Modeling and experimental characterization of saturation effect of an induction machine

¹ LAE, HIAST (Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology), BP 60318 Damascus, Syria
² LEEI, INPT (Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse), BP 7122, 31071 Toulouse Cedex 7, France

Corresponding author: t_kasmieh@hotmail.com

Received: 22 June 1999
Revised: 26 January 2000
Accepted: 26 January 2000
Published online: 15 May 2000

Abstract

This paper presents a new experimental measurement method of the electrical parameters, shown from the stator, of a squirrel cage induction machine in accordance with its magnetic saturation level. It develops a new two-phase saturated model of the induction machine which uses these measured electrical parameters. This new measurement method has a very big advantage in the industrial domain. It avoids the use of a finite elements calculation program which takes much more time to calculate the electrical parameters. The experimental measurement method is applied on a 4 KW squirrel cage induction machine. A comparison between the real dynamic response of this machine, and the dynamic response of the new two-phase saturated model shows that the obtained results are very encouraging.