Activity No.

2 Date Performed: 07/25/2021

Rating: _____________ Date Submitted: 07/26/2021

The Wound-rotor Induction Motor

I. Objectives

1. To perform graphical analysis on the speed, torque, and efficiency

of wound – rotor induction motor.

II. Materials/Apparatus

Amatrol’s Wound Rotor Motor Learning System (85-MT2D)

III. Circuit Diagram

IV. Theory

A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage induction
motor, but a rotor with insulated windings brought out via slip rings and
brushes.
However, no power is applied to the slip rings. Their sole purpose is to allow
resistance to be placed in series with the rotor windings while starting
(figure below). This resistance is shorted out once the motor is started to
make the rotor look electrically like the squirrel cage counterpart.
 V. Procedures

1. Assemble the components with the given specifications in the Power

Engineering Equipment Trainer to form the circuit represented by the
circuit diagram as shown in section 3.
2. Set the source of Power Engineering Equipment Trainer to 240 V, 60
Hz mains.
3. Using 72738 – Voltmeter, measure the line voltage and phase voltage
across each RL branch of the system.
4. Using 72731 – Ammeter, measure the line current and phase current
through each RL branch of the system.
5. Compare the computed and measured values.

VI. Data and Results

Given
Voltage Source Current
VAB VBC VCA I1 I2 I3
240 V 240 V 240 V 25 A 25 A 25 A

Measured
Power Torque
Line Phase Speed Efficiency
Vab Vbc Vca Vab Vbc Vca Ia Ib Ic
240 240 240 240 240 240
25 A 25 A 25 A 80% 80% 80%
V V V V V V
 Computed
Voltage Torque
Line Phase Speed Efficiency
Vab Vbc Vca Vab Vbc Vca Ia Ib Ic
240 240 240 240 240 240
25 A 25 A 25 A 80% 80% 80%
V V V V V V

VII. Computation

VIII. Observation/Conclusion/Generalization
The wound-rotor motors have the following advantages over the
squirrel cage motors : (i) High starting torque and low starting current. (ii)
Smooth acceleration under heavy load. (iii) No abnormal heating during
starting. When the motor reaches full speed the rotor poles are switched to
short circuit. During start-up the resistors reduce the field strength at the
stator. As a result the inrush current is reduced. Another
important advantage over squirrel-cage motors is higher starting torque.