Assignment

1. A 415V, 50Hz, 6 pole, 3-phase induction motor running at 975 rpm draws
40kW. The stator losses are 1 kW and friction and windage losses total 2kW. Find the
efficiency of the motor.
2. A 3-phase Induction Motor has efficiency as 79% and has stator copper loss equal to
sum of mechanical and iron losses and Rotor Cu loss equal to 1/3 of stator Cu loss
.Assuming mechanical loss equal to iron loss, Calculate the slip.
3. A 420V, 6 pole star connected Induction Motor has a stator impedance (0.07+j0.3)Ω and
stand still rotor impedance refer to stator is (0.08+j0.37)Ω. Neglecting the magnetizing
current determine the maximum internal developed power and the slip at which
developed power is maximum?
4. A 10kW 6 pole 50Hz 3-phase Induction Motor has linear torque slip char between 0 and
maximum torque. The slip at which maximum torque of 520 N-m occurs is 0.2. For
mechanical loss of 600W, find the speed at which motor would run when delivering rated
shaft power.
5. A 3-phase 100KW 415 V 50Hz 20 pole slip ring Induction Motor has resistance of 0.06Ω
Measured between each pair of slip ring.This motor delivers a fan which requires 100kW
at a full load slip of 0.03 the torque demand of the fan varies as square of speed. What
resistance should be inserted in series with each slip ring so that fan will run at 210rpm?
Assume torque slip characteristics as a straight line from no load to full load speed of the
motor.
6. The speed of 4-pole Induction Motor is control by varying the supply frequency while
maintaining the ratio of supply voltage to supply frequency (V/f) constant at rated
frequency 50Hz and rated voltage 400V its speed in 1440rpm. Find the speed at 30Hz if
load torque is constant.
7. (a)A 3-phase Squirrel Cage Induction Motor has a starting current of 7 times full load
current and full load slip is 5%.If an auto transformer is used for reduced voltage starting
to provide 1.5pu starting torque ,what should be the auto transformer ratio %?
(b) If star delta stator is used to start the Induction Motor then what will be the
per unit starting torque?
(c) For a starting torque of 0.5pu what should be the per unit starting current?
8. The rotor of a 3-phase induction motor has 0.04Ω resistance per phase and 0.2Ω
standstill reactance per phase. What external resistance is required in the rotor circuit in
order to get half of the maximum torque at starting?
9. For a 3-phase induction motor, what fraction/multiple of supply voltage is required for a
direct-on-line starting method such that starting current is limited to 4 times the full-load
current initially and motor develops 1.5 times full-load torque at starting time assuming
full load slip is 5%?
10. A 3-phase, 37KW induction motor has an efficiency of 90% when delivering full load. At
this load the stator copper losses are equal and are equal to stator iron losses. The
mechanical losses are one-third of no-load losses. Find the slip of the motor.
11. A 3-phase,12KW, 400V, 4 pole, 50Hz, star connected induction motor draws 20A on
full load. Its no load and blocked rotor test data are given below.
No load test : 400V 6A 426W
Blocked Rotor Test: 90V 17A 600W
Neglecting copper loss in no-load test and core loss in Blocked Rotor test, What will be
the motor’s full load efficiency?
12. A 3-phase, 20KW, 400V, 1470 rpm, 50Hz squirrel cage induction motor develops a
torque of 100N-m. If it is connected to a 40Hz supply, what should be the new speed and
supply voltage to keep the same air-gap flux and the same load torque?
13. A 3-phase wound rotor induction motor has star connected rotor winding with rotor
winding resistance of 0.12Ω/ph with the slip rings shorted, the motor develops rated
torque at a slip of 0.04 and a line current of 100A. What external resistance must be
inserted in each rotor phase to limit the starting current 100A.
14. A 10KW, 400V, 3-phase induction motor with star delta starter, has full load efficiency
as 0.86, the full load pf is 0.8 and short circuit current as 30A at 100V . What is the ratio
of starting to full load current ?
15. A two pole, 50Hz, induction motor supplies 15KW to a load at a speed of 2950rev/min. If
the torque is doubled, what will be the power supplied by the motor
(Assume torque-speed curve as linear at this slip)
16. A 3-phase 6.6KV, 20 pole, 50Hz induction motor has rotor resistance per phase of 0.12Ω
and standstill reactance of 1.12Ω. The motor speed at full load is 292.5rpm, What is the
ratio of maximum to full load torque?
17. The rotor of a 6-pole, 50Hz slip ring induction motor has a resistance of 0.25Ω/ph and
run at 960rpm. What will be the external resistance/ph to be added to lower the speed to
800rpm with load torque reducing to ¾ th of the previous value?
