Standards for Energy Efficient Electric Motor Systems SEEEM-Building a Worldwide Community of Practice
Over 300 million electric motors (apart from motors in household appliances) use 40％ of global electricity and have an energy efficiency potential between 20％ and 30％. Barriers for the implementation of this potential in industrial electric motor systems are higher initial investment (which will typically pay back in between one and three years) and mostly oversized equipment running in less than nominal efficiencies. There is an almost complete lack of transparency in the motor systems market: Various efficiency testing methods commonly used deliver different values and the absence of clear and unified labels makes it difficult for the end user to choose the most appropriate motor. Only 10 countries have so far enacted (plus 7 have planned) mandatory Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for electric motors and very few have done so for entire motor systems like pumps, fans or compressors. Motors are traded worldwide in large quantities. Product quality comparison standards therefore are crucial elements of free trade. This includes testing standards, energy efficiency classes, marking schemes, labels and MEPS. Harmonization has to cooperate with stakeholders like manufacturers and their associations, distributors, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), end users, governments, academia and international standard associations. The economy of improved motor systems needs to be explained and users trained to invest accordingly. We report about the ongoing process for harmonization of Standards for Energy Efficiency of Electric Motor Systems (SEEEM) since its launch in June 2006. We .explain the strategy of technical and policy work to enable the international community to agree on advanced energy performance criteria for motors and eventually also for motor systems, coordinated levels and timelines. We report about the building of an international multi-stakeholder Community of Practice to speed and focus implementation processes in industrial (Japan, Europe, etc.) and in developing countries (China, India, etc.).
Conrad U. Brunner Anne Arquit Niederberger Anibal T. de Almeida Hans de Keulenaer Hans de Keulenaer
A+B International (Sustainable Energy Advisors) University de Coimbra, Coimbra Portugal European Copper Institute, Brussels
国际会议
北京
英文
123-139
2007-06-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）