ABB is launching an online calculator to help businesses gain the benefits of improving energy efficiency in low voltage motors used in pump and fan applications.
The online calculator helps organisations move towards improving energy efficiency in motor-driven systems.
The 9th Global Conference on Energy Efficiency, hosted by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in May in Nairobi, brought together government and business leaders from around the world to address ways in which the goal of doubling progress towards energy efficiency by 2030 can be achieved to meet emissions reduction targets, as agreed at COP28, and cut energy costs. However, a recent report from the Energy Efficiency Movement indicates that although there is optimism and appetite among businesses to invest in energy efficiency, there are barriers, including a lack of specialist resources (33%).
Addressing this gap and to help businesses take the first step towards improving energy efficiency, ABB’s online calculator offers easy access to data insights based on the energy performance of motor-driven systems. By inputting basic details about their motor fleet, running hours and average operating power, users can estimate energy and emissions savings, and payback period. The online calculator is a ‘light’ version of the in-depth energy efficiency audit used by ABB’s experts in a full study and is based on the same algorithm.
“Improving energy efficiency is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways for industrial organisations to reduce their environmental impact and operating costs,” said Erich Labuda, President of the Motion Services division at ABB. “However, many businesses lack the data insights needed to act. Our new online calculator democratises access to this valuable information and helps businesses understand the scale of the opportunity.”
The calculator provides an initial estimate of the potential energy and cost savings achievable by upgrading pump and fan systems driven by low voltage direct online (DOL) motors, which are installed without a variable speed drive (VSD) to control their speed. The calculator focuses on low voltage motors of efficiency class IE3 and below. It estimates the energy savings that could be achieved by upgrading to the latest motor and drive technology – the IE5 SynRM package – for optimal energy efficiency gains.
After seeing the potential results, the next step in the energy efficiency journey is a full energy efficiency audit, where ABB’s experts gather site-specific data to identify an operator’s top opportunities for saving energy. Once the audit recommendations have been implemented, a further step for customers is to protect their investments with customised service agreements that keep their motors and drives operating efficiently and reliably through their lifetime.
For more information visit: https://new.abb.com.
