Performance characteristics’ study of a submersible electric motor based on the bench tests results

Abstract

Abstract Currently, the majority of electric centrifugal pump installations are equipped with submersible induction motors. The simulation models’ development and the study of operating modes based on them should be accompanied by verification of the data obtained with experimental results. It is due to the design features of this electric motors’ type. Therefore, the aim of the article is to study the performance of submersible induction motor with a power of 70 kW. The performance is obtained on simulation model and their verification with experimental results. The simulation model of SEM-YA 70-117 M5B5 submersible induction electric motor is developed in the MATLAB/Simulink software environment during the research. The performance characteristics are also built. It is established that the relative error of the values obtained during simulation to the experimental data does not exceed 10 %.