BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG

3-PHASE INDUCTION
MOTOR STARTER
AND PROTECTION
PREPARED BY:
ANKIT DUBEY
SHREYA RAHA
MANISH KUMAR
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ABSTRACT
An induction motor is the work horse of industry and particular attention required
to monitor and control it.
An induction motor draws a high current and current often causes problem such as
voltage dips which will penalize by the energy companies .This voltage dip may
damage the induction motor.
To overcome this, various induction motor starter were developed in this project
we are going to study about STAR-DELTA starter and its protection.
In this project we are going to protect the induction motor from over current, under
voltage, single phasing.
This paper will summarize common methods of motor starter and provide
application guideline for proper selection of starting devices

INTRODUCTION
In this project of 3-phase induction motor starter we are going to do the
complete analysis and protection of 3-phase induction motor.
This project gives us a basic idea about what a starter is? This project also
tells us about the different protection scheme such as under voltage protection,
single phasing of induction motor.
This project gives idea about the complete power and control circuit. Using a
star-delta starter After the study of this project one can understand the basic
use of relay, contactor, push buttons, variac etc.
In many of the applications induction motor is started using a star-delta starter.
Thus star-delta starter draws low current compared current

HARDWARE REQUIREMENT
MINIATURE CIRCUIT BREAKER(MCB)
CONTACTOR
RELAY
PUSH BUTTON
ADD ON BLOCK
VOLTMATER
AMMETER
FREQUENCY METER
2 WAY SWITCH
INDICATORS
TERMINAL BOX
MCB RAIL
VARIAC
TIMER

BLOCK DIAGRAM
3-PHASE SUPPLY

3-PHASE
INDUCTI
ON
MOTOR
STARTER

METERIN
G UNIT

PHASE
FAILURE
RELAY
3-PHASE INDUCTION
MOTOR

LOAD

UNDER
VOLTAGE
RELAY
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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

PROPOSED METHODOLOGY

STAR-DELTA STARTER

The Star-Delta starter is a reduced voltage starter. It applies a starting voltage in a star
configuration which effectively reduces the applied voltage to each phase winding by 58%
(1/3) of the rated voltage. As a result, the starting current and torque are both reduced to
33.3% of the full voltage values as torque is proportional to the square of
the terminal voltage. Once the motor speed reaches about 70% of the rated speed, the supply
connection to the motor will change to a delta connection
thus giving it a full voltage supply
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PRINCIPAL OF STAR-DELTA
STARTER
To start, the contactor is closed, applying 58% voltage to the motor windings in
star connection. The motor will draw a very low inrush current fat starting,
The starting current and torque is reduced to 33% of rated value
The magnetic field in the iron, and then the current will be limited to the Locked
Rotor Current of the motor. The motor will develop Locked Rotor Torque and begin
to accelerate.
As the motor accelerates, the current will begin to drop, but will not drop
significantly until the motor is at a high speed, typically about 70% of synchronous
speed. The contactor converts the connection to delta and the motor runs at rated
voltage and speed.
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S NO.

LITERATURE SURVEY
TOPIC

WRITER

YEAR OF
PUBLICATION

CONCLUSION

INDUCTION
MOTOR

WEI GU,
Xianjin CHU

July-9-2006

It draws large
inrush currents 6-8
times full load
current

DIFFERENT TYPE
OF MOTOR
STARTER

A.Pelizari
I.E.CHABU

June 2009

Star delta
transformer
removes the high
current drawing
problems faced in
R-DOL starter

STAR-DELTA
STARTER

H.H Goh
M S Looi

March 2009

No inrush current
and low torque

SINGLE PHASE
PREVENTER

ISCEA

October 2012

It protects from
phase failure

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ADVANTAGES
Most Economical and long life.
Simple to establish, operate and maintain
Simple Control Circuitry
Easy to understand and troubleshoot.
Very low in-rush current
No voltage dip in other equipments

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DISADVANTAGES
A spike during transition from star to delta transformation
It reduces voltage capability
Reduced speed control
Low starting Torque: Unnecessary low starting torque, not appropriate for load,

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CONCLUSION
Upon study of all various starting methods of induction motor we studied the
problems associated with R-DOL starter. The problem includes high inrush
current, high torque and voltage dip. During our study we concluded that the
high inrush problem can be removed by employing a star-delta starter. The
voltage dip problem can also be reduced. The starter system can be enhanced
by providing several protective relays such over current relay, under voltage
relay. The cut off problem of any of the three phases can be overcome by
employing a single phase failure circuit, which will disconnect all the phases
in case any phase cut off.

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