IM Tutorial For Students
IM Tutorial For Students
2. The power input to a 500V 50Hz, 6 pole, 3 φ squirrel case inductor motor running at 975 r.p.m.
is 40kw. The stator losses are 1 kW and friction and windage losses are 2 kW. Find:
1) Slip, 2) Rotor Cu loss, 3) Motor output or shaft power.
3. A 3-phase, 4 pole, 1440 rpm, 50 Hz induction motor has star connected rotor winding having a
resistance of 0,2 ohm per phase and a standstill leakage reactance of 1 ohm per phase. When the
stator is energized at rated voltage and frequency, the rotor induced emf at standstill is 120 v.
per phase.
a) Calculate the rotor current, rotor power factor and torque both at starting and at full load
and compare these results.
b) If an external resistance of 1 ohm per phase is inserted in rotor circuit, calculate rotor
current, rotor power factor and torque at the time of starting.
4. A 3-phase, 2 pole, 60 Hz IM is observed to be operating at a speed of 3502 rpm with an input
power of 15.7 Kw and a terminal current of 22.6 A. The stator winding resistance is 0.2
ohm/phase. Calculate the I2R power dissipated in the rotor.
5. A 460-V, 25-hp, 60 Hz, four-pole, Y-connected induction motor has the following impedances
in ohms per phase referred to the stator circuit:
R1= 0.641, X1= 1.106 , R2= 0.332, X2= 0.464 , XM= 26.3 ;
The total rotational losses are 1100 W and are assumed to be constant. The core loss is lumped in
with the rotational losses. For a rotor slip of 2.2 % at the rated voltage and rated frequency, find
the motor’s
1. Speed, 2. Stator current, 3. Power factor,
6. A 4-pole, 230 V, three-phase induction motor has a value of secondary resistance such
that the motor produces maximum developed torque at stall. Neglect core losses and use
the Thevenin equivalent circuit for analysis. Known equivalent circuit values are:
R1 0.2 R 2 1.1064
X 1 0.5 X m 20
a) Find the referred value of X 2 and
b) the total developed torque at stall.
8. A three-phase, 50 HP, 460 V, 60 Hz, 865 rpm induction motor is operating at rated conditions
and has =43.75kW and I1 61 A . It is known that R1 0.15 and rotational losses at rated
speed are 1050 W. Determine (a) full-load power factor, (b) full-load efficiency, (c) total rotor
coil ohmic losses, and (d) total core losses.
9. A three-phase, 440 V, 1000 rpm slip ring induction motor is operating with 4 % slip. Stator
current is 30 A. Determine the stator current if the speed of the motor is reduced to 500 rpm
using stator voltage control method.