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Design and Voltage Supply of High-Speed Induction - Aaltodoc

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4.2.2 Input current<br />

A lower input current indicates lower magnetization current <strong>and</strong> better efficiency at partial loads. A<br />

smaller frequency converter could be selected in some cases. Because the resistive loss in the stator<br />

winding is the main loss component to determine the temperature rise in the winding, the input<br />

current <strong>and</strong> the temperature rise are assumed to go h<strong>and</strong> in h<strong>and</strong>.<br />

This can be seen in Fig. 4.5, which shows that the input current <strong>of</strong> the laminated rotor is 11 per cent<br />

lower at the input power <strong>of</strong> 65 kW. The difference is over 50 per cent at no-load. Thus, the<br />

laminated rotor is superior to the copper coated rotor in this respect. This is mainly due to a smaller<br />

air gap in the case <strong>of</strong> the laminated rotor as stated in Section 3.4.<br />

4.2.3 Slip <strong>of</strong> the rotor<br />

The slip <strong>of</strong> the rotor was chosen as a third characteristic for the comparison. The slip s does not<br />

relate to the total loss <strong>of</strong> the rotor but it gives the minimum load loss Ptl needed to produce the<br />

electromechanical power Pm from the airgap power Pδ. The operation principle <strong>of</strong> an induction<br />

machine dictates that the loss related to the torque producing components <strong>of</strong> power is the air gap<br />

power times the slip:<br />

( 1 s)<br />

P<br />

⎛<br />

⎜<br />

⎞<br />

⎟<br />

⎛<br />

⎜<br />

− ⎞<br />

⎟<br />

−<br />

⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠<br />

m<br />

s<br />

m = Pδ<br />

⎜ ⎟ = Pδ<br />

⎜ ⎟ = Pδ<br />

− sPδ<br />

= Pδ<br />

Ptl<br />

, (4.1)<br />

s<br />

s<br />

where Ωm <strong>and</strong> Ωs are the mechanical <strong>and</strong> synchronous speeds <strong>of</strong> the rotor. Ptl is a resistive loss<br />

mainly generated in the copper coating or in the squirrel cage. The slip depends on the impedance<br />

<strong>of</strong> the rotor. The smaller the impedance or resistance, the smaller the slip <strong>and</strong> the load loss Ptl:<br />

P<br />

s =<br />

P<br />

tl<br />

2<br />

r<br />

(4.2)<br />

δ<br />

Rr<br />

I<br />

∝<br />

P<br />

δ<br />

Fig. 4.6 shows that the comparison <strong>of</strong> slip goes against the laminated rotor. At the input power <strong>of</strong> 65<br />

kW, the slip <strong>of</strong> the laminated rotor is 52 % higher than the slip <strong>of</strong> the copper coated rotor. The rotor<br />

current in the laminated rotor seems to face a higher resistance. The amount <strong>of</strong> copper in the rotor<br />

cross section was the same in both <strong>of</strong> the rotors, but there was 27 per cent less copper at the end<br />

rings <strong>of</strong> the laminated rotor.

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