A Study on Induction Motors´ Iron Losses Taking Frequency Variation into Account - Sinusoidal Versus PWM Supply

Author

Pires, Waldiberto L. ; Mello, Hugo G G ; Borges, Samuel S. ; Voltolini, Marcos C. ; Cristofolini, Edson E.

Author_Institution

Product Dept. Res. & Dev., WEG Equipamentos Eletricos S.A, Jaragua

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 May 2007

Firstpage

1605

Lastpage

1609

Abstract

This work presents results of no-load tests accomplished with two motor groups. Each group was formed by three identical induction motors, except for their lamination material. The motors were firstly fed by sinusoidal voltage and secondly by PWM frequency converter, at operation frequencies varying from 12 to 66 Hz in both supply conditions. After that, by means of an adaptation of IEEE-112 method, loss segregation was carried out for each condition tested and the obtained results were finally compared and discussed.

Keywords

PWM power convertors; induction motor drives; induction motors; load (electric); losses; machine testing; variable speed drives; IEEE-112 method; PWM frequency converter; PWM losses; frequency 12 Hz to 66 Hz; induction motors; iron losses; loss segregation; no-load tests; sinusoidal voltage; variable speed drives; Frequency conversion; Induction motors; Iron; Lamination; Manufacturing; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Soft magnetic materials; Testing; Voltage; Induction motors; PWM frequency converters; PWM losses; iron losses; loss segregation; no-load test; variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Machines & Drives Conference, 2007. IEMDC '07. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Antalya

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0742-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0743-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMDC.2007.383669

Filename

4270889