School of Electrical and Electronic

EEEN30250 - Electrical Machines (Mech)

Simulation Lab Report

Author:
Luke Dunne - 21307323

Date: 10/12/2023
Table of Contents

List of Figures i

1 III Induction Motor 1

1.1 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.4 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.6 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.7 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 IV Wind Turbine 7
2.1 (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3 (iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

List of Figures

2 Stator and Rotor Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1 Circuit of Induction Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3 Stator start current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

4 Signal Statistics for Starting Stator Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

5 Steady State Stator Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6 Signal Statistics for Steady State Stator Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
7 Torque Speed Characteristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

8 Extrapolation through transient section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

9 Peak Torque and Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10 Rotor Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

11 Signal Statistics of Rotor Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

12 Mechanical Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
13 Electromagnetic Torque vs Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

14 Edited Wind Turbine Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

15 Blocks I added to Turbine Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
16 Torque, DC Voltage, Rotor Speed and Generator Current vs Time . . . . . . . . . 8

17 Wind Speed, Infinite Bus Current and Voltage vs Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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18 Active and Reactive Power vs Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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 Figure 2: Stator and Rotor Current

1 III Induction Motor

Using the following simulink circuit I found the results for the questions in this section:

Figure 1: Circuit of Induction Motor

And the first few answers are all based off of different sections of the following waveform:

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1.1 (a)

Figure 3: Stator start current

The starting stator current is the blue sine wave shown in Figure 3 where the current has a higher
magnitude between the two measurement lines. The RMS value for this current is 31.42A:

Figure 4: Signal Statistics for Starting Stator Current

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1.2 (b)

Figure 5: Steady State Stator Current

The steady state stator current is the blue sine wave in Figure 5. The RMS value for this current
is 5.891A:

Figure 6: Signal Statistics for Steady State Stator Current

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1.3 (c)

Figure 7: Torque Speed Characteristic

From the torque speed characteristic, if you continue the curve through the transient area of the
graph you can see the start torque is around 16Nm.

Figure 8: Extrapolation through transient section

1.4 (d)

Figure 9: Peak Torque and Speed

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Based on Figure 9 the peak torque is 43.5Nm and occurs at a speed of 1280RPM. The slip ratio
can be calculated using:
Ns − Nm
s= (1)
Ns
Where Ns is the synchronous speed, which is 1500RPM for this motor, and Nm is the mechanical
speed. Subbing in yields:
Ns − Nm 1500 − 1280
s= = = 0.1467
Ns 1500

1.5 (e)

Figure 10: Rotor Current

Figure 10 is the same as Figure 5 but this time I measured the magenta line, which is the rotor
current. It’s RMS value is 2.773A:

Figure 11: Signal Statistics of Rotor Current

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1.6 (f )

Figure 12: Mechanical Speed

The mechanical Speed goes to 1481RPM from 0 in 1 second, and then stabilises at this speed.

1.7 (g)

The Torque Speed Characteristic can be seen in Figure 7. Below are the readings from the other
scope in the motor, which is the torque vs time:

Figure 13: Electromagnetic Torque vs Time

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2 IV Wind Turbine

To make the Figures in this section added scopes, from and goto blocks, which can be seen in
Figure 14, where everything I added is in red in Figure 15:

Figure 14: Edited Wind Turbine Circuit

Figure 15: Blocks I added to Turbine Circuit

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2.1 (i)

Figure 16: Torque, DC Voltage, Rotor Speed and Generator Current vs Time

2.2 (ii)

Figure 17: Wind Speed, Infinite Bus Current and Voltage vs Time

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2.3 (iii)

Figure 18: Active and Reactive Power vs Time

From Figures 16 17 and 18 it can be seen that when the wind speed changed, it affected the Rotor
Speed, Generator Current, Bus Current but not the Active Power. This means this turbine can
produce power at low wind speeds, which makes it more useful when trying to provide a consistent
power supply to the grid. This is critical going forward, as a higher proportion of our power is
created through wind energy. We can’t have a situation where it needs to be a windy day to
produce power, which is what the type 4 turbine aims to prevent.