A Computer Aided Design of Wedge-Type Rotor-Bars in Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor.

Document Type : Research Studies

Author

Assistant Professor of Electrical Power and & Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

Abstract

 The deep-bar rotor induction motor is one of the most popular motors in the high starting-torque group of three-phase squirrel-cage induction motors. This motor is commonly fitted with deep-bars, of the wedge-form, on the rotor-side. Optimising the dimensions of these bars is a tedious work, especially when the motor is required to exert a strting-torque which exceeds the normal range. 
This paper presents a computer aided design of the wedge-type rotor-bar to fulfill this requirement. The design concept, relating the bar-dimensions to the basic group of the motor specifications, is given by taking into consideration the skin 
-effect just at starting. The iterative method employed to obtain the proper cross-section area of the conductor , as well as the method of checking the preliminary dimensions, are also explained in this paper. 
The design process is written in form of a digital program which gives for a given output power, the proper bar-dimensions for an extended range of starting-torque ratios. The results show that for a given output power, a starting-torque ratio higher than usual can be obtained on the expense of a little 
increase in the starting-current ratio. 
 
 

 

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