Study the performance of three-phase induction motor under imbalanced non-sinusoidal supply

Abstract

Abstract The rising of single-phase distributed generators and imbalanced loads in the electrical power grid can cause the three phases voltage to unbalance, causing in risen losses and overheating in motors. As a consequence of the growing usage of electronic equipment and non-linear load, the waveform of the voltage source of the electrical system is becoming distorted and variations appear among the phases. This work explores the negative impacts of imbalanced of 10 HP three phase induction motor squirrel-cage fed by three phase IGBT inverter at full load. The drive system has been designed and simulated by MATLAB/Simulink. The inverter switches are controlled by a pulse controller, which consists of two level pulse width modulation (PWM). The results represent the effects on the performance of the motor. The results of the Simulation show the negative impacts of imbalanced non-sinusoidal voltages which are higher than the case of balanced non-sinusoidal voltages. Also, the computation of voltage unbalance factor (VUF) depending on positive and negative sequence components are considered.