ELP850 ELECTRICAL MACHINES LABORATORY

SEMISTER – 1, PEMD
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, IIT DELHI

EXPERIMENT NO. – 1

STUDY OF MAWDSLEY GENERALIZED MACHINE FOR

THREE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR MODE

Submitted by-
Group number- 4
Name of Students with entry number
2024EEP2017 NIKHIL KUMAR CHAUBEY
2024EEP2358 VAIBHAVI RAJESH DURE
2024EEP2361 RENU MAURYA
OBJECTIVE: Study on Mawdsley generalized machine for the three-phase induction motor
mode.

(a) Conduct (i) no load test, (ii) blocked rotor test, and (iii) stator winding resistance test on a three-phase
induction motor and compute its equivalent circuit parameters.

(b) Conduct load test and draw the following characteristics: (i) Speed vs. Output Power, (ii) Current vs.
Output Power, (iii) Power factor vs. Output Power, (iv) Efficiency vs. Output Power.

(c) Compute the following characteristics: (i) Speed vs. Output Power, (ii) Current vs. Output Power, (iii)
Power factor vs. Output Power, (iv) Efficiency vs. Output Power using same parameters as in part 1(a).

APPARATUS REQUIRED:

S.No Name of the Apparatus Range Quantity

1 3 PHASE VARIAC 415V,28A
1.NO
2 DC AMMETER (0-2)A
1.NO
(0-20)A
1.NO
3 DC VOLTMETER (0-300)V
1.NO
4 FIELD RHEOSTAT 750Ω, 1.2A
1.NO
5 LOADING RHEOSTAT 230V,1-Ph,24A
1.NO
6 POWER ANALYSER 1.NO
7 MULTIMETER 1.NO
8 1-Ph VARIAC 15A, 240V, 50Hz 1.NO
9 1-Ph RECTIFIER 1.NO
10 TACHO METER 1.NO
11 CURRENT PROBE 1.NO
12 VOLTAGE PROBES 1.NO
13 DC machine Armature
1. 13V
2. 13.8A
Speed = 1500rpm
14 Induction motor Va = 13V
I a = 12.5 A
N=4000rpm

List of Tests to be performed:

i. No-Load Test on induction motor.

ii. Blocked rotor test on induction motor.
iii. Reduced voltage test on induction motor.
iv. Stator winding resistance test on induction motor.
v. Retardation test on induction motor.
vi. Swinburn’s Test on the DC-machine.
vii. Load Test on Induction motor.

Note: Any other test needed to compute the efficiency or to fulfill the objective
of the experiment.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS:
For Load Test:

R
(0-20)A

R
Current Probe

(0-300)V +
50Hz,3-Ph,
AC supply

Y
400 V,

Voltage Probe

Voltage Probe

3-Ph Variac

For No-Load Test:

R
Current Probe
50Hz,3-Ph,
AC supply

Y
400 V,

Voltage Probe

Voltage Probe

3-Ph Variac
For Blocked Rotor Test:

Current Probe
50Hz,3-Ph, Rotor Blocked
AC supply

Y
400 V,

B
Y

Voltage Probe
MAWDSLEY M/C AS

Voltage Probe
IM

Power
Analyzer

3-Ph Variac

PROCEDURE:

CONNECTION PROCEDURE OF MAWDSLEY MACHINE AS INDUCTION

MOTOR:
1. From the student manual of MAWDSLEY machine, make the connections of the stator windings in
delta fashion and then shot the rotor terminals to make the machine work as a induction motor.
2. Use these three terminals of the delta connected stator winding as the three terminals to connect to
supply.

NO LOAD TEST:
1. Make the connections as per the circuit diagram.
2. Apply rated voltage of 240V to the MAWDSLEY machine working as induction motor through
the three-phase VARIAC.
3. Note down the readings, power, input voltage, input current, power factor, speed.

BLOCKED ROTOR TEST:

1. Make the connections as per the circuit diagram.
2. By adjusting the three-phase VARIAC allow rated current through the machine with rotor blocked.
3. Note down the readings, power, input voltage, input current, power factor.
 REDUCED VOLTAGE TEST:
1. Make the connections as per the circuit diagram of no load test.
2. Apply rated voltage to the machine by using three-phase VARIAC.
3. Now gradually reduce the voltage in steps of 20V until 10% of slip.
4. Note down the readings, power, input voltage, input current, speed, power factor at every step.

RETARDATION TEST:
1. Make the connections as per the circuit diagram of no load test.
2. Run the machine under no load condition by applying rated voltage through VARIAC, and note
down the readings of no load voltage and no load speed of the machine.
3. Switch off the supply, note down the time for the speed of the machine to drop to zero.

