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基于MATLABSimulink的异步电机仿真
InductionMotorTestsUsingMATLAB/SimulinkandTheirIntegrationIntoUndergraduateElectricMachineryCourses
Abstract—ThispaperdescribesMATLAB/Simulinkimplementationofthreeinductionmotortests,namelydc,no-load,ndblocked-rotortestsperformedtoidentifyequivalentcircuit
parameters.Thesesimulationmodelsaredevelopedtosupportndenhanceelectricmachineryeducationattheundergraduateevel.TheproposedtestshavebeensuccessfullyintegratedintolectricmachinerycoursesatDrexelUniversity,Philadelphia,PA,andNigdeUniversity,Nigde.Turkey.IndexTerms—Education,inductionmotors,MATLAB/Simulink,softwarelaboratory.
I.INTRODUCTION
WITHTHEadventoflow-costpersonalcomputersandvariouseasilyaccessiblesoftwarepackages,computer-aidedteachingtoolshavebecomeanessentialpartofbothclassroomlecturesandlaboratoryexperimentsinelectricalmachineryeducation[1]–[6].Thecomputermodelsandsimulationsofinductionmotors,asteachingtools,supporttheclassroomteachingbyenablingtheinstructor,throughthecomputer-generatedgraphics,toillustrateeasilysteady-stateoperationofthemotorundervariousloadingconditions.
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Thecomputationaltoolsasapartoflaboratoryexperimentsenhancelaboratoryexperiencebyprovidingstudentswiththeopportunitytoverifytheresultsoflaboratoryexperimentsandcomparethemwiththoseobtainedbycomputersimulations.Suchacomparisonopportunityhelpsstudentsrealizethelimitationsofhardwareexperimentsand,asacounterpoint,appreciatethatcomputermodelscannotsubstituteforactualhardwareexperimentsthatmightnotexactlyrepresenttheoperationofinductionmotorsbecauseofsomemodelingassumptions.Moreover,anundergraduateelectricmachinerycoursethatintegratesup-to-datecomputerhardwareandsoftwaretoolsinbothlectureandlaboratorysectionsalsomeetstheexpectations
oftoday’sstudentswhowanttousecomputersandsimulationtoolsineveryaspectsofacourse,andthus,possiblyattractsmorestudents.
Electricalmachinerycoursesattheundergraduateleveltypicallyconsistofclassroomandlaboratorysections.Theclassroomsectioncoversthesteady-stateoperationoftheinductionmotorinwhichtheper-phaseequivalentcircuitisusedtocomputevariousmotorquantities,suchasinputcurrentandpower,powerfactor,developedtorque,andefflciency.Thecomputationsassociatedwiththesteady-stateoperationrequiretheknowledgeofequivalentcircuitparameters.Theseparametersareobtainedbyperformingthreetests,namelydc,no-load,and
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blocked-rotortestsonthemotorinatypicallaboratoryexperiment.
Thelaboratorysectionincludesthesetestsandaloadexpermentthatallowsstudentstobecomefamiliarwiththeinducionmotoroperationandtogaininvaluablehardwareandmeasurementexperiences.Theauthors’experiencewhileteachingnductionmotorsatDrexelUniversity,Philadelphia,PA,indicatesthatstudentsgenerallyhavedifflcultywhentheycometohelaboratorytocarryouttheseexperimentseventhoughthecorrespondingtheoryisextensivelycoveredintheclassroomsectionwithadetailedhand-outdescribinglaboratoryfacilitiesandtheprocedureoftheexperiments,giventothematleastaweekbeforethelaboratory.Studentsarenotfamiliarwithalaboratoryenvironmentthatcontainslargemachinesandrelativelycomplexmeasurementmethodsanddevicesascomparedwithotherlaboratoriestheyhavebeentobefore.Thetimeconstraintsduringthelaboratoryexercisearealsoadifflcultadjustment.Inausualtwo-hourlaboratorysection,studentsarerequiredtosetupandperformfourinductionmotorexperiments,totakethenecessarymeasurements,andtoinvestigatesteady-stateperformanceofthemotorundervariousloadingconditions.Becauseofthetimelimitations,studentsoftenrushthroughtheexperimentsinordertoflnishthemontime,whichunfortunatelypreventsthemfromgettingatruefeelingofmotoroperationandromappreciatingwhathasbeenaccomplishedduringthelaboratorypractice.
Therefore,simulationtoolsmustbedevelopedforinductionmotorexperimentstoserveasusefulpreparatoryexercisesbeforestudentscometothelaboratory.Theobjectiveofthispaperistopresentsimulationmodelsoftheseinductionmotorexperimentsinanefforttodesignacomputationallaboratory.Thedc,no-load,andblocked-rotorsimulationmodelsaredevelopedasstand-aloneapplicationsusingMATLAB/SimulinkandPowerSystemBlockset(PSB).Fortheloadexperiment,studentsarerequiredtowriteacomputerprogramusingMATLAB’sM-flleprogrammingfortheper-phaseequivalentcircuitoftheinductionmotortocomputeoperatingquantities.Suchanassignmentimprovesstudents’programmingskillsthatwouldbehelpfulinotherclassesaswell.
