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turers cannot possibly supply a motor much better in these ing the inner cage design would not improve the starting
respects than the present National Electrical Manufac current a n d power factor without lowering the torque curve
turers' Association Design C standards, even though ideal in general or in part. Real improvements can be accom-
materials should be discovered in the future.
Both the primary resistance a n d the saturation effect on
leakage reactance are neglected in this analysis. While the
first assumption can be fulfilled only with idealized mate
rial, it is a close enough approximation in motors of 20 horse
power or above. Under the assumptions, the motor can Figure 3. Starting
be analyzed with the help of a well-known theorem which kilovolt-amperes per
load slip a n d k . T h e basic leakage factor k is defined as ing the air gap, increasing the number of stator slots, a n d so
roo rm
1 —Xa/Xo where X is the leakage reactance not including forth. All of these measures have practical limitations.
m
the slot leakage of inner cages a n d Xo is the total reactance. T h e theory also provides a guide for designing rotor lami
Since no special configuration or multiplicity of rotor slots is nations. Let X be the total leakage reactance at no load,
d
assumed, the result indicates that the best obtainable start- i ? be the rotor resistance of the outermost cage only, and
a
torque motor
Rao
(2)
xi ~~X 2
d
0 Sm
(3)
X to X CO