Energy Management for Motor Driven Systems

Course Summary

This course will assist you to establish a facility energy-management program, to identify and evaluate energy conservation opportunities involving motor-driven equipment, and to design a motor improvement plan. These actions will help you:

• Reduce energy costs,
• Improve motor-driven system reliability and efficiency,
• Increase productivity, and
• Minimize unscheduled downtime.

In the course you will find:

• How to set up a successful energy management program (Chapter 1).
• How you can use utility bills, plant production data, and utility rate information to “target” potentially cost-effective energy conservation, demand reduction and power factor correction opportunities (Chapter 2).
• Plant distribution system troubleshooting and “tune-up” tips (Chapter 3).
• A description of motor testing instruments and field survey techniques (Chapter 4).
• Methodologies for analyzing motor improvement opportunities (Chapter 5). Chapter 5 illustrates how you can use measured information to determine the load imposed on the motor by driven equipment and its efficiency at that load point.
• How to determine the dollar benefits associated with appropriate energy conservation and demand reduction actions (Chapter 6).
• Motor improvement planning basics (Chapter 7). This chapter provides advice regarding the assessment of new motor purchase, repair, downsizing, and replacement decisions and shows how to incorporate findings into your motor improvement plan.
• Power factor correction assessment techniques (Chapter 8). This chapter gives examples illustrating the sensitivity of power factor correction benefits to utility rate schedules.
• How to establish both preventative and predictive maintenance programs (Chapter 9).

Throughout this course we identify sources of additional information, such as Motor Master+. Motor Master+ is an energy-efficient motor selection and energy management software package. The capabilities of Motor Master+ include:

• Automatic motor load and efficiency estimation based upon field data measurements.
• Ability to select replacement motors from an internal database of over 27,000 one-to-2,000 hp NEMA Design B, C and D motors.
• Ability to analyze conservation benefits due to purchase and use of energy efficient motors in new, rewind, or retrofit applications.

Learning Objectives

• Energy Management for Motor-Driven Systems
  • Elements of a Successful Energy Management Program
  • Secure Top Management Commitment
  • Appoint an Energy Coordinator
  • Obtain Employee Cooperation
  • Conduct Energy Surveys
  • Organize Energy Data
  • Analyze Survey Results
  • Set Conservation Goals
  • Develop Organization-Wide Energy Management Plan
  • Implement Engineering Changes
  • Monitor and Evaluate Results
• Understanding Your Utility Bill
  • Organizing Utility Bills and Production Data
  • Interpreting Utility Charges
  • Service Charge
  • Energy Charge
  • Demand Charge
  • Power Factor Charges
  • Optional Rate Schedules
  • Time-of-Use Rates
  • Interruptible, Curtailment and Customer Generator Rates
  • Using Billing Data to Identify Opportunities
  • Checklist for Electricity Cost Savings
• Industrial Electrical Systems
  • The Plant Electrical Distribution System
  • Over and Under Voltage
  • Voltage Unbalance
  • Troubleshooting and Tuning your In-Plant Distribution System
  • Troubleshooting Poor Contacts
  • Voltage Drop Survey
  • Infrared Thermograph
  • Troubleshooting Voltage Unbalance
  • Troubleshooting Over and Under Voltage
  • Troubleshooting Low Power Factor
  • Troubleshooting Undersized Conductors
  • Troubleshooting Insