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Homework Statement:
Find currents Is (stator current), Ir (rotor current) and Im (magnetic current)
Relevant Equations:
Kirchoff's Law
Ohm's Law
Hi,
Please find attached below the Induction Generator circuit.
I have the following parameters:
 Parameter Value Rs = Rr (Resistance on stator and rotor) 0.2 Ω Ls = Lr (inductance on stator and rotor) 5 mH = 0.005 H p (number of pairs of poles) 2 f (frequency) 60 Hz Vsl (stator line voltage) - delta connection 220 V s (slip of the generator) -0.02

I am requested to find the currents.

Kirchoff's Law Im = Is + Ir
$$Is = \frac{Vsl} { Zoverall}$$
$$Zoverall = Zs+Zparallel$$
$$Zs = Rs+iXs = 0.2+1.8849 Ω$$
$$Zm = iXm = (0+37.6991i) Ω$$
$$Zr = \frac {Rr} {s} + iXr = (-10 +1.8849i)Ω$$
$$Zparallel = \frac {Zm*Zr} {Zm+Zr} = \frac { (0+37.6991i)*(-10 +1.8849i)} {(0+37.6991i)+(-10 +1.8849i)}$$
$$Zparallel = (-8.5261+3.9490i) Ω$$

Hence $$Zoverall = Zs+Zparallel = (0.2+1.8849 Ω) + (-8.5261+3.9490i) Ω$$
$$Zoverall =(-8.3261+5.8339i)$$

$$Is = \frac{220V} {-8.3261+5.8339i }$$
$$Is = (-17.7222 -12.4175i) A = 21.6395 A$$

Now we have to find currents Ir and Im
$$Vs = Is*Zs = 21.6395 A *1.8954 Ω = 41.0172 V$$
$$Vm=220V-Vs = 220V-41.0172V = 178.9828 V$$
$$Im = \frac {Vm} {Zm} = \frac {178.9828 V} {(0+37.6991i) Ω}$$
$$Im = (0-4.7476i)A = 4.7466 A$$
$$Ir = Im - Is = (0-4.7476i)A - (-17.7222 -12.4175i) A$$
$$Ir = (17.7222-7.6699i)A$$
$$Ir = 19.3107 A$$

Do these calculations for Im and Ir make any sense? Current through the stator (Is) seems to be all right, but I'm not sure if what I did to calculate Im and Ir makes any sense.

Can we say m and r branches are in parallel?

I would be more than grateful if someone can check the calculation for Im and Ir.
Many thanks!

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gneill
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$$Zm = iXm = (0+37.6991i) Ω$$
Where does ##Xm## come from? You didn't list an inductance value above. I presume, given the value, that it corresponds to a 100 mH inductance?
Now we have to find currents Ir and Im
$$Vs = Is*Zs = 21.6395 A *1.8954 Ω = 41.0172 V$$
$$Vm=220V-Vs = 220V-41.0172V = 178.9828 V$$

$$Im = \frac {Vm} {Zm} = \frac {178.9828 V} {(0+37.6991i) Ω}$$
$$Im = (0-4.7476i)A = 4.7466 A$$
$$Ir = Im - Is = (0-4.7476i)A - (-17.7222 -12.4175i) A$$
$$Ir = (17.7222-7.6699i)A$$
$$Ir = 19.3107 A$$

Do these calculations for Im and Ir make any sense? Current through the stator (Is) seems to be all right, but I'm not sure if what I did to calculate Im and Ir makes any sense.
Careful here. You've used the magnitudes of the previously calculated values, losing the inherent phasor information of the complex values. Then you go on to calculate new phasor values with the results. That's not good. Keep all intermediate calculations in complex form if you're going to continue phasor calculations with them.
Can we say m and r branches are in parallel?
Sure.
I would be more than grateful if someone can check the calculation for Im and Ir.
Many thanks!

Martin Harris
Where does Xm come from? You didn't list an inductance value above. I presume, given the value, that it corresponds to a 100 mH inductance?
Yes, that's right, sorry about that the Lm = 100 mH so Xm yields 37.6991,
so the impedance Zm = (0+37.6991i)Ω
Careful here. You've used the magnitudes of the previously calculated values, losing the inherent phasor information of the complex values. Then you go on to calculate new phasor values with the results. That's not good. Keep all intermediate calculations in complex form if you're going to continue phasor calculations with them.
You're absolutely right
I used the phasor method and I got:
Im = (0.9519-5.3088i) A so Im = 5.3934 A
Ir = (-18.6738 - 7.1086i) so Ir = 19.9810 A
Sure.
That's what I assumed, thanks!

gneill
Mentor
I used the phasor method and I got:
Im = (0.9519-5.3088i) A so Im = 5.3934 A
Ir = (-18.6738 - 7.1086i) so Ir = 19.9810 A
That looks much better to me! Well done.

