Review of Solutions Used in High-Speed Induction Motor Drives Operating in Household Appliances

The paper presents a high-speed induction motor drive as an alternative for household appliances. A short comparison was made between standard and high-speed motors. The solutions that use three-phase induction motors were taken into consideration with different types of rotors: solid or squirrel-cage. The assumed power of drive was up to 1 kW. As the power source, a single-phase voltage source has been adopted, which was indirectly converted to a three-phase output voltages with the fundamental frequency up to 667 Hz.