.

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Bentayao, Celine Kate G.

BSME 3A

AME 3L EXPERIMENT 8

Speed control of slipring Induction Motor

AIM

To perform the speed control test on slip ring induction motor by rotor
resistance control method. Plot the motor speed characteristics at
different values of applied resistance in the slip ring of the induction
motor.

THEORY

A wound rotor induction motor or slip ring induction motor has a stator
like the squirrel cage induction motor, but a rotor with insulated
windings brought out via slip rings and brushes. However, no power is
applied to the slip rings. Their sole purpose is to allow resistance to be
placed in series with the rotor windings while starting.

Figure 1. Equivalent circuit of slip ring induction motor.

Slip Ring Characteristics


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A slip ring motor or a phase wound motor is an induction motor which


can be started with full line voltage, applied across its stator terminals.
The rotor winding terminals of a wound rotor motor are connected to
three slip-rings mounted on but insulated from the shaft. The leads, from
the three brushes pressing on these slip-rings are taken to external
resistances. At the time of start, the value of starting current is adjusted
by adding up external resistance to its rotor circuit. As the rotor speeds
up, the external resistance is decreased in steps so that motor torque
tends to remain maximum during the accelerating period. Finally, under
normal operation, the external resistance is fully cut off and the slip-
rings are short-circuited so that motor now develop full load torque at
low value of slip-rings. The point to be noted is the “slip necessary to
generate maximum torque is directly proportional to the rotor
resistance.” So it is evident that the slip increases with increase in
external resistance.
With the above statements, let us discuss the different methods of speed
control of slip ring induction motors:

1. Rotor Rheostat Control

2. Cascade Control

Speed Control by Rotor Rheostat Control

The external rheostat which is used for the starting purpose of these slip
ring motors can be used for its speed control too. But the point to look
into is that the starting rheostat must be rated for “continuous”
operation. With the same rheostat added to the rotor circuit, it is
possible to regulate the speed of slip ring motors. The resistance is
engaged maximum during starting and slowly cut-off to increase the
speed of the motor. When running at full speed, if the need arises to
reduce the speed, the resistance is slowly added up and thus speed
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reduces. To understand the speed control, let us look into the torque-slip
equation given below.

Torque T = S/R

Where,
S – is the slip of the motor,
R – is the Rotor resistance.

It is evident from the above relation that as the rotor resistance


increases, the torque decreases. But for a given load demand, the motor
and thus the rotor has to supply the same torque without any decrease.
So in order to maintain the torque constant, as the rotor resistance
increases the slip also increases. This increase in slip is nothing but
decrease in motor speed.

Disadvantages:

But there are some disadvantages in this method of speed control. As the
rotor resistance is increased, the “I^2 * R” losses also increases which in
turn decreases the operating efficiency of the motor. It can be interpreted
as the loss is directly proportional to reduction in speed. Since the losses
are more, this method of speed reduction is used only for short period
only.
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PROCEDURE

Step 1: Make the proper connection by clicking the node as instructed below. If
the wire is misplaced, click the node number to deattach the nodes' wire.

Fro 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 16 17 18 19 20
m

To 21 22 23 12 13 12 8 15 12 17 13 14 24 25 26
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Step 2: Click "Check" button.


1. if connection is correct, an alert appers. Click ok. Now, go to step 4.
2. if connection is wrong, an alert appers. Click ok. Now, go to step 3.
Step 3: Check the connection and either deattach the incorrect wire connection
or Click on reset button and start from step 1.
Step 4: Switch on the MCB.
Step 5: Click anywhere on the autotransformer.
Step 6: Slide the knob of the Rheostat to change the resistance.
Step 7: Take readings from Rotor, Voltmeter, Ammeter and Watt-meter.
Step 8: Click "Add to table" button to insert the values in table.
Step 9: Follow the procedure from step 6 to step 8, till you have the 6 readings
on table.
Step 10: After taking minimum 6 readings, click the "Graph" button.
Step 11: Click "Print" button, to print the full connections with graph and
table.
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SIMULATION
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