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MotorPerformance
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Inductionmotorstypicallyrunathighestefficiencyandpowerfactoratfullload.Howeverwhenmotorsarerunat
lowerloadfactors,thereisgenerallyacorrespondingdeclineinperformance.Thisdropinperformancetendsto
varynonlinearly(withrespecttotheloadfactor),withlargerdropsinperformanceatlowloadfactors(0%to
40%).Forexample,thefigurebelowshowstheperformancetestdataofa155kW,2000V,50Hzinductionmotorat
loadfactorsfrom0%to100%:

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