Martin Harris
Hi

Current Is was taken from left to right but seems to go from right to left.
$$Is = (-17.7222 -12.4175i) A = 21.6395 A$$

If I do Kirchoff's Law like this (Option #1): -Is = Im - Ir
then I get:
Im = (0.9519-5.3088i) A so Im = 5.3934 A
Ir = (-18.6738 - 7.1086i) so Ir = 19.9810 A

For Option #1 I assumed
$$Is*Zparallel = Vparallel$$
$$Im = \frac {Vparallel} {Zm}$$
$$Ir = \frac {Vparallel} {Zr}$$

However....if I do Kirchoff's Law like this (Option #2): Im = Is+Ir
then I get:
Im = (-3.8022+4.5402i) A so Im = 5.9220 A
Ir = (13.92 + 16.9577i) so Ir = 21.9392 A

For Option #2 I assumed
$$Ir*Zr = Im*Zm$$
$$(Im-Is)*Zr = Im*Zm$$
Then solved for Im and Ir (From Kirchoff's Law) and obtained the above results for Im and Ir as seen in Option#2

Which one would be correct? I'd say Option #1

gneill
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Considering that the circuit represents a generator, it is not unreasonable to find that it produces a current "out" of terminal a.

I can confirm that ##Is## as labelled on your circuit diagram has negative component values as you've found. I used mesh analysis to find the currents:

In the above diagram ##Is## is identified with mesh current ##i_1##, ##Ir## with ##-i_2##, and ##Im## is given by ##Im = i_1 - i_2##.

Hi
Thanks again for the quick reply, I got Im = Ir - Is so I get Im = -i2-i1, perhaps I'm doing something wrong

gneill
Mentor
Hi
Thanks again for the quick reply, I got Im = Ir - Is so I get Im = -i2-i1, perhaps I'm doing something wrong
With the current directions you've defined in the diagram, KCL at the node would yield Im = Is + Ir, no?

Note that ##i_1## flows in the same direction as Im, while ##i_2## flows in the opposite direction. So ##Im = i_1 - i_2##.

Right I see, so Option#1 from post#5 is wrong?
I assumed:
$$Is*Zparallel = Vparallel$$
$$Im= Vparallel/Zm$$
$$Ir= Vparallel/Zr$$

gneill
Mentor
Right I see, so Option#1 from post#5 is wrong?
I assumed:
$$Is*Zparallel = Vparallel$$
$$Im= Vparallel/Zm$$
$$Ir= Vparallel/Zr$$
The first equation gives you the node voltage. That's fine.

The second equation will then correctly give you Im. So that's fine, too.

The third equation you need to be careful with the current direction of Ir. It's shown as flowing into the node, so technically:

##Ir = (0 - Vparallel)/Zr = -Vparallel/Zr##

Note the difference in sign.

Martin Harris
The first equation gives you the node voltage. That's fine.

The second equation will then correctly give you Im. So that's fine, too.

The third equation you need to be careful with the current direction of Ir. It's shown as flowing into the node, so technically:

Ir=(0−Vparallel)/Zr=−Vparallel/Zr

Note the difference in sign.
Cheers! You're absolutely right.
In this case if I do $$Ir = -Vparallel/Zr$$
then just the sign changes so it will eventually yield:
As phasor
$$Ir = (+18.6738+7.1086i) A$$
Magnitude:
$$Ir = 19.9810 A$$

From previous calculations as phasor:
$$Is = (-17.7222-12.4175i) A$$
$$Im = (0.9519-5.3088i) A$$

and as magnitude:
$$Is = 21.6395 A$$
$$Im = 5.3934 A$$

Applying Kirchoff's Law:
$$Im = Is +Ir$$
$$(0.9519-5.3088i) A = (-17.7222-12.4175i) A + (+18.6738+7.1086i) A$$
$$(0.9519-5.3088i) A = (0.9519-5.3088i) A$$
Which turns out to be true.

So Im = Is+Ir, right? Im = -Is + Ir, is wrong?

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gneill
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So Im = Is+Ir, right? Im = -Is + Ir, is wrong?
Correct. To summarize the situation in a diagram,

Martin Harris
Correct. To summarize the situation in a diagram,
Brilliant! Thank you! That's neat!

