Technical and economical considerations in the application of variable-speed drives with electric motor systems

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 188-199

  de Almeida, Aníbal T ^a   Ferreira, Fernando J T E ^b   Both, Dick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c SenterNovem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electric motor efficiency; Electricity conservation; Energy efficient motor systems; Market transformation; Motor drives; Motor systems; Variable speed drives (VSDs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUCTION MOTORS; SPEED CONTROL; TORQUE CONTROL; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

ELECTRIC MOTOR EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT MOTOR SYSTEMS; MARKET TRANSFORMATION; MOTOR DRIVES;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

EID: 13844297935     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2004.841022     Document Type: Article

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