Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3(4): 3778-3785, 2009 ISSN 1991-8178 Design and dimensions calculation of Inductive Rheostat as a Control Element of Synchronization Systems Ali S. Akayleh Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tafila Technical University, P.O.Box 66, Tafila 66110, Jordan Abstract: To fulfill the requirements of operating the electromagnetic working shaft system with various powers for wide practical applications, a new mathematical model built - to determine the essential dimension and parameters of an inductive-rheostat element - by means of Matlab-Simulink is suggested. The results show that utilizing the proposed model gave the ability to determine the optimal values of both the essential dimensions and parameters of the inductive-rheostat element. It was also shown, that using the obtained dimensions and parameters enhanced the efficiency, the synchronous capability and the recovery time of the system. Key words: Inductive rheostat element, mathematical modeling, Synchronization systems. INTRODUCTION The most popular synchronization system with common rotor as a speed synchronization control element is the synchronous drive with electromagnetic working shaft (Al-Akayleh, A., 2004; Kyrkjebo, E., Y. Kristin, 2007; Obe, E.S., T. Senjyu, 2006). This system consists of two similar slip-ring induction motors with a common inductive rheostat element as shownin Fig. 1. The inductive rheostat element dimensions and parameters serving as a control element depend mainly on the system load difference and the rated motors power. It consists of three-dimensional magnetic core in the form of steel pipe, made of steel sheets with a thickness of (10-15mm) with two groups of coils connected to the rotor circuits of the induction motors, where the rotor currents flow towards the common inductive rheostat element. Fig. 1: Power system, a) and Inductive rheostat element, b) of ectromagnatic working shaft system Synchronous systems operation depend mainly on the synchronous capability (ability of the system motors to operate at the same speed with a largest possible load difference on motors shafts). Based on the required - by the system - synchronous capability which might vary for the same system when varying the load difference on the motors shafts, the dimensions and parameters of the inductive-rheostat element are determined. In most Corresponding Author: Ali S. Akayleh, Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tafila Technical University, P.O.Box 66, Tafila 66110, Jordan E-mail: akayleh_em@yahoo.com. 3778
synchronization systems, these important dimensions and parameters are determined generally on practical and experimental basis for a predetermined synchronous capability (Howard, I., P. Jay, 1991). Changing the load difference on the system s motor shafts and consequently the synchronous capability will require a new dimensions and parameters for the control element, determination of which practically - as mentioned earlierwill not be accurate enough, consumes a lot of time, and limits the system s operational range of synchronous capability (Ewald, F., A.S. Mohammad, 2008; Nasser, D., 2008; Arkan, M., D. Kostic-Perovic, 2005). To overcome the aforementioned disadvantages of choosing practically - the inductive-rheostat dimension parameters, a new mathematical model built - to determine the essential dimension and parameters of an inductive-rheostat element - by means of Matlab-Simulink is suggested. 2. System s Synchronization Mechanism: The proposed mathematical model represents a synchronous drive with electromagnetic working shaft system, where the main control element - employed for adjusting the system s synchronization - is the inductive rheostat element. When the rotor currents flow towards both sides of the inductive rheostat element, the main motors coils falls under a correspondent and continuous influence of the power, where the change in one rotor current of any motor leads to a change in the rotor current of the other. Therefore, if the loads on the motor are equal, the rotor currents flowing through the inductive rheostat are also equal, and the electromagnetic fields generated in inductive rheostat coils are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, so there will be no connection between the rotors, and the motors are operating as individual induction motors. If the loads are different, then the rotor currents and the electromagnetic fields will also change. Then the rotor current of the most loaded motor will be greater than the rotor current of the least loaded motor. Consequently, the electromagnetic fields generated in the inductive rheostat coils will be opposite in direction and different in magnitude. In this case, the magnetic field of the most loaded motor will penetrate the inductive rheostat side, connected to the least loaded motor, and will induce in it counter electromotive force. This will slow gradually the least loaded motor speed until it equals the speed of the most loaded motor. At this point, the rotors current will be equal and the mutual electromagnetic effect between coils will interrupt (Al-Akayleh, A., S. Abdallah, 2004; Sedat, S., 2008). 