18. A 3-phase, 4-pole 1440rm, 50Hz induction motor has star-connected rotor winding,
having a resistance of 0.2Ω/ph and a standstill leakage reactance of 1Ω/ph.When the
stator is energized at rated voltage and frequency, the rotor induced e.m.f at standstill is
120V/ph.
(a) Calculate the rotor current,
(b) Rotor power factor,
(c) Torque both at starting and at full load .
19. A 10KW, 400V, 3-phase, 4-pole, 50Hz slipring induction motor develops rated output at
rated voltage and frequency and with slip rings short circuited. The maximum torque
equal to twice the full-load torque, occurs at a slip of 10% with zero external resistance in
the rotor circuit. Stator resistance and rotational losses are neglected. Determine
(a) Slip and rotor speed at full-load torque, (b) Rotor ohmic losses at full-load torque. (c)
Starting torque at rated voltage and frequency, (d) Starting current in terms of full-load
current.
20. A 60KW, 400V 3-phase, 6-pole, 50Hz wound rotor induction motor has a full-load slip
of 0.04 when operating at rated voltage and frequency with rotor winding short circuited
at slip rings. The slip at maximum torque is 0.2. Stator resistance and rotational losses are
neglected. Determine
 (a) The maximum torque
(b) Full-load rotor ohmic losses.
21. For a 3-phase induction motor, maximum torque is twice the full-load
torque and starting torque is 1.6 times the full-load torque. In order to get a full load slip
of 5%, calculate the percentage reduction in rotor circuit resistance. Neglect stator
impedance.
22. A 3-phase induction motor with , has a starting torque of 25Nm. For negligible
stator impedance and no-load current, determine the starting torque in case the rotor-
circuit resistance per phase is (a) doubled (b) halved.
23. In a 3-phase induction motor, leakage resistance is four times the resistance for both
stator and rotor circuits. But stator leakage reactance is equal to rotor standstill leakage
reactance referred to stator the motor develops a torque of 200Nm at a slip of 0.04.
Compute the starting and maximum torques. Neglect exciting current.
24. A 7.5Kw, 420V, 3-phase, star-connected, 50Hz, 4-pole squirrel cage induction motor
develops full-load torque at a slip of 4% under rated voltage and frequency conditions.
Friction, windage and core losses are to be neglected. The machine has the following
impedance Data: r1= 1.2 ohms; x1=x2=1.4 ohms and Xm = 38.6 ohms.
Determine the maximum torque at rated voltage and frequency and the slip at which it
occurs. Also calculate the starting torque.
25. A 100Kw, 3-phase, 420V, 6-pole, 50Hz wound-rotor induction motor, with its rotor
winding short circuited, has a full-load slip of 0.04 and the slip at maximum torque of 0.2
when operating at rated voltage and frequency. Neglect stator resistance and rotational
losses. Find (a) maximum torque, (b) starting torque and (c) full-load rotor ohmic loss.
26. A 100KW, 3-phase, 420V, 6-pole, 50Hz wound-rotor induction motor, with its rotor
winding short circuited, has a full-load slip of 0.04 and the slip at maximum torque of 0.2
when operating at rated voltage and frequency. Neglect stator resistance and rotational
losses. The rotor resistance is now doubled by adding external resistance. Determine (a)
slip at fullload output (b) full-load torque (c) slip at maximum torque.
27. A 50Hz, 440V, three-phase, 4-pole induction motor develops half the rated torque at
1490rpm. With the applied voltage magnitude remaining at the rated value, what should
be its frequency if the motor has to develop the same torque at 1600rpm? Neglect stator
and rotor winding resistances, leakage reactances and iron losses.
28. A 10KW, 50Hz, 3-phase induction motor develops rated torque at 1440rpm. In case load
torque is reduced to half, find the motor speed and the power output. Assume linear
torqueslip characteristics near the operating range.
29. A 3-phase, 4-pole, 60KW, 50Hz induction motor connected to rated supply voltage and
running without load consumes 3KW. When prevented from rotating it draws rated
current at 30% rated supply and takes a power input of 4KW . Assuming that under rated
load conditions, the stator and rotor copper losses are equal and that the mechanical
losses are 30% of the no-load losses, determine (a) slip at rated load and (b) starting
torque of the motor with rated applied voltage.
30. A three-phase, 460 V, 60 Hz induction machine produces 100 hp at the shaft at 1746 rpm.
Determine the efficiency of the motor if rotational losses are 3500 W and stator copper
losses are 3000 W.