This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about three-phase induction motors. It addresses topics such as:
- The principles of operation, including how slip-frequency currents are set up in the rotor and why torque is generated.
- Key parameters like synchronous speed, slip, and their relationships to supply frequency and number of pole pairs.
- Common rotor types, losses, torque-speed characteristics, and starting methods.
- Performance calculations involving slip, rotor losses, output power, and efficiency.
The questions cover the basic theory and operation of three-phase induction motors.
This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about three-phase induction motors. It addresses topics such as:
- The principles of operation, including how slip-frequency currents are set up in the rotor and why torque is generated.
- Key parameters like synchronous speed, slip, and their relationships to supply frequency and number of pole pairs.
- Common rotor types, losses, torque-speed characteristics, and starting methods.
- Performance calculations involving slip, rotor losses, output power, and efficiency.
The questions cover the basic theory and operation of three-phase induction motors.
This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about three-phase induction motors. It addresses topics such as:
- The principles of operation, including how slip-frequency currents are set up in the rotor and why torque is generated.
- Key parameters like synchronous speed, slip, and their relationships to supply frequency and number of pole pairs.
- Common rotor types, losses, torque-speed characteristics, and starting methods.
- Performance calculations involving slip, rotor losses, output power, and efficiency.
The questions cover the basic theory and operation of three-phase induction motors.
1. Name three advantages that a three-phase induction motor has when
compared with a d.c. motor 2. Name the principal disadvantage of a three phase induction motor when compared with a d.c. motor 3. Explain briefly, with the aid of sketches, the principle of operation of a 3-phase induction motor 4. Explain briefly how slip-frequency currents are set up in the rotor bars of a 3-phase induction motor and why this frequency varies with load 5. Explain briefly why a 3-phase induction motor develops no torque when running at synchronous speed. Define the slip of an induction motor and explain why its value depends on the load on the rotor. 6. Write down the two properties of the magnetic field produced by the stator of a three phase induction motor 7. The speed at which the magnetic field of a three-phase induction motor rotates is called the . . . . . . Speed 8. The synchronous speed of a three-phase induction motor is . . . . . . proportional to supply frequency 9. The synchronous speed of a three-phase induction motor is . . . . . . proportional to the number of pairs of poles 10. The type of rotor most widely used in a three phase induction motor is called a . . . . . . 11. The slip of a three-phase induction motor is given by: s= . . . . . . . . . 100% 12. A typical value for the slip of a small three phase induction motor is ...% 13. As the load on the rotor of a three-phase induction motor increases, the slip . . . . . . 14. Rotor copper loss/Rotor input power = . . . . . . 15. State the losses in an induction motor 16. Maximum torque occurs when . . . . . . = . . . . . . 17. Sketch a typical speed-torque characteristic for an induction motor 18. State two methods of starting squirrel-cage induction motors 19. Which type of induction motor is used when starting on-load is necessary? 20. Describe briefly a double cage induction 21. The frequency of the supply to the stator of a 6-pole induction motor is 50 Hz and the rotor frequency is 2 Hz. Determine (a) the slip, and (b) the rotor speed, in rev/min 22. The power supplied to a three-phase induction motor is 32kW and the stator losses are 1200W. If the slip is 5 per cent, determine (a) the rotor copper loss, (b) the total mechanical power developed by the rotor, (c) the output power of the motor if friction and windage losses are 750W, and (d) the efficiency of the motor, neglecting rotor iron loss.
ST - Joseph'S College of Engineering, Chennai - 119 Model - Iii Examinations October 2010 Sub: Sub. Code: EI 2201 Branch: Semester: III Duration: 3 Hours Max - Marks: 100