
6.5 Torque and Power by Use of Thevenin's Theorem
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it can start in the other direction. Accordingly, the region from s = 1.0 to s -- 2.0 is
labeled "Braking region" in Fig. 6.14.
The induction machine will operate as a generator if its stator terminals are
connected to a polyphase voltage source and its rotor is driven above synchronous
speed (resulting in a negative slip) by a prime mover, as shown in Fig. 6.14. The source
fixes the synchronous speed and supplies the reactive power input required to excite
the air-gap magnetic field. One such application is that of an induction generator
connected to a power system and driven by a wind turbine.
An expression for the
maximum electromechanical torque,
or
breakdown torque,
Tmax, indicated in Fig. 6.15, can be obtained readily from circuit considerations. As
can be seen from Eq. 6.25, the electromechanical torque is a maximum when the
power delivered to
R2/s
in Fig. 6.13a is a maximum. It can be shown that this power
will be greatest when the impedance of
R2/s
equals the magnitude of the impedance
Rl,eq -+- j (Xl,eq + X2) between it and the constant equivalent voltage (Zl,eq. Thus,
maximum electromechanical torque will occur at a value of slip (SmaxT) for which
R2 = v/R21,eq + (Xl,eq + X2) 2
(6.34)
SmaxT
The slip SmaxT at maximum torque is therefore
R2 (6.35)
SmaxT -- V/Rzl,eq + (Xl,eq + X2)2
and the corresponding torque is, from Eq. 6.33,
[ 1
1 0.5nph V 2
Tmax = __ 1,eq
v/R + (Xl,eq Jr- X2) 2
COs Rl,eq -+" 1,eq
(6.36)
where COs is the synchronous mechanical angular velocity as given by Eq. 6.26.
For the motor of Example 6.2, determine (a) the load component 12 of the stator current, the
electromechanical torque Tmech, and the electromechanical power
Pmech
for a slip s = 0.03; (b) the
maximum electromechanical torque and the corresponding speed; and (c) the electromechanical
starting torque
Tstar t
and the corresponding stator load current 12,start.
II
Solution
First reduce the circuit to its Thevenin-equivalent form. From Eq. 6.29,
Vl,eq --
122.3 V and
from Eq. 6.31, Rl,~q + jXl,~q = 0.273 + j0.490 ~.
a. At s = 0.03,
R2/s
--
4.80. Then, from Fig. 6.13a,
12 __
gl,eq __ __ 122.3 -- -- 23.9 A
v/(Rl,eq +
R2/s) 2 +
(Xl,eq + X2) 2 ~/(5.07) z + (0.699) z
EXAMPLE 6.3