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0:27 How a Rotating magnetic field RMF with only one Single Phase can be created
2:47 How torque is created
4:08 Characteristic curve
5:03 How to connect this motor and how to reverse the sense of rotation
5:32 Motor plate and calculation
7:45 Appliance and Summary
How to create a rotating magnetic field RMF with one single phase
The Single-phase induction motor or Capacitor motor has two stator windings: The main winding (2/3 of the total winding) and the auxiliary winding, which is displaced by 90 degrees to the main winding. To get to a RMF the auxiliary winding must be 90-degree out-of-phase. To get this phase shift a capacitor connected in serial to the auxiliary winding .
The following 2-dimensional representation illustrates how this motor can form a rotating magnetic field. At certain times, you see a snapshot of the current direction within the stator winding and the resulting rotating magnetic field.
How the capacitor motor creates torque
Without slip no torque!
Torque curve of the capacitive motor
In order to achieve a higher starting torque, another bigger capacitor can be added in serial to the auxiliary winding. Due to overheating this so-called start capacitor must be switched off at a certain speed by a centrifugal switch.
In the following, we discuss the torque characteristic curves. As you can see, a phase shift (generated by the capacitor) in the auxiliary winding is required to get a starting torque and thus a defined direction of rotation:
How to reverse the sense of rotation
To change the direction of rotation, the current direction within the auxiliary winding must be reversed. Thus, the sense of rotation is independent of how you plug in this AC motor to socket. If the manufacturer offers a 6-pin terminal board, is very easy to reverse the direction of rotation: Just reconnect the metal jumpers as shown:
Thus, the direction of rotation can not be reversed, if only the connections L1 and N are interchanged!
Determine the start and run capacitor
There exists a rule of thumb to determine the run capacitor: The capacity is between 30 μF and 50 μF per kW motor power! As you can see, this is a very rough estimate. The reason is, that the size of the capacitor depends also on the winding ratio of the working and auxiliary winding. Thus, it is very difficult to determine the capacitor. To be sure it is best to contact the manufacturer.
The start capacítor CS, if it exists, is about 3 times as big as the run capacitor CR:
CS = 3 CR Here: CS = 3 * 25 µF = 75 µF
Work order - Calculate the efficiency and slip
Calculate the efficiency and slip for this AC motor shown above!