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外文翻译异步电动机起动的方法和问题
INDUCTIONMOTORSTARTINGMETHODSANDISSUES
Abstract-ManymethodscanbeusedtostartlargeACinductionmotors.Choicessuchasfullvoltage,reducedvoltageeitherbyautotransformerorWyes-Delta,asoftstarter,orusageofanadjustablespeeddrivecanallhavepotentialadvantagesandtradeoffs.Reducedvoltagestartingcanlowerthestartingtorqueandhelppreventdamagetotheload.Additionally,powerfactorcorrectioncapacitorscanbeusedtoreducethecurrent,butcaremustbetakentosizethemproperly.Usageofthewrongcapacitorscanleadtosignificantdamage.Choosingtheproperstartingmethodforamotorwillincludeananalysisofthepowersystemaswellasthestartingloadtoensurethatthemotorisdesignedtodelivertheneededperformancewhileminimizingitscost.Thispaperwillexaminethemostcommonstartingmethodsandtheirrecommendedapplications.
IndexTerms:
motorstarting.Reducedvoltagestartautotransformer,wyes-delta,powerfactorcorrection
I.INTRODUCTION
Thereareseveralgeneralmethodsofstartinginductionmotors:
fullvoltage,reducedvoltage,wyes-delta,andpartwindingtypes.Thereducedvoltagetypecanincludesolidstatestarters,adjustablefrequencydrives,andautotransformers.These,alongwiththefullvoltage,oracrossthelinestarting,givethepurchaseralargevarietyofautomotiveswhenitcomestospecifyingthemotortobeusedinagivenapplication.Eachmethodhasitsownbenefits,aswellasperformancetradeoffs.Properselectionwillinvolveathoroughinvestigationofanypowersystemconstraints,theloadtobeacceleratedandtheoverallcostoftheequipment.
Inorderfortheloadtobeaccelerated,themotormustgenerategreatertorquethantheloadrequirement.Ingeneraltherearethreepointsofinterestonthemotor'sspeed-torquecurve.Thefirstislocked-rotortorque(LRT)whichistheminimumtorquewhichthemotorwilldevelopatrestforallangularpositionsoftherotor.Thesecondispull-uptorque(PUT)whichisdefinedastheminimumtorquedevelopedbythemotorduringtheperiodofaccelerationfromresttothespeedatwhichbreakdowntorqueoccurs.Thelastisthebreakdowntorque(BDT)whichisdefinedasthemaximumtorquewhichthemotorwilldevelop.Ifanyofthesepointsarebelowtherequiredloadcurve,thenthemotorwillnotstart.
Thetimeittakesforthemotortoacceleratetheloadisdependentontheinertiaoftheloadandthemarginbetweenthetorqueofthemotorandtheloadcurve,sometimescalledacceleratingtorque.Ingeneral,thelongerthetimeittakesforthemotortoacceleratetheload,themoreheatthatwillbegeneratedintherotorbars,shortingringandthestatorwinding.Thisheatleadstoadditionalstressesinthesepartsandcanhaveanimpactionmotorlife.
II.FULLVOLTAGE
Thefullvoltagestartingmethod,alsoknownasacrossthelinestarting,istheeasiestmethodtoemploy,hasthelowestequipmentcosts,andisthemostreliable.Thismethodutilizesacontroltocloseacontactorandapplyfulllinevoltagetothemotorterminals.Thismethodwillallowthemotortogenerateitshigheststartingtorqueandprovidetheshortestaccelerationtimes.
Thismethodalsoputsthehigheststrainonthepowersystemduetothehighstartingcurrentsthatcanbetypicallysixtoseventimesthenormalfullloadcurrentofthemotor.Ifthemotorisonaweakpowersystem,thesuddenhighpowerdrawcancauseatemporaryvoltagedrop,notonlyatthemotorterminals,buttheentirepowerbusfeedingthestartingmotor.Thisvoltagedropwillcauseadropinthestartingtorqueofthemotor,andadropinthetorqueofanyothermotorrunningonthepowerbus.Thetorquedevelopedbyaninductionmotorvariesroughlyasthesquareoftheappliedvoltage.Therefore,dependingontheamountofvoltagedrop,motorsrunningonthisweakpowerbuscouldstall.Inaddition,manycontrolsystemsmonitorundervoltageconditions,asecondpotentialproblemthatcouldtakearunningmotorofflineduringafullvoltagestart.Besideselectricalvariationofthepowerbus,apotentialphysicaldisadvantageofanacrossthelinestartingisthesuddenloadingseenbythedrivenequipment.Thisshockloadingduetotransienttorqueswhichcanexceed600%ofthelockedrotortorquecanincreasethewearontheequipment,orevencauseacatastrophicfailureiftheloadcannothandlethetorquesgeneratedbythemotorduringstaring.
A.CapacitorsandStarting
Inductionmotorstypicallyhaveverylowpowerfactorduringstartingandasaresulthaveverylargereactivepowerdraw.SeeFig.2.Thiseffectonthesystemcanbereducedbyaddingcapacitorstothemotorduringstarting.
Thelargereactivecurrentsrequiredbythemotorlagtheappliedvoltageby90electricaldegrees.Thisreactivepowerdoesn'tcreateanymeasurableoutput,butisrathertheenergyrequiredforthemotortofunction.TheproductoftheappliedsystemvoltageandthisreactivepowercomponentcanbemeasuredinVARS(volt-amperereactive).Thecapacitorsacttosupplyacurrentthatleadstheappliedvoltageby90electricaldegrees.Theleadingcurrentssuppliedbythecapacitorscancelthelaggingcurrentdemandedbythemotor,reducingtheamountofreactivepowerrequiredtobedrawnfromthepowersystem.
Toavoidovervoltageandmotordamage,greatcareshouldbeusedtomakesurethatthecapacitorsareremovedasthemotorreachesratedspeed,orintheeventofalossofpowersothatthemotorwillnotgointoageneratormodewiththemagnetizingcurrentsprovidedfromthecapacitors.Thiswillbeexpandedoninthenextsectionandintheappendix.
B.PowerFactorCorrection
Capacitorscanalsobeleftpermanentlyconnectedtoraisethefullloadpowerfactor.Whenusedinthismannertheyarecalledpowerfactorcorrectioncapacitors.Thecapacitorsshouldneverbesizedlargerthanthemagnetizingcurrentofthemotorunlesstheycanbedisconnectedfromthemotorintheeventofapowerloss.
Theadditionofcapacitorswillchangetheeffectiveopencircuittimeconstantofthemotor.Thetimeconstantindicatesthetimerequiredforremainingvoltageinthemotortodecayto36.8%ofratedvoltageafterthelossofpower.Thisistypicallyonetothreesecondswithoutcapacitors.
Withcapacitorsconnectedtotheleadsofthemotor,thecapacitorscancontinuetosupplymagnetizingcurrentafterthepowertothemotorhasbeendisconnected.Thisisindicatedbyalongertimeconstantforthesystem.Ifthemotorisdrivingahighinertiaload,themotorcanchangeovertogeneratoractionwiththemagnetizing
Currentfromthecapacitorsandtheshaftdrivenbytheload.Thiscanresultinthevoltageatthemotorterminalsactuallyrisingtonearly50%ofratedvoltageinsomecases.Ifthepowerisreconnectedbeforethisvoltagedecaysseveretransientscanbecreatedwhichcancausesignificantswitchingcurrentsandtorquesthatcanseverelydamagethemotorandthedrivenequipment.Anexampleofthisphenomenonisoutlinedintheappendix.
Ill.REDUCEDVOLTAGE
Eachofthereducedvoltagemethodsareintendedtoreducetheimpactofmotorstartingcurrentonthepowersystembycontrollingthevoltagethatthemotorseesattheterminals.Itisveryimportanttoknowthecharacteristicsoftheloadtobestartedwhenconsideringanyformofreducedvoltagestarting.Themotormanufacturerwillneedtohavethespeedtorquecurveandtheinertiaofthedrivenequipmentwhentheyvalidatetheirdesign.Thecurvecanbebuiltfromaninitial,orbreakawaytorque,asfewasfourotherdatapointsthroughthespeedrange,andthefullspeedtorqueforthestartingcondition.Acentrifugalorsquarecurvecanbeassumedinmanycases,buttherearesomeapplicationswherethiswouldbeproblematic.Anexamplewouldbescrewcompressorswhichhaveamuchhighertorquerequirementatlowerspeedsthanthemorecommoncentrifugalorfanload.SeeFig.3.Byunderstandingthedetailsoftheloadtobestartedthemanufacturercanmakesurethatthemotorwillbeabletogeneratesufficienttorquetostarttheload,withthestartingmethodthatischosen.
A.Autotransformer
Themotorleadsareconnectedtothelowervoltagesideofthetransformer.Themostcommontapsthatareusedare80%,65%,and50%.At50%voltagethecurrentontheprimaryis25%ofthefullvoltagelockedrotoramps.Themotorisstartedwiththisreducedvoltage,andthenafterapre-setconditionisreachedtheconnectionisswitchedtolinevoltage.Thisconditioncouldbeapresettime,currentlevel,busvolts,ormotorspeed.Thechangeovercanbedoneineitheraclosedcircuittransition,oranopencircuittransitionmethod.Intheopencircuitmethodtheconnectiontothevoltageisseveredasitischangedfromthereducedvoltagetothelinelevel.Careshouldbeusedtomakesurethattherewillnotbeproblemsfromtransientsduetotheswitching.Thispotentialproblemcanbeeliminatedbyusingtheclosedcircuittransition.Withtheclosedcircuitmethodthereisacontinuous
Voltageappliedtothemotor.Anotherbenefitwiththeautotransformerstartingisinpossiblelowervibrationandnoiselevelsduringstarting.
Sincethetorquegeneratedbythemotorwillvaryasthesquareoftheappliedvoltage,greatcareshouldbetakentomakesurethattherewillbesufficientacceleratingtorqueavailablefromthemotor.Aspeedtorquecurveforthedrivenequipmentalongwiththeinertiashouldbeusedtoverifythedesignofthemotor.Agoodruleofthumbistohaveaminimumof10%oftheratedfullloadtorqueofthemotorasamarginatallpointsofthecurve.
Additionally,theaccelerationtimeshouldbeevaluatedtomakesurethatthemot