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Speed Control of Induction Motor

using V/f Technique

(Phase I)

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Bachelor of Technology

Submitted by

Jeetesh Kumar (08010815)

Kamakhya Prasad Basumatary (08010817)

Supervisor

Professor A. K. Gogoi

(Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati)


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Certificate

This is to certify that the work contained in this thesis entitled Speed Control of I nduction M otor usingV/f technique, is a bonafide work of Jeetesh Kumar (08010815) and Kamakhya Prasad Basumatary(08010817) , carried out in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati under

my supervision and it has not been submitted elsewhere.

Date:

Place:

(SupervisorsSignature)

A.K.Gogoi

Proffesor,

Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

IIT Guwahati


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Contents:

1. Introduction 12. Operation of induction motors2

2.1Equivalent circuit and control of speed of induction motor.22.2Pulse Width Modulated Inverter..52.3Three phase harmonic filter..6

3. Basic features of the project73.1Determining the parameters of induction motor..73.2Modeling of 3-phase voltage source inverter in MATLAB Simulink113.3Harmonic Distortion in the motor...12

4. Potential Applications...135. Future work/ Plan for overall thesis..14


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1 Introduction:

It is very important to control the speed of induction motors in industrial and engineering

applications. Efficient control strategies are used for reducing operation cost too. Speed control

techniques of induction motors can be broadly classified into two typesscalar control and vector

control. Scalar control involves controlling the magnitude of voltage or frequency of the induction motor.

Figure1. Torque-Speed characteristic of induction Motor

Having known the Torque-speed characteristic of the motor, its speed can be controlled in three ways:

i) Changing the number of polesii) Varying the input voltage at fixed frequencyiii) Varying both the input voltage and frequency accordingly

To maintain torque capability of the motor close to the rated torque at any frequency, the air gap flux, agis maintained constant. Any reduction in the supply frequency without changing the supple voltage will

increase the air gap flux and the motor may go to saturation. This will increase the magnetizing current,

distort the line current and voltage, increase the core loss and copper loss, and it makes the system noisy.

The air gap voltage is related to ag and the frequency f as,

Eag =k1agf (1)

Input voltage, Vsk1agf (2)

or, ag = constant Vs

f (3)

where k1 is a constant.


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We shall be concentrating on the third method throughout the project, beginning with analyzing the

parameters of the induction motor and the harmonic contents.

2 Operation of induction motors:

When a balanced set of three-phase sinusoidal voltages is applied to the stator of an induction

motor, a constant amplitude flux is produced in the air-gap which rotates with a constant speed called the

synchronous speed. For a p pole machine, the synchronous speed is given as

Ns =120f

p (revolutions per minute) (5)

where, f is the frequency of the applied voltages and currents. Due to the rotating air-gap flux, a counter-

emf, called the air-gap voltage is induced in each of the stator phases at frequency f. The torque in an

induction motor is produced by the interaction of the air-gap flux and the rotor currents. If the rotor

rotates at synchronous speed, there is no relative motion between the air-gap flux and the rotor, and hence

there is no induced voltages, currents and torque in the rotor. At any other speed rof the rotor in the

same direction of the air-gap flux rotation the motor moves with respect to the air-gap flux at a relativespeed called the slip speed sl,where

sl = s - r (6)

The slip speed normalized by the synchronous speed gives the slip :

= = srs (7)2.1 The equivalent circuit and control of speed of induction motor:

To study the behavior of the induction motor at various operating conditions, it is convenient to

derive an equivalent circuit of the motor under sinusoidal steady state operating conditions. For a

balanced 3 phase system, equivalent circuit for any one phase will suffice.

Figure 2. Equivalent circuit of the induction motor

From the per-phase equivalent circuit of the induction motor, the current drawn by the circuit is,


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Is =VsRs+Rr +j(X ls+X lr ) (8)

The air-gap power is given as,

Pag = 3 | Is|2Rrs

(9)

=3V s2Rs+Rr 2+jX ls+Xlr 2 . Rr

s

(10)

Mechanical output power is given as,

Pm= (1-s)Pag (11)

Hence, the mechanical torque is given as,

Te =Pm

m

(12)

= 1sPag(1s)s (13)

=3Is2Rr'

ss (14)=

3s . V2

s

Rs+R rs2+X ls+X lr 2 .

Rrs

(15)

Plotting the torque against slip or speed gives us the torque-speed characteristic of the motor.

