An experimental study of the operating characteristics of an asynchronous motor with pulse supply

Abstract

The fundamentals of design procedure of performance data of controlled asynchronous motors (AMs) supplied with pulse voltage are stated in this article. The proposed model is based on a L-shaped equivalent circuit for each of harmonics, on which the curve of applied to a phase voltage is displayed. It is proposed to find the increase of magnetic iron loss caused by hysteresis in proportion to the peak value of the pulse voltage. The influence of PWM voltage on magnetic hysteresis loss is determined by using a coefficient depending on the effective values of fundamental and higher harmonics of the EMF and voltages, as well as the coefficient taking into account the increase of electrical resistance of iron due to the skin effect. In a similar way, it is proposed to take into account magnetic losses in the rotor that are occasioned only by the influence of higher harmonics. It is proposed to determine the increase of resistance and decrease of the inductance of short-circuited rotor of the influence of currents of higher harmonics by the well-known Interelectro methodology. The resulting values of consumption current, power factor, effective power, and consumption power of an asynchronous motor with pulse voltage are calculated taking into account the total effect of currents and voltages of fundamental and higher harmonics. Based on the methodology that we have laid out, a program was written and modeling was carried out of the operational characteristics of an asynchronous motor with a power of 180 W supplied by a PWM inverter with a fundamental frequency of 50 Hz. In addition, the harmonic composition of pulse voltage was obtained by processing the oscillograms taken from phase windings of the motor supplied by the frequency converter. To experimentally check of the proposed model, an experimental plant for loading the asynchronous motor was assembled and the operational characteristics of asynchronous motor with the fundamental harmonic of 50 Hz were determined. The experimental results showed satisfactory convergence with the calculated results that makes it possible to recommend the proposed methodology to evaluate the energy indices of frequencycontrolled asynchronous motors.