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Delta induction motor: slip, rotor emf, turns ratio

Short answer

Synchronous speed is 1500 rpm, so slip is 0.04. Rotor frequency is 2 Hz and rotor emf per phase is 5.2 V. Stator to rotor turns ratio is 440/130 = 3.385.

A three-phase delta-connected 440 volts, 50 Hz, 4-pole induction motor has a rotor standstill emf per phase of 130 volts. If the motor is running at 1440 rpm, calculate the slip, frequency of rotor induced emf, the value of rotor induced emf per phase and stator to rotor turn ratio for same speed.

Synchronous speed:

Ns=120fP=120×504=1500 rpmN_s = \frac{120f}{P} = \frac{120\times 50}{4} = 1500\ \text{rpm}

Slip

s=Ns−NNs=1500−14401500=0.04 (4%)s = \frac{N_s - N}{N_s} = \frac{1500 - 1440}{1500} = 0.04 \ (4\%)

Frequency of rotor emf

fr=sf=0.04×50=2 Hzf_r = sf = 0.04\times 50 = 2\ \text{Hz}

Rotor induced emf per phase at 1440 rpm

The rotor emf per phase is proportional to slip: E2r=sE2E_{2r} = sE_{2}, where E2=130E_2 = 130 V is the standstill value.

E2r=0.04×130=5.2 VE_{2r} = 0.04\times 130 = 5.2\ \text{V}

Stator to rotor turns ratio

The stator is delta connected, so the stator phase voltage equals the line voltage, 440 V. At standstill the induction motor behaves like a transformer, so

N1N2=E1E2=440130=3.385\frac{N_1}{N_2} = \frac{E_1}{E_2} = \frac{440}{130} = 3.385

The turns ratio is independent of speed, so it is the same at 1440 rpm.

Answer: slip =0.04= 0.04 (4%4\%); rotor frequency =2 Hz= 2\ \text{Hz}; rotor emf per phase =5.2 V= 5.2\ \text{V}; turns ratio N1/N2=3.385N_1/N_2 = 3.385 (stator phase turns : rotor phase turns, about 3.38:1).

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