Figure 3. Torque-speed curve for normal operation Figure 4. Torque-speed curve for variable voltage


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For positive values of slip, the torque-speed curve has a peak. This is the maximum torque

produced by the motor and is called the breakdown torque or the stalling torque. Its value can be

calculated by differentiating the torque expression with respect to slip and then setting it to zero to get ,the slip at the maximum torque.

Slip at maximum torque,

= Rr Rr 2+X ls+Xlr 2 (16)Maximum torque,

Temax =3V s2

2s . 1RsR2s+X ls+X lr 2 (17)From equation (15) we observe that the torque is proportional to the square of applied voltage. Figure 4

shows the variation of torque-speed curves with changing applied voltage.

Figure 5. Torque-speed curves for constant Eag/f Figure 6. Torque-speed curves for constant V/f

To avoid saturation in the motor, the air-gap flux must be kept constant. From equation (1), to

keep agconstant, we vary Eagproportionate to f. The developed torque is given as,

TE/f =k2f2

R r

s

2+

Llr2 .Rr s (18)

Slip at maximum torque,

= r lr (19)


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Maximum torque,

TE/f =2

82lr (20)Equation (20) shows that the maximum torque is independent of frequency and hence remains the same

for each E/f and the maximum torque occurs at a speed lower than the synchronous speed for eachcombination of E and f . However, we get a slightly different set of curves for constant V/f, so for fixed

V, E changes with operating slip and the maximum torque is reduced, as shown in figure 6.

2.2 Pulse-Width-Modulated inverter:

For obtaining variable speed/ voltage control of induction motors, various DC-AC

converters (inverters) are used to drive the motors. The function of the inverter is to change a DC

input voltage to a symmetric AC output of desired magnitude and frequency. A typical three-

phase inverter is shown in the figure below. A balanced set of sinusoidal voltages are fed as inputto the inverter to obtain a constant rectified DC voltage, which is again smoothed through the DC

link capacitor(s). The semiconductor switches are eventually driven by the smoothed DC

voltage.

The output voltage may be fixed or variable at a fixed or variable frequency. Variable

voltage can be obtained by varying the gain of the inverter, which is usually done by using Pulse

Width Modulation (PWM) control within the inverter.

Figure 7. A variable frequency 3-phase motor drive ( inverter)

In PWM inverters the gating signals for the 6 switches are generated by comparing a

sinusoidal reference signal with a triangular wave. The frequency of the reference signal

determines the inverter output frequency and its peak amplitude controls the modulation index,

which in turn controls the rms output voltage. Figure 8 shows the typical process of generating a

sinusoidal PWM signal. Vcontrol_A, Vcontrol_B,Vcontrol_Care the reference signals equally shifted

away from one another (120) and these are compared with the instantaneous points of the carrier


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signal Vtri. The gating pulses are hence obtained which drive the switches and we get the Pulse

Width Modulated signals as the output of the inverter.

Figure 8. Generation of PWM signals and inverter output signals.

Vtri= carrier signal; Vcontrol_A, Vcontrol_B,Vcontrol_C are the 3 phases of the balanced sinusoidal input

voltage; VA0,VB0,VC0are the output phase voltages; VAB is the line-line output voltage.

2.3 Three Phase Harmonic Filter:

Three phase harmonic filters are used in power system to decrease voltage distortion and

for power factor correction. Nonlinear elements like power electronic converters generateharmonic currents and voltages. The resulting distorted currents flowing through the system

impedance produces harmonic voltage distortion. Harmonic filters reduce distortion by diverting

harmonic currents in low impedance paths. Harmonic filters are designed to be capacitive at

fundamental frequency, so that they also produce reactive power required by converters and for

power factor correction. Here, we use a double-tuned harmonic filter which consists of RLC

elements and it is essentially a bandpass filter. The filter basically filters the lowest order

harmonics( 5th

, 7th

, 11th

, 13th

).

Figure 9. Double tuned harmonic filter (MATLAB Simulink)


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3 Basic features of the project:

We start off with finding the parameter variations of the induction motor during its operation,

particularly the variations in rotor resistance and reactance due to the variations in frequency of the motor.

We also look into the harmonic contents of the electrical quantities (voltages and currents) at different

stages of the drive set-up and make proper adjustments to minimize the effects of harmonics to get abetter control of the motor.