Theremainderofthepaperisorganizedasfollows.SectionIIdescribesthedc,no-load,andblocked-rotortests.Forthesakeofcompleteness,firsttheexperimentalsetupforeachtestisprovidedwithabriefexplanationofhowthesetestsareconductedandhowthecorrespondingmeasurementsareusedtocomputetheequivalentcircuitparameters.Then,foreachtest,thecorrespondingSimulink/PSBmodelispresentedandcomparedwiththeactualexperimentalsetupemphasizingthesimilaritiesanddiscrepancies.SectionIIIcomparestheequivalentcircuitparametersdeterminedusingsimulationdataanddataobtainedfromexperiments.SectionIVexplainshowtointegratethesesimulationmodelsintoundergraduateelectricmachinecoursesattwodifferentuniversities,whilethelastsectionconcludesthepaper.
II.INDUCTIONMOTORTESTS:
EXPERIMENTALSETUPSANDSIMULINK/PSBMODELS
Thesteady-stateoperatingcharacteristicsofathree-phaseinductionmotorareofteninvestigatedusingaperphaseequivalentcircuitasshowninFlg.Inthiscircuit,R1andX1representstatorresistanceandleakagereactance,respectively;R2andX2denotetherotorresistanceandleakagereactancereferredtothestator,respectively;RCresistancestandsforcorelosses;XMrepresentsmagnetizingreactance;andSdenotestheslip.Theequivalentcircuitisusedtofacilitatethecomputationofvariousoperatingquantities,suchasstatorcurrent,inputpower,losses,inducedtorque,andefficiency.Whenpoweraspectsoftheoperationneedtobeemphasized,theshuntresistance(Rc)isusuallyneglected;thecorelossescanbeincludedinefflciencycalculationsalongwiththefriction,windage,andstraylosses.Theparametersoftheequivalentcircuitcanbeobtainedfromthedc,no-load,andblocked-rotortests.Inthefollowing,bothexperimentalsetupandSimulink/PSBmodelsofeachtestaredescribed
ThePSBisausefulsoftwarepackagetodevelopsimulationmodelsforpowersystemapplicationsintheMATLAB/Simulinkenvironment.Withitsgraphicaluserinterfaceandextensivelibrary,itprovidespowerengineersandresearcherswithamodernandinteractivedesigntoolto
buildsimulationmodelsrapidlyandeasily.MATLABandSimulink/PSBhavebeenwidelyusedbyeducatorstoenhanceteachingoftransientandsteady-statecharacteristicsofinductionmachines.Ofcourse,othercommercialsoftwarepackages,suchasMapleandMathCad,arecommonlyusedinelectricalengineeringeducationwiththeiradvantagesanddisadvantages[12].ThereasonthatMATLABwithitstoolboxeswasselectedisthatitisthemainsoftwarepackageusedinalmostallundergraduatecoursesintheauthors’institutionsasacomputationtooltoreinforceelectricalengineeringeducation.Therefore,studentscaneasilyaccesstoMATLAB,andtheyalreadyhavethebasicprogrammingskillstousethegivenSimulinkmodelsandtowritecomputerprogramswhenrequiredbeforecomingtothemachineryclass.
Thedctestisperformedtocomputethestatorwindingresisance.Adcvoltageisappliedtothestatorwindingsofaninductionmotor.Theresultingcurrentflowingthroughthestatorwindingsisadccurrent;thus,novoltageisinducedintherotorcircuit,andthemotorreactanceiszero.Thestatorresistanceisheonlycircuitparameterlimitingcurrentflow.Fig.2showstheexperimentalsetupofthedctestconductedattheInterconnectedPowerSystemsLaboratory(IPSL)[13]ofDrexelUniversity.A120-Vdcpowersourceisappliedtothetwophases
ofaY-connectedinductionmotor.Agroupoflightbulbsarenstalledinthecircuitasaresistiveloadinordertoadjustdccurrenttotheratedvalue.ThecurrentinthestatorwindingsIdlandvoltageacrossthetwophasesofthemotorVdcaremeasured.
DepictstheSimulink/PSBimplementationofthedctest.FromthePSBmachinelibrary,aninductionmotorblockisusedwhoseelectricalparameters(suchasnominalvoltageandequivalentcircuitparameters)andmechanicalparameters(suchasinertiaandnumberofpoles)canbespecifledineitherInternationalSystemofUnits(S.I.)orinperunit.Similartotheexperimentalsetup,a120-Vdcsourceisappliedtothetwophases(phasesAandB)oftheinductionmotorthroughaseriesresistance,whilethephaseCisgroundedthrougharesistancebranchinordertohaveacompleteelectricalconnection.Thepurposeoftheseriesresistancebetweenthedcsourceandtheinductionmotoristolimitthecurrentflowingthroughthetwowindingsofthemotortoitsratedvalue,whichissimilartothelightingbulbsusedinthehardwaresetupofFig.2Voltageandcurrentmeasurementblocksmeasuretheinstantaneousvoltageacrosstwophasesandthecurrentflowingthroughthewindings,respectively.Twoscopesdisplaythewaveformofthevoltageandcurrent,whiletwodisplayboxes