Industrial Conveyor Motor Performance Evaluation
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
The purpose of this project is to estimate the energy savings potential from a switched-reluctance motor (SRM) compared to an induction motor equipped with variable frequency drive (VFD) in a straight belt conveyor application. To experimentally evaluate savings in a realistic scenario, a baseline motor and VFD were selected from one of ComEd’s manufacturing customers’ conveyor systems. It was desired to not only estimate savings in the selected conveyor system, but to evaluate potential savings from using the SRM in any straight belt conveyor. Therefore, NREL developed a conveyor system energy calculation tool to supplement the experimental results of this assessment.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1820099
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--5500-80051; MainId:42254; UUID:42558179-6fd9-42a7-b1f0-97cf620b9356; MainAdminID:61685
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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