TORQUE ANALYSIS OF THREE-PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR UNDER VOLTAGE UNBALANCE USING 2D FEM

Because of various techno-economic benefits, three-phase induction motors are used extensively in industry, commercial and residential applications and most of them are connected to electric power distribution system directly, thus they will be affected by voltage quality problems. An important voltage quality problem in power systems is voltage unbalance. Therefore, it is very important to studyperformance of these motors under unbalanced voltages. In this paper, Two-Dimensional Finite Element Method is employed to analyze the performance of a three-phase squirrel cage induction motor undervoltage unbalance, focusing on electromagnetic torque.