illustration of importance of efficiency

The USEIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) released a report (#-Link-Snipped-#) that the US generated 1006 billion kWh of electricty in 2007. An estimated 70% of industrial power consumption is by electric motors driving gearboxes. That being the case, every 1% increase in gearbox efficiency alone would save approximately 800 MW. Lets discuss ideas to improve motor driven gear box efficiency for energy conservation. Some areas would be oil churn, seal drag & friction.

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  • Ashraf HZ

    Ashraf HZ

    @Ash • May 26, 2009

    The total generation of nearly 4 trillion KWh is quite staggering!

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  • gohm

    gohm

    @gohm-F3UUpP • May 26, 2009

    Shocking, isn't it.... ha ha

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  • raj87verma88

    raj87verma88

    @raj87verma88-ZpL2Wn • May 26, 2009

    Tagging it. Will think tomorrow morning.

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  • ShrinkDWorld

    ShrinkDWorld

    @shrinkdworld-WWdBBc • May 26, 2009

    Realy how much power we can save!!!!!

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