LOAD TEST:
1. Make the connections as per the circuit diagram of load test.
2. Apply rated voltage to the machine using three-phase VARIAC.
3. Now excite the field of the DC machine and vary it to give rated voltage at its armature terminals.
4. Now the DC machine running as a DC generator is loaded gradually in steps until the input
current, of the MAWDSLEY machine working as a Induction motor, reaches its rated value.

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS IN A TABULAR FORM:

NO LOAD TEST:
1. No load test without DC excitation-:

S.No. Vin(V) Iin(A) Pin(W) Sin(VA) Qin(VAR) Speed P.F

1. 160 1.58 331 444 296 2909 .73
2. 180 1.61 347 508 378 2928 .67
3. 200 1.689 377 547 429 2940 .63
4. 220 1.712 385 606 556 2979 .58
5. 240 1.871 404 862 693 2998 .50
 2. No load test with DC excitation:-

S.No. Vin(V) Iin(A) Pin(W) Sin(VA) Qin(VAR) Speed P.F If

1. 160 1.778 413 514 307 2889 .8 .245
2. 180 1.831 422 564 373 2909 .75 .254
3. 200 1.857 457 655 469 3030 .7 .258
4. 220 1.87 444.6 694.6 548 3131 .65 .262
5. 240 1.98 448.6 810.7 684.8 3245 .55 .267
RETARDATION TEST:

S.No. Vin Iin N Time Pin PF

1. 240.9 1.99 2942 32.33 452.7 .55
d
J = Va I a ,
dt
452.7  32.33
J= = .154kgm2
307.922

BLOCKED ROTOR TEST:

Vin(V) Iin(A) Pin(KW) Sin(KVA) Qin(KVAr) P.F

118.4 11.04 1.22 2.16 1.78 .57
 Vin 118.4
Z in = = = 10.725 ,
I in 11.04
P
Rin = in 2 = 1.112 ,
3I in
X in = Z in 2 − Rin 2 = 10.67 ,
Rin
Rs = Rr = = .556
2
X
X s = X r = in = 5.33 ,
2

REDUCED VOLTAGE TEST:

Vin Iin Speed Pin DPF

240.6 2.10 2928 603.7 .66

220 2.13 2907 612.5 .75

200 2.18 2898 583.2 .8

180 2.25 2879 590.6 .83

160 2.37 2861 571.6 .89

LOAD TEST AT FULL RATED VOLTAGE:

Vin Iin Pin(W) P.F Pout(W) Vdc Idc Po(W) Speed Efficiency Torque
(RPM) (%) (N-M)

240.6 2.84 935.7 .81 468.72 255.2 1.71 436.392 2884 46.6 1.55
240.6 3.13 1.12k .85 639.50 258.6 2.23 576.678 2863 51.489 2.13
240.6 3.55 1.21k .86 707.59 253.9 2.78 698.225 2843 57.704 2.37
240.6 3.91 1.37k .88 846.63 254.6 3.29 837.634 2812 61.14 2.87
240.6 4.31 1.59k .89 1040.958 250.7 3.77 945.139 2792 59.44 3.56
LOAD TEST AT 75% RATED VOLTAGE:

Vin Iin Pin(W) P.F Pout(W) Vdc Idc Po(W) Efficiency Speed Torque
(%) (RPM) (N-M)
182.2 3.33 938.6 .89 448.01 255.4 1.66 423.964 45.16 2800 1.53
182.2 3.88 1.08k .90 558.45 250.1 2.17 542.717 50.62 2721 1.96
182.2 4.42 1.24k .91 683.45 245.5 2.66 653.03 52.66 2671 2.44
182.2 4.99 1.37k .91 771.58 240.3 3.12 749.736 54.725 2620 2.81
182.2 5.55 1.51k .91 865.49 234.5 3.56 864.82 57.27 2589 3.19
MATLAB SIMULATION: -

LOAD TEST:

NO LOAD TEST:
BLOCKED ROTOR TEST:

CONCLUSIONS:

1. We obtained the machine's magnetizing parameters from a no load test conducted at the rated voltage.
2. We determined the Mawdsley machine's resistance and inductance with the aid of the blocked rotor
test.
3. We also obtained the inertia constant value with the aid of the retardation test.

PRECAUTIONS:

1. Connections should be tight, loose connections should be avoided.

2. Care must be taken while loading the machine, i.e., current should not exceed the rated value of
either of the machines.
3. Machine should be given voltage through a VARIAC slowly to avoid high starting torques.
4. DC machine should be excited only after the test machine reaches its no load conditions.
5. DC machine should be taken to its rated condition before loading the machine through external
loading rheostat.