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Variable Frequency Drives Market Research Report
This section deals with the installed base of motors in the U. S. This is critical to understanding the market for ASDs, as most are sold as retrofits to existing motor systems.
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Sav-Air Market Transformation Initiative Report #1
Compressed air is often called the fourth utility in industrial facilities after electricity, natural gas, and water. It is used for motive power for machinery, cooling, materials handling, and hand tools. It is a safe, flexible, and powerful resource.
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Product Testing: Magna Drive, Report No.1
The value of adjustable speed control in industrial applications is well proven by the increasing number of installations in which induction motors are powered by variable frequency drives (VFD’s). Adjustable speed drives can provide energy savings and improve process control. This is especially true for systems such as fans and pumps where flow control is…
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Drive Power Initiative,No.2
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) is a non-profit group of electric utilities, state governments, public interest groups, and industry representatives committed to bringing affordable, energy-efficient products and services to the marketplace. The Drive Power Initiative is a market transformation venture funded by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) and administered by the…
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Drive Power Initiative, No. 1 (3/00)
The Drive Power Initiative (the Initiative) is a market transformation venture funded by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (the Alliance) and administered by the Electric League of the Pacific Northwest (the League). The League began work on the Initiative in January, 1999, and their contract is to continue through March 2001.
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Opportunities for Industrial Motor Systems in the Pacific Northwest
The motor energy consumption in the PNW is concentrated in a handful of large motor energy-using sectors. There are 11 that together consume most (over 90%) of the motor and motor systems energy in the PNW. Three of these – Pulp and Paper, Irrigation, and Chemicals – together consume over 50%.
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Fan Speed Reduction in Pneumatic Conveying Systems in the Secondary Wood Products Industry, No.1
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) has funded a project to increase the energy efficiency of low-pressure pneumatic conveying systems (PCS) in the secondary wood products industry. In these systems, centrifugal fans provide the suction needed to remove and transport wood waste generated by various steps in the manufacturing of wood products. The project intends…
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In-Service Motor Testing Final Report
Dethman and Associates completed a market survey of motor service providers and motor decision-makers (industrial end-users). A complete copy of the survey was submitted on May 5, 1999 and is included as Appendix C of this report.
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Silicon Crystal Growing Facilities, Report No.1
This is a market evaluation and progress assessment report for the Siemens Silicon Crystal Growing Facilities Project. In April 1998, Siemens Solar Industries and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance entered into an agreement under which Siemens is redesigning and testing hot zone components for crystal growers. The goals of the redesign are to improve the…
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Baseline Market Assessment Of The Evaporator Fan VFD Initiative Report #1
The use of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) on evaporator fans in refrigerated warehouse applications has the potential to produce significant energy savings when compared to other means used to regulate temperature. Estimated energy savings after 10 years is 18.3 aMW1. However, very few refrigerated warehouse facilities currently use the VFD technology. The Evaporator Fan VFD…
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