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Energy-efficient motors
Article By:
Malinowski, John Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Last reviewed:2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB061840
Electric motors are the major user of electricity, consuming 25% of all electricity in the United States. A survey by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) showed that electric motors consume as much as 63% of the total industrial electricity and that present technology is available to reduce this electric consumption by as much as 18%. Follow-up studies showed that actual savings were approximately 36% for companies that followed best-practices guidelines.
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