3.1 Determining the parameters of the induction motor:

The most widely used tests for determining the motor parameters are:

i) DC test: To find the stator resistance.ii) No-Load test: To find the magnetizing branch inductance and core loss resistance.iii) Locked- rotor test: To find the rotor resistance and reactance.

DC test:

A DC voltage is applied to the stator. In this case the equivalent circuit will consist only of the

stator resistance. For motors with star connected stator terminals (as used in the simulations) the circuit

for DC test is given as:

Figure 10. Equivalent circuit for DC test.

The stator voltage can be found out as,

Rs =Vdc

2Idc (21)

No-Load test:

Figure 10.is the equivalent circuit for the No-Load test.


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Figure 11. Equivalent circuit for No-Load test Figure 12. Equivalent circuit for locked-rotor test

Here the rotor circuit is kept open and the slip is zero. The magnetizing branch impedance is large

compared to the stator impedance. Hence the voltage drop across the stator impedance is neglected and

the total power drawn is assumed to be entirely consumed as core loss.

The no-load power factor is given by

cos0 = P1VsI0

(22)

where, P1is the input power per phase.

Magnetizing current is calculated as,

Im = I0sin 0 (23)

and the core-loss current is given by,

Ic = I0cos 0 (24)

The magnetizing inductance is found as,

Lm =Vs

2 fsIm (25)

The core-loss resistance is given by,

Rc =Vs

Ic (26)

Locked-Rotor test:

The rotor is blocked and kept at standstill. For this test the slip is unity and the equivalent

circuit looks like a secondary-shorted transformer. The magnetizing branch impedance is higher

compared to the rotor impedance and so the magnetizing branch is neglected in the equivalent

circuit.


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The short-circuit power factor obtained from the equivalent circuit is given by,

cossc= PscVscIsc

(27)

where , Vscsnd Iscare the short-circuit voltage and current respectively.

The short-circuit impedance is given by,

Zsc =Vsc

Isc (28)

The rotor resistance is given as,

Rr = Zsccos scRs (29)

The total leakage reactance is given as,

Xeq= Zscsin sc (30)

Xeqis the sum of the stator and referred-rotor leakage reactance

Xeq = Xls+ Xlr (31)

Usually the value of stator reactance is taken same as that of the referred rotor leakage reactance. For

accurate results, the following pattern can be followed for various motors:

Motor Stator inductance (% of Xeq) Rotor inductance (% of Xeq)

Squirrel Cage Class A 50 50

Squirrel Cage Class B 40 60

Squirrel Cage Class C 30 70

Squirrel Cage Class D 50 50

Wound Rotor 50 50

Table 1. Standard stator and rotor inductances for induction motors

For the simulations we have used a squirrel-cage induction motor with the following parameters:

Nominal Power= 5 hp ; Nominal Line-line Voltage = 460 V ; Frequency= 60 Hz

We run the simulation for different values of input frequency and observe the induction motor

parameters:

Frequency(Hz) Lm Rc Rr Xeq Rs

60 0.208 582.692 1.017 4.45 1.11550 0.207 728.86 1.018 3.726 1.115

40 0.209 906.4 1.020 2.982 1.115

30 0.211 898.73 1.018 2.257 1.115

20 0.210 549.48 0.411 2.132 1.115

Table 2. Motor parameters at different frequencies.

The variation of parameters with frequency is due to the skin effect and other non-linear imperfectionssuch as heating and main flux path saturation. This analysis of parameters is important for vector control


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schemes. The changes in the magnetizing parameters are critical for obtaining self-excitation in self-excited induction machines. Measuring data at zero and synchronous speed is very difficult. At zero speed

the machine is switched on with full voltage, due to which a transient current is produced , the peak valueof which may be substantially higher than the steady-state current. This problem can be solved by rotatingthe motor in reverse direction, reversing the phase sequence and start sampling as soon as the speedreaches zero. At synchronous speed, the induction motor will not normally run at synchronous speed.

This can be solved by coupling the induction motor with a synchronous motor with the same number ofpoles, such that the measured data is taken at exact synchronous speed[14].

The control scheme used in the project is an open loop control (manual control) in whichcontrolling parameters are fixed or set by a user and the system finds its own equilibrium state. In the caseof a motor the desired operating equilibrium may be the motor speed or its angular position. Thecontrolling parameters such as the supply voltage or the load on the motor may or may not be under thecontrol of the user. If any of the parameters such as the load or the supply voltage are changed then the

motor will find a new equilibrium state, in this case it will settle at a different speed. The actualequilibrium state can be changed by forcing a change in the parameters over which the user has control.

