scholarly journals Thermal Analysis of Low-Power Three-Phase Induction Motors Operating under Voltage Unbalance and Inter-Turn Short Circuit Faults

Machines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Amel Adouni ◽  
Antonio J. Marques Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Induction Motor ◽  
Induction Motors ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Voltage Unbalance ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Supply Voltages ◽  
Early Fault Detection

Three-phase induction motors are considered to be the workhorse of industry. Therefore, induction motor faults are not only the cause of users’ frustrations but they also drive up the costs related to unexpected breakdowns, repair actions, and safety issues. One of the most critical faults in three-phase induction motors is related to the occurrence of inter-turn short circuits, due to its devastating consequences. The topic of inter-turn short-circuit faults in three-phase induction motors has been discussed over recent decades by several researchers. These studies have mainly dealt with early fault detection to avoid dramatic consequences. However, they fall short of addressing the potential burnout of the induction motor before the detection step. Furthermore, the cumulative action played by an inevitable degree of unbalanced supply voltages may exacerbate such consequences. For that reason, in deep detail, this paper delves into the thermal analysis of the induction motor when operating under these two harsh conditions: unbalanced supply voltages and the presence of the most incipient type of inter-turn short-circuit condition—a short-circuit between two turns only. In this work, the finite element method has been applied to create the faulty scenarios, and a commercial software (Flux2D) has been used in order to simulate the electromagnetic and thermal behavior of the machine for various degrees of severity of the aforementioned faulty modes. The obtained results confirm that the diagnostic tools reported in the literature might not be effective, failing to warrant the required lead time so that suitable actions can be taken to prevent permanent damage to the machine.

scholarly journals Unbalanced Voltages Impacts on the Energy Performance of Induction Motors

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique C. Quispe ◽  
Iván D. López ◽  
Fernando J. T. E. Ferreira ◽  
Vladimir Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Induction Motor ◽  
Induction Motors ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Positive Sequence ◽  
Negative Sequence ◽  
Voltage Unbalance ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Motor Load ◽  
Sequence Parameters

<p class="Abstract">This paper presents the results of a study about the effects of unbalanced voltages on the energy performance of three-phase induction motors. The principal contribution of this paper is that presents a detailed analysis of the influence of positive and negative sequence voltage components and the angle between them on several characteristics such as: line currents, losses, efficiency and power factor under different voltage unbalanced conditions. A three-phase induction motor of 3 HP was used as a case study. The results of the investigation show that the positive sequence voltage must be considered together with the voltage unbalance factor (VUF) or percent voltage unbalance (PVU) index to evaluate the performance of the induction motor. It is also shown that the behavior of the motor load influences on the positive sequence parameters next to the voltage, while in the case of negative sequence only influences the negative sequence voltage.</p>

Advance Protection for Three Phase Induction Motor using Microcontroller Atmega32

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Karan S Belsare ◽  
Gajanan D Patil
Keyword(s):  
Induction Motor ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Cost Factor ◽  
Protection Scheme ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
The Cost

A low cost and reliable protection scheme has been designed for a three phase induction motor against unbalance voltages, under voltage, over voltage, short circuit and overheating protection. Taking the cost factor into consideration the design has been proposed using microcontroller Atmega32, MOSFETs, relays, small CTs and PTs. However the sensitivity of the protection scheme has been not compromised. The design has been tested online in the laboratory for small motors and the same can be implemented for larger motors by replacing the i-v converters and relays of suitable ratings.

Unbalanced Three-Phase Induction Motors Starting and Arc Welding Machines Short-Circuit Modeling

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 2241-2248
Author(s):  
Marcel Chuma Cerbantes ◽  
Waldemar Pereira Mathias ◽  
Jose Roberto Sanches Mantovani
Keyword(s):  
Arc Welding ◽  
Induction Motors ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Circuit Modeling ◽  
Three Phase

scholarly journals Impact of voltage unbalance on the performance of three-phase induction motor

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Giridhar Kini ◽  
R C Bansal ◽  
R S Aithal
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Induction Motor ◽  
Process Industries ◽  
Voltage Unbalance ◽  
Voltage Variation ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Generating Capacity ◽  
Working Performance ◽  
Performance Variations

Availability of quality power has become an important issue for industrial utilities due to frequent performance variations in process industries. Increase in the generating capacity has not kept up pace of power demand, which results into shortage of power supply and power system network is normally subjected to varying and unequal loads across the three phases. Continuous variation of single-phase loads on the power system network leads to voltage variation and unbalance, most importantly; the three-phase voltages tend to become asymmetrical in nature. Application of asymmetrical voltages to induction motor driven systems severely affects its working performance. This paper presents the effects of voltage variation and unbalance on the performance of an induction motor driven centrifugal pump with a case study.

scholarly journals Windings Design for Single-phase Induction Motors Base on 4-phase Induction Motor (Case study: identical windings design)

2018 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 01023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuriman Anthony ◽  
Erhaneli Erhaneli ◽  
Zulkarnaini Zulkarnaini
Keyword(s):  
Induction Motor ◽  
Power Factor ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Induction Motors ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Motor Design

A 1-phase induction motor usually has a complicated windings design which compares to polyphase induction motor. In addition, a large capacitor start is required to operate the motor. It is an expensive way to operate the motor if it compare to polyphase induction motor. So, a new innovation method is required to make the motor more simple and cheaper. This research is purposed to study a new winding design for a single-phase capacitor motor. Winding design of the motor was conducted to a simple winding design like a 4-phase induction motor that has four identical windings. The comparator motor that use in this study was a Three-phase induction motor with data 1400 RPM, 1.5 HP, 50Hz, 380/220V, Y/Δ, 2.74/4.7A, 4 poles, that had the same current rating which the proposed method. The result showed that the motor design on this proposed method could be operated at 88.18 % power rating with power factor close to unity.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of Various Parameters during Speed Control of Three-phase Induction Motor Using GPIC and LabVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Adnan Ahmed ◽  
Abdul Majeed Shaikh ◽  
Muhammad Fawad Shaikh ◽  
Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh ◽  
Jahangir Badar Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Induction Motor ◽  
Induction Motors ◽  
Induction Machine ◽  
Speed Control ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Field Programmable ◽  
Input Source ◽  
Open Control

Induction motors are widely used from home to industrial applications. Speed of induction motor plays important role, so to control the speed of induction motor various techniques are adopted and one of these techniques is V/F control, which is adopted in this paper. This technique helps to control the speed in open control system in RPM. Moreover, Control is designed in LabVIEW, it is quite helpful to develop the circuit graphically and code is automatically written in the background to run on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The aim of this research is to study the impacts on diverse parameters during speed control of three phase induction machine with manipulation of GPIC. Solar technology is used as input source to drive the General-Purpose Inverter Controller (GPIC). Apart of this, impacts of modulation index and carrier frequency influencing the active, reactive and apparent power, temperature and power quality and current overshoot is analysed. MATLAB/Simulink and LabVIEW tools are used for simulation and results along with GPIC, Induction motor and solar panel as hardware.

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