A Review of the Stringency Levels for the Mandatory Minimum Efficiency of Three-Phase Cage Induction Motors in Australia

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By David Cogan, New Zealand for the National Appliance & Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee, September 2002.

Around seventy percent of electricity used in the industrial sector is utilised via electric motor drives. There are significant potential energy efficiency savings to be made in this area. A relatively small portion of those savings, but one that is straightforward to obtain, is from setting minimum efficiency requirements for the motors themselves.

The purpose of this report is to study the options and feasibility of introducing a more stringent level of minimum energy performance standard (MEPS) for three-phase cage induction motors, with specific reference to what measures are in place elsewhere.

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