Efficiency analysis of induction motors for ammonia compressors considering stray load losses caused by stator and rotor slot ripple

Author

Yamazaki, Katsumi

Author_Institution

Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

762

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the losses and the efficiency of induction motors for ammonia compressors, which have a metallic can inserted in the air-gap to prevent ammonia from entering the stator and damaging the primary windings. The finite element analysis is applied to calculate the torque, primary and secondary copper losses, stator and rotor core losses and eddy current losses of the can considering the magnetic saturation and the slot ripples. The calculated primary current, torque and efficiency agree well with the experimental results. It is clarified that both the losses of the can and the core increase due to the load, which can be regarded as the main part of the stray load losses.

Keywords

air gaps; ammonia; compressors; eddy current losses; finite element analysis; induction motors; rotors; stators; torque; air-gap; ammonia compressors; eddy current losses; efficiency analysis; finite element analysis; induction motors; magnetic saturation; metallic can; primary copper losses; primary current; primary windings; rotor core losses; rotor slot ripple; secondary copper losses; slot ripples; stator core losses; stator slot ripple; stray load losses; torque; torque calculation; Air gaps; Compressors; Copper; Finite element methods; Induction motors; Magnetic analysis; Rotors; Stator cores; Stator windings; Torque;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2001. Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7114-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2001.955531

Filename

955531