Effects of Oversized Motors on Power Costs in Ginning Cotton

Charles A. Wilmot and David M. Alberson

No 320535, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: A study of southwestern cotton gins during the 1961-62 season revealed that there were wide variations but general excesses in total connected loads among gins. The average operating load ranged from 77 to 85 percent of average connected load among the three specific areas studied. Likewise, in a 1962-63 study of gins in Mississippi, average operating load was found to be approximately 80 percent of average connected load. Since unused capacity in electric motors means unnecessarily high initial costs and continually higher operating costs, the present study was initiated to: (1) Determine the extent of, reasons for, and effects of overmotoring in cotton gins; (2) ascertain the interrelationships between overmotoring and power costs; (3) develop a simplified means by which individual ginners can measure actual power requirements and determine power factors; and (4) determine the means and advisability of correcting overmotoring and low power factors in cotton gins, and the economic benefits to be derived.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 1964
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320535

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