TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES – TAGUIG

Km. 14 East Service Road, Western Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines

Name: John Mark T. Engoc

Course/Section: 4SE-BSEE

Experiment No. 1

THREE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR

I. Objective

This experiment demonstrates the performance of squirrel cage induction motor and the
methods for deriving equivalent electrical circuits from test data.

II. List of Equipment

1 set squirrel cage induction motor

1 variable AC source
2 AC Voltmeter
2 AC Ammeters
15 pcs. Connecting Wires

III. Theory

The three phase squirrel cage induction motor can and many times does have the same
armature (stator) winding as the three phase synchronous motor. As in the synchronous
motor, applying three phase current creates a synchronously rotating magnetic field.

The induction motor is completely short circuited conductive cage. Three rotors receive the
excitation by induction from the armature field. Hence, the induction machine is doubly
excited machine in the same sense as the synchronous and DC machines.

The principle of operation is described by Faraday’s law. If we assume that the machine
motor at a standstill and the armature is excited, then the armature produces a rotating field in
moving with respect to the rotor. In fact, the relative speed between the rotating field and the
rotor is synchronous speed. For the condition, the rotating field induced a large voltage in the
rotor bars. The large voltage causes a large
 Table: Three Phase Induction Motor

L L L
AB BC CA
Trial 1 80 V 80 V 80 V
80 V
Trial 2 90 V 90 V 90 V
90 V
Trial 3 100 V 100 V 100 V
100 V

Conclusion:

80 V
90 V

100 V

Table 1.1
 L (AB) L (BC) L (CA)
TRIAL 1 (80V) Vab/Iab= Vbc/Ibc= Vca/Ica=
80/0.30= 266.67 65/0.20= 325 80/0.30= 266.67
ohms ohms ohms
TRIAL 2 (90V) 90/0.25= 360 90/0.30= 300 90/0.30= 300
ohms ohms ohms
TRIAL 3 (100V) 100/0.25= 400 100/0.30= 100/0.30=
ohms 333.33 ohms 333.33 ohms

I therefore conclude that based on the results I've gathered, there is a difference
in terms of results/outputs because of different line voltages and line currents. There is also
a fluctuation factor because of the power supply that resulted in to different answers per
power lines.