Part A Answer All Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Why the slots on the rotor of an induction motor are usually skewed?

? Why an induction motor cannot run at synchronous speed?

7 x 2 = 14

When the applied voltage per phase is reduced to one half. How the starting torque of squirrel cage induction motor will change? What is the condition for getting maximum torque at starting in a 3-phase induction motor? The iron losses in the rotor of an induction motor are normally neglected? Justify this. Differentiate slip ring and squirrel cage induction motor based on construction. A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 8-pole induction motor has full-load slip of 2 %. The rotor resistance and stand still rotor reactance per phase are 0.001 and 0.005 respectively. Find the ratio of maximum to full load torque. Part B Answer Any Three Questions 3 x 12 = 36

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a) Derive the equation for torque developed by an induction motor and deduce the condition for maximum torque. (8) b) A 4-pole, 50 Hz, 3-phase wound rotor induction motor has a rotor resistance & reactance per phase of 0.02 and 0.1 respectively. What must be the value of the external resistance per phase to be inserted in the rotor circuit such that the starting torque is two-thirds of maximum torque? (4) (6)

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a) Draw and explain the torque slip characteristics of 3-phase induction motor.

b) A 1100 V, 50 Hz, delta connected induction motor has a star connected slip ring rotor with a phase transformation ratio of 1/3.8. The rotor resistance and stand still leakage reactance are 0.012 and 0.25 per phase respectively. Neglect stator impedance and magnetizing current. Determine (i) rotor current at starting with slip ring shorted (ii) rotor power factor at starting with slip ring shorted (iii) rotor current at 4% slip with slip rings short circuited (iv) the rotor power factor at 4% slip with slip rings shorted (v) the external rotor resistance per phase required to obtain a starting current of 100A per phase in the stator supply lines. 10. (6)

A 15 Kw, 4 pole, 50 Hz, 3-phase induction motor has friction and windage losses of 3 % of the net output power. The slip at full load is 5%. The stator losses are 1.5 Kw. Calculate (i) rotor copper loss (ii) rotor input power (iii) input power to the motor (iv) full load efficiency (v) shaft torque (vi) gross torque (vii) torque required to overcome mechanical losses. (12)