I am late, as usual.

Somehow, I am not a teacher but only a retired electrical engineer - with the specialty- master- in electrical machine [but which have long since gone out of fashion] and with the second specialty in electrical transport lines -- especially electrical cables -- and power plants -so I do not know exactly what the purpose of this exercise, because, usually the engines are not real, but their data is arranged to highlight a certain property of the machine.

Any way, an induction generator it is, at first, a generator. So here the rotor produces the power, the emf is the sum of terminal voltage and the stator voltage drop and the magnetic field current is a part of rotor current.

The stator and rotor data is refering to an equivalent motor where the stator is connected in star [even if actually is Delta].In my opinion also Vsl is the voltage between a phase terminal and a virtual star neutral point. In this case you may not use the 3 square root when calculating voltage drop.

I calculated the Is current and I’r current following these principles-I used complex forumulae of excel and I got the same result as your final.

No doubt, gneill's exceptional guidance was of great help

Delta2 and Martin Harris
Thanks a lot for the confirmation!
In this case if the connection is delta, what would happen then?
V stator line = V stator phase = 220V

Since we calculated the phase currents above.

I think in this case (delta connection) the active Power P = 3*V stator phase *I phase*cos(phi)

Given that the connection is delta
So if we want to calculate the active Power P, can we say
P = 3* Vsp (voltage stator phase) * I(stator current) * cos (phi) ?
P = 3 * 220V * 21.6395 A * cos (145 degrees) ?

The power it is the real part of the product of the voltage and the conjugated current. So, if there are the actual impedance of the stator [and rotor] and the connection is Delta, then the total power it is the sum of all three phases.

If we take the Vsl voltage as 0 degrees then the fi=-145 degrees indeed [the same cos as +145] and the total power it is 3*220*COS(145).

If it is the equivalent star connection 220 V Vsl it is voltage of line to neutral and the power will be also 3*220*cos(145)

The difference it is the outgoing current is the same as phase current for the equivalent star , but in Delta will be multiplied by √3.

Martin Harris
The power it is the real part of the product of the voltage and the conjugated current. So, if there are the actual impedance of the stator [and rotor] and the connection is Delta, then the total power it is the sum of all three phases.

If we take the Vsl voltage as 0 degrees then the fi=-145 degrees indeed [the same cos as +145] and the total power it is 3*220*COS(145).

If it is the equivalent star connection 220 V Vsl it is voltage of line to neutral and the power will be also 3*220*cos(145)

The difference it is the outgoing current is the same as phase current for the equivalent star , but in Delta will be multiplied by √3.
Hi!
Thanks a lot, so active power P =√3*Vsl*Is*cos (phi) ? In my notes I wrote it as P =3*Vsl*Is*cos (phi) ; even if it is delta connection as I thought Is = phase current

Can we say that the Joule Rotor Losses = 3*R_r (rotor resistance) * Ir2 (rotor current squared)? And that Joule Stator Losses = 3*R_s (stator resistance) * Is2 (stator current squared)?

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Sure.

Martin Harris and Delta2
Given the same circuit schematic as above

What I don't understand is...say for example we have the Voltage on the stator line Vsl= 380 V
Then if the connection is delta, Voltage on the stator line = Voltage of the stator phase = 380V, right?
Vsl = Vsph = 380V

When I calculate the electrical currents as phasors I get
$$Is = Voltage / Zoverall = 380 V/ (-8.3261 + 5.8339 i) Ohms = (−30.611156228−21.448508224i) A$$
$$Is = 37.3772 A$$
this current Is is phase or line current? I am tempted to say it's a phase current so no need to divide it by sqrt(3)

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If Zs,Xm,Zr are the actual windings data and stator is Delta connected then:
If Vsl=220 then Is=21.58 A
The line current will be sqrt(3)*21.58=37.38 A
If Vsl=380 then Is=21.58*380/220=37.38A
The line current will be sqrt(3)*37.38=3*21.38=64.14 A

Martin Harris
If Zs,Xm,Zr are the actual windings data and stator is Delta connected then:
If Vsl=220 then Is=21.58 A
The line current will be sqrt(3)*21.58=37.38 A
If Vsl=380 then Is=21.58*380/220=37.38A
The line current will be sqrt(3)*37.38=3*21.38=64.14 A
Hi
Thanks a lot!
What if Vsl = 380 V in Delta connection?
Is = 380V / Z_ab (overall impedance) = phase current, right?
In that case I don't have to / sqrt(3) to get the phase current, as I already have it calculated

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 Iline=IΔ*√3

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