Environmental and life cycle cost analysis of a switched reluctance motor

Author

Martínez, E. ; Andrada, P. ; Blanqué, B. ; Torrent, M. ; Perat, J.I. ; Sánchez, J.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Eng. Electr., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona

fYear

2008

fDate

6-9 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the environmental and life cycle costs of a switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive. The analysis was carried out according to the Energy-Using Product Directive (EuP 2005/32/EC) and following the Methodology for the Eco-Design of Energy-Using Products (MEEUP methodology). The base case model adopted is an 8/6 SRM with 1.5 kW of output power that can be considered representative of the small power range. The analysis shows that SRMs could generate large savings comparable to or even better than those of Eff1 three-phase induction motors in the use phase.

Keywords

environmental factors; environmental legislation; life cycle costing; reluctance motors; Energy-Using Product Directive; Methodology for the Eco-Design of Energy-Using Products; SRM drive; environmental cost; life cycle cost analysis; switched reluctance motor; three-phase induction motors; Costs; Electric motors; Energy efficiency; Fault tolerance; Induction motors; Life estimation; Power generation; Production; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines, 2008. ICEM 2008. 18th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vilamoura

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1735-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1736-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICELMACH.2008.4800156

Filename

4800156