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Cascade Speed Control of 3-Phase I.M.: Theory

The document describes cascade speed control of a 3-phase induction motor system. The system uses two induction motors mounted on the same shaft, with one motor acting as the "main" or "master" motor connected directly to the power supply, and the other acting as an "auxiliary" or "slave" motor that receives power through slip rings on the shaft of the main motor. This tandem configuration allows different speed combinations by running the motors individually or together in cascade operation, where the synchronous speed is determined by the total number of poles in both motors.

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Cascade Speed Control of 3-Phase I.M.: Theory

The document describes cascade speed control of a 3-phase induction motor system. The system uses two induction motors mounted on the same shaft, with one motor acting as the "main" or "master" motor connected directly to the power supply, and the other acting as an "auxiliary" or "slave" motor that receives power through slip rings on the shaft of the main motor. This tandem configuration allows different speed combinations by running the motors individually or together in cascade operation, where the synchronous speed is determined by the total number of poles in both motors.

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CASCADE SPEED CONTROL OF 3-PHASE I.M.

THEORY :- This method has two motors mounted on same shaft called in tandem or cascade
operation.
The motor “A” which is connected to the mains is called as the main or the master motor. This motor has
slip rings
mounted on its rotor shaft from which the motor “B” gets its supply from is called as auxiliary or the
slave motor. It is to be noted that both the motors are mounted on same shaft. Thus it is evident that either
the motors must run at same speed or it may have some gear arrangements.
The main motor is necessarily a slip ring induction motor but the auxiliary motor can be slip ring or
squirrel cage induction motor.
For satisfactory operation, motor “A” must be phase wound/ slip ring type with the stator to rotor winding
ratio of 1:1, so that in addition to cascade operation, they can also run from supply mains separately.
Since the supply for the slave motor is from the slip rings of the master motor, and it is forming a chain of
sequential operation, the system is called as “Tandem or Cascade or Concatenation” operation.
Three or four different combinations are possible for attaining different speeds.
> Main motor may be alone on the mains, where Na = 120f/Pa, where Pa is the number of poles in motor
“A.”
>Auxiliary or the slave motor running alone on the mains,
where Nb = 120f/Pb and
Pb is the number of poles in motor “B.”
>The combination may be in cascade operation. In this operation, the important point is that the phase
rotation of the stator fields of the motors “A” and “B” must be in same direction. Thus the synchronous
speed of this cascaded motor set is given by Nc = 120f/ (Pa + Pb).

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