Frequency(Hz) Speed(rpm) Torque(Nm)

20 594 21.0625 731 20.87

30 871 18.04

35 1045 25.86

40 1165 20.42

45 1298 20.36

50 1443 21.34

55 1578 20.16

60 1708 21.8

Table3. Motor speed and torque at different frequencies, at load 19.78 pu [speed up test]

The double tuned harmonic filter used to filter harmonic distortion ( Figure 9) consists of a series

LC circuit and a parallel RLC circuit. If f1and f2are the tuning frequencies, the filter is tuned

approximately the geometric mean frequency fm=f1f2.

Tuned harmonic order,

n =fm

f1= XC

XL (32)

The quality factor of the double tuned filter is defined as the quality factor of the parallel L, R elements atthe mean frequency fm, and is given by,

Q =R

L2fm (33)


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3.2 Modeling a 3-Phase voltage source inverter in MATLAB Simulink:

A 3-phase voltage source inverter is designed in Simulink using MOSFETs as switching

devices.

Figure 13. 3-phase sinusoidal PWM inverter

Figure 14a. Line current without filter at no-load; THD= .7366

Figure 14b. Line current without filter at load 19.78 pu; THD= 0.4009

Figure 14c. Line current with filter at no-load; THD= 0.2612


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Figure 14d. Line current with filter at load 19.78 pu; THD= 0.0818

From the simulation results (Figures 14a15d, 15, 16) we observe,

i) THD of line current in the system with filter is lower than the system withoutfilter.

ii) THD of line current in the system is lower if system is loaded than the systemwithout load.

iii) Similar results are obtained in case of line voltages, rotor and stator currents, andthe fluxes.

iv) The steady state fluctuation in torque and speed is also reduced after applicationof filter and mechanical load.

3.3 Harmonic distortion in the induction motor:

The induction motor has been assumed to be driven by ideal 3 phase, balanced, and sinusoidal set

of voltages. But practically the supply phases are not perfectly sinusoidal and these contain higher

frequency components that are harmonics of the fundamental frequency [3]. Harmonics also appear due

to the non-linear load connected to the supply in the form of inverters and motors. Generally theharmonics generated by 3-phase PWM 6-pulse inverters, like the one used here, are the odd harmonics

excluding the multiples of 3rdharmonic ( 5,7,11, 13, etc.) [3]. The most prominent among these

harmonics are the 5th, 7th, 11thand 13th. As the order of harmonic gets higher, their magnitude becomes

negligible and these are easier to eliminate using filters.

The harmonic distortion present in any signal is measured by the Total Harmonic Distortion

(THD) and is given by,

THD =

An

A1

=2

2 (34)

where, Anare the rms values of the non-fundamental harmonic components and A1is the rms value of the

fundamental component.

The drive model is first simulated without using any filter and we get the following responses

from the motor:


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Figure 15. Simulation graphs of motor parameters without harmonic filter

The drive model is simulated again, for the same time period and with the same specifications,

with a 3-phase harmonic filter at the inverter output. Following are the results:

Figure 16. Simulation graphs of motor parameters with harmonic filter


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Figure 17a. FFT of Vab without filter Figure 17b. FFT of Vab with filter

The effect of filtering can be clearly seen from the FFT analysis of the line voltage Vab

as shown in Figure 17a and 17b. The lower order harmonics, mainly 5th

and 7th

harmonics are

eliminated.

4 Potential Applications:

Voltage-source induction motor drives find their uses in applications like fans, pumps,

packaging, conveyors, hand tools, and appliances. The motors driven by the control loop used here is

capable of producing torque even at zero speed. Such feature is useful in applications where a starting

torque needs to be produced, like robotics.

5 Future work / Plan for overall thesis:

The open loop control scheme followed in this phase of our project is not responsive tosubsequent changes or disturbances in the system operating environment such as temperature and

pressure, or to varying demands on the system such as power delivery or load conditions. For

continual monitoring and control over the operating state of a system without operatorintervention, for more precision or faster response, automatic control systems are needed. In the

next phase of the project, we shall work on vector controlmethodwhich is a closed loop

scheme. We shall also try to implement this closed loop scheme on hardware.


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