| Abstract: | In a motor with transformer function (MTF), where a magnetic core is used jointly as a motor core and a transformer core, the interactions between motor and transformer action are investigated in no-load conditions. If flux densities are not saturated and magnetic circuits are balanced in the magnetic core, the characteristics of motor actions and those of transformer actions are almost independent of each other. In motor actions, torques and iron losses are almost constant at frequencies different from the transformer frequency, although they fluctuate at the same frequency. In transformer actions, exciting currents and iron losses increase although the increases are small at frequencies different from the motor frequency. Thus, an MTF functions almost independently as a motor and a transformer at the same time. © 1997 Scripta Technica, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 121(2): 8–15, 1997 |
