Energy efficiency and electric motors: a technical, economic, and policy analysis of efficiency standards in commercial and industrial electric motors and equipment

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7240635

Hunt, R E; Seabury, F; Valence, P F

This final report identifies areas of greatest energy conservation potential in electric motor use in the industrial and commercial sectors of the economy; assesses and projects the technological potential and economic trends that might influence the use of more efficient electric motors; and outlines possible Government strategies encouraging such use. It reports that the 1- to 125-hp polyphase motors were the predominant energy consumers, accounting for about 26 percent of the total electric power generated in the U.S. Estimates of their potential for increased efficiency, coupled with possible replacement rates of lower- to higher-efficiency motors, indicated potential savings by 1990 of 35 billion kWh/year or 60 million barrels of oil.

• Research Organization: Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, Mass. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7240635
• Report Number(s): FEA/D-76-381
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ENERGY
ENERGY ANALYSIS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EQUIPMENT
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MARKET
MOTORS
NET ENERGY
PROCESSING
STANDARDS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT