Basic Electrical Engineering (3110005)

BE | Semester-1   Winter-2019 | 11-01-2020

Q4) (c)

Explain Generation of Rotating Magnetic Field in 3-phase Induction Motor with diagrams and equations.

Generation of Rotating Magnetic Field (RMF)

  • When stationary three phase winding coils are supplied by an alternating 3-phase supply then uniform Rotating Magnetic Field (or flux) of constant value is produced.
  • The principle of 3-phase, 2-pole stator having three identical winding coils are placed by 120° electrical apart. The sinusoidal flux due to three phase windings is shown in Fig. 2.
  • The directions of the positive fluxes are shown individually below at different positions.
  • Let us say that the maximum value of the flux due to any one of the three phases be m . The resultant flux r , at any instant is given by the resultant sum of the individual fluxes 12, and 3, due to three phases.
  • We have considered the 16th time period apart corresponding to points marked 0, 1, 2 and 3 in Fig. 1.
 

When θ = 0° (at point 0),the Resultant flux,

We have,
 
1 = 0
 
2 = -32m
 
3 = 32m
 
Now,
 
r = 22 + 32  - 2 2 3  cos θ   
 
r = -32m2 + 32m2  - 2 -32m 32m  cos 60°   
 
r =  34m2  +34m2 + 34m2    
 
r =  34+34+ 34 m2    
 
r =  3 + 3 + 34 m2    
 
r =  94 m2    
 
r = 32m  
 

When θ = 60° (at point 1),the Resultant flux,

We have,
 
1 = 32m
 
2 = -32m
 
3 = 0
 
Now,
 
r = 12 + 22  - 2 1 2  cos θ   
 
r = 32m2 + -32m2  - 2 32m -32m  cos 60°   
 
r =  34m2  +34m2 + 3212m2    
 
r =  34+34+ 34 m2    
 
r =  3 + 3 + 34 m2    
 
r =  94 m2    
 
r = 32m  
 

When θ = 120° (at point 2),the Resultant flux,

We have,
 
1 = 32m
 
2 = 0
 
3 = -32m
 
Now,
 
r = 12 + 32  - 2 1 3  cos θ   
 
r = 32m2 + -32m2  - 2 32m -32m  cos 60°   
 
r =  34m2  +34m2 + 34m2    
 
r =  34+34+ 34 m2    
 
r =  3 + 3 + 34 m2    
 
r =  94 m2    
 
r = 32m  
 

When θ = 180° (at point 3),the Resultant flux,

We have,
 
1 = 0
 
2 = 32m
 
3 =- 32m
 
Now,
 
r = 22 + 32  - 2 2 3  cos θ   
 
r = -32m2 + 32m2  - 2 -32m 32m  cos 60°   
 
r =  34m2  +34m2 + 34m2    
 
r =  34+34+ 34 m2    
 
r =  3 + 3 + 34 m2    
 
r =  94 m2    
 
r = 32m  
 
FOR UNDERSTANDING ONLY
 
Note: Any above cases, any one vector has zero value and 60° is the angle between other two present vectors as per law of parallelogram, hence, in each above cases cos60 is considered. The value of θ is considered with sin function, as the waveforms are sinewaves.