3.system Equivalent Circuit: To simplify the mathematical model it was assumed that the reference voltage value is the rotor s voltage. Therefore, the simplified equivalent circuit of the system will be as shown in fig. 2 (Al-Akayleh, A., 2004). Fig. 2: Equivalent circuit of electromagnetic working shaft system. Where: : Stator resistance and inductive reactance of first and second motors. : Rotor resistance and inductive reactance of first and second motors. : Resistance and inductive reactance of magnetization circuit of induction motor. : Rotor phase voltage in the first and the second motors. : Rotor current of the first and the second motors. 3779
: Resistance and inductive reactance of inductive rheostat element. : Resistance and inductive reactance of magnetization circuit of inductive rheostat element. S : Slip. From the equivalent circuit of fig.2, the balance equations for the rotor phase voltage will be as follows: (1) Where: (2) According to (Akayleh, A., Samarai,A.and M. Al-Soud, 2009; Al-Akayleh, A., 2004;Osmanhadjaev, N and M. Sagitov, 1989), the inductive rheostat parameters relationships and the torque equations will be as follows: (3) (4) Where: Phase angles between the stator and rotor windings,?o - No load speed, m - Number of phase. T asy - Asynchronous part of the motor torque 3780
T sym - Synchronous part of the torque Aust. J. Basic & Appl. Sci., 3(4): 3778-3785, 2009 Precisely determining of the most important value of control element (magnetization resistance ) can be achieved at motor starting torque with equal loads. When the loads become equal (L =L ), the phase angles 1 2 will be equal too ( ). Consequently, utilizing the general induction motor's parameters, the torque equation.4, will be as the starting torque equation: (5) Where :,, - Starting torque value. (6) Solving equitation (5) value and all parameters related to it are determined. Using these parameters in addition to the rated value of motors starting torque, the starting current ( ) will be as follows: (7) The active power can be determined as follows: (8) Where : the real effective value of the starting current after including the obtained inductive rheostat parameters The value of external surface (F) : (9) Where: 3781
K 1 =1.32 - Nyman coefficient, H : magnetic field intensity, g : conductivity, Ä : Depth of electromagnetic penetration in inductive rheostat element, Ä = (1.5 2) mm. The length of magnetic core: (10) Where: D- The diameter of the steel rod and equals: mm. The axial distance between rods: (11) The length of steel core: Knowing the value of (H) and the starting current, the number of turns for each coil can be determined by the following equation: (12) (13) The length of coil which belongs to half steel rod is: (14) The wire cross section area (A) is identified and the diameter of the wire is: (15) Using the above dimensions and parameters equations, mathematical model of the inductive rheostat element was built by Matlab simulink. System Block Diagram: The system block diagram shown in fig. 3, has been built using the main equivalent circuit equations, equations of parameters and dimensions of inductive rheostat element. It consists of tow blocks (Walle, R. and M. Ebrahimi, 2000; Ayasun, S. and O. Nwankpa, 2005): Model Operation and Test: The inductive rheostat model was tested using (5-50) hp induction motors, and the results are shown in table (1). Table 1: The obtained results of the model. Power. hp R' M. Ù La. mm Lc.mm ho.mm N. turns 5 2.564 243 491 238 105 10 0.851 246 525 296 62 20 0.3498 252 601 339 42 50 0.1473 270 747 467 29 3782
Fig. 3: System block diagram. The obtained results were applied on the electromagnetic working shaft synchronization system model with two similar slip-ring induction motor (Akayleh, A., A. Samarai, 2009; Yassine, K., 2006), (5hp, 50Hz, 4pole, 380 Line voltage,, ) to test the three values effect on the system s synchronization capability and recovery time. The results are exhibited in Fig.4-Fig.6. It was found that, when is less than the rated value ( ), the synchronous capability and recovery time are low (see fig. 4) Fig. 4: Speed response when Fig. 5 shows the system s time response with rated value. In this case the system exhibited the best synchronous capability and recovery time. Fig. 6 which shows the system s time response with greater than the rated value ( reveals a weak synchronous capability and recovery time of the system, and some vibration was noticed. 3783
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