The efficiency of electric motive power in industry

W. Murgatroyd and B.C. Wilkins

Energy, 1976, vol. 1, issue 4, 337-345

Abstract: The paper indicates the methods used and the results obtained during a study of the energy losses incurred by industrial electric drives. Simple models are derived which permit the losses in a wide range of equipment to be assessed from measurements which do not involve interference with production. The study suggests that upwards of 50% of the electricity supplied to industrial rotating machinery is wastefully used in producing the final mechanical drive, and that this represents a significant fraction of national electricity production.

Date: 1976
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(76)90065-7

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