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MECH2320Chapter31Homework

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

The wound rotor motor has a lower starting torque per amp of starting current than any other type of three phase motor.
 

 2. 

The wound rotor motor can be started in multiple steps to provide smooth acceleration from 0 RPM to maximum RPM.
 

 3. 

Small wound rotor motors are often controlled manually by a three-pole make-before-break rotary switch.
 

 4. 

Starting circuits generally employ resistors of a lower wattage value than circuits that are intended for speed control.
 

 5. 

Capacitive reactance is proportional to the rotor frequency.
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 6. 

The wound rotor induction motor is often called the ____________________ motor.
 

 

 7. 

Maximum torque is developed when the ____________________ of the stator and rotor are in-phase with each other.
 

 

 8. 

The operating characteristics of a wound rotor motor with the rotor leads shorted together are very similar to those of a(n) ____________________ motor.
 

 

 9. 

The difference between rotor speed and synchronous speed is called ____________________.
 

 

 10. 

In an alternating current circuit, the current limiting effect of a capacitor is called ____________________.
 

 

Short Answer
 

 11. 

How is the construction of the rotor different between the wound rotor induction motor and the squirrel cage motor?
 

 12. 

What are the three factors that determine the amount of torque developed by a three phase induction motor?
 

 13. 

How is the starting current and speed of a wound rotor induction motor controlled?
 

 14. 

What is the principle on which frequency control operates?
 

 15. 

What is one advantage and one disadvantage of frequency control?
 



 
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