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Tutorial Single-Phase Machines

This document contains 7 questions regarding induction motors. Question 1 provides impedance values for a 4-pole split-phase induction motor and asks to calculate various motor parameters at 5% slip. Question 2 repeats Question 1 for a slip of 2.5%. Question 3 asks about the torque production if the starting winding fails open on the motor from Question 1. Question 4 asks to plot the torque-speed curve for this motor in MATLAB. The remaining questions provide additional motor specifications and ask for calculations of parameters and selection of appropriate motors for various applications.

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Tutorial Single-Phase Machines

This document contains 7 questions regarding induction motors. Question 1 provides impedance values for a 4-pole split-phase induction motor and asks to calculate various motor parameters at 5% slip. Question 2 repeats Question 1 for a slip of 2.5%. Question 3 asks about the torque production if the starting winding fails open on the motor from Question 1. Question 4 asks to plot the torque-speed curve for this motor in MATLAB. The remaining questions provide additional motor specifications and ask for calculations of parameters and selection of appropriate motors for various applications.

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Question 1: A 120-V 1/4-hp 60-Hz four-pole split-phase induction motor has the following

impedances: R1 = 2.00 Ω; X1 = 2.56 Ω; XM = 60.5 Ω; R2 = 2.80 Ω; X2 = 2.56 Ω.


At a slip of 0.05, the motor’s rotational losses are 51 W. The rotational losses may be
assumed constant over the normal operating range of the motor. If the slip is 0.05, find the
following quantities for this motor:
(a) Input power
(b) Air-gap power
(c) Pconv
(d) Pout
(e) τind
(f) τload
(g) Overall motor efficiency
(h) Stator power factor
Solution:
Question 2: Repeat Question 1 for a rotor slip of 0.025.
Question 3: Suppose that the motor in Question 1 is started and the auxiliary winding fails
open while the rotor is accelerating through 400 r/min. How much induced torque will the
motor be able to produce on its main winding alone? Assuming that the rotational losses are
still 51 W, will this motor continue accelerating or will it slow down again? Prove your
answer.

Solution:
Question 4: Use MATLAB to calculate and plot the torque-speed characteristic of the motor in
Question 1, ignoring the starting winding.

Solution: This problem is best solved with MATLAB, since it involves calculating the torque-speed
values at many points. A MATLAB program to calculate and display both torque-speed
characteristics is shown below. Note that this program shows the torque-speed curve for both positive
and negative directions of rotation. Also, note that we had to avoid calculating the slip at exactly 0 or
2, since those numbers would produce divide-by-zero errors in ZF and ZB respectively.
Question 5: A 220-V 1.5-hp 50-Hz six-pole capacitor-start induction motor has the following main-
winding impedances: R1 = 1.30 Ω; R2 = 1.73 Ω; X1 = 2.01 Ω; X 2 = 2.01 Ω; X M = 105 Ω
At a slip of 0.05, the motor’s rotational losses are 291 W. The rotational losses may be assumed
constant over the normal operating range of the motor. Find the following quantities for this motor
at 5 percent slip:
a) Stator current
b) Stator power factor
c) Input power
d) PAG
e) Pconv
f) Pout
g) τind
h) τload
i) Efficiency η

Solution:
(a) The input stator current is

Question 6: Find the induced torque in the motor in Question 5 if it is operating at 5 percent slip
and its terminal voltage is (a) 190 V, (b) 208 V, (c) 230 V.

Solution:
Question 7: What type of motor would you select to perform each of the following jobs? Why?
(a) Vacuum cleaner, (b) Refrigerator, (c) Air conditioner compressor, (d) Air conditioner fan,
(e) Variable-speed sewing machine (f) Clock, and (g) Electric drill
Solution:

(a) Universal motor—for its high torque


(b) Capacitor start or Capacitor start and run—For its high starting torque and
relatively constant speed at a wide variety of loads.
(c) Same as (b) above
(d) Split-phase—Fans are low-starting-torque applications and a split-phase motor is
appropriate.
(e) Universal Motor—Direction and speed are easy to control with solid-state drives
(f) Hysteresis motor—for its easy starting and operation at nsync. A reluctance motor
would also do nicely.
(g) Universal Motor—for easy speed control with solid-state drives, plus high torque
Under loaded conditions.

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