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Reluctance Motors: - An Induction Motor With A Modified Squirrel-Cage Rotor

A reluctance motor has a modified squirrel-cage rotor with notch areas of high reluctance and salient pole areas of low reluctance. When the rotor reaches a critical speed, the salient poles will synchronize with the rotating magnetic flux. Reluctance torque then causes the rotor to turn without slip. Under load, the rotor poles lag the stator poles by an angle called the torque angle. Maximum torque occurs at a torque angle of 45 degrees, above which the rotor will lose synchronization. Reluctance torque is proportional to the square of the applied voltage and sine of twice the torque angle.

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Reluctance Motors: - An Induction Motor With A Modified Squirrel-Cage Rotor

A reluctance motor has a modified squirrel-cage rotor with notch areas of high reluctance and salient pole areas of low reluctance. When the rotor reaches a critical speed, the salient poles will synchronize with the rotating magnetic flux. Reluctance torque then causes the rotor to turn without slip. Under load, the rotor poles lag the stator poles by an angle called the torque angle. Maximum torque occurs at a torque angle of 45 degrees, above which the rotor will lose synchronization. Reluctance torque is proportional to the square of the applied voltage and sine of twice the torque angle.

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Reluctance Motors

An induction motor with a modified


squirrel-cage rotor
Single-phase or Three-phase
rotor turns in synchronism with the rotating
magnetic flux
Notch-Type Rotor

Notch areas are


High-Reluctance
Pole areas are
known as Salient
Poles
Number of salient
poles must match the
number of stator poles
Flat and Barrier Slot Rotors
Operation

Rotor accelerates
towards synchronous
speed
At a critical speed,
the low-reluctance
paths provided by the
salient poles will
cause them to snap
into synchronism with
the rotating flux.
Operation (continued)

When the rotor


synchronizes, slip is
equal to zero
Rotor pulled around
by reluctance torque
Figure at right shows
the rotor
synchronized at no
load
Operation (continued)

A step increase in
load slows the rotor
down, and the rotor
poles lag the stator
poles.
The angle of lag, , is
called the torque
angle.
The maximum torque
angle, max = 45.
Operation at maximum load

Maximum load is
when = 45.
If load increases so
that >45, the flux
path is over
stretched and the
rotor falls out of
synchronism.
Motor runs at slip
speed
Reluctance torque, Trel

2
V
Trels0 K sin(2 rel )
f
Trel = average value of reluctance torque
V = applied voltage (V)
f = line frequency (Hz)
rel = torque angle (electrical degrees)
K = motor constant
Reluctance torque, Trel

Maximum reluctance torque, Trelmax occurs


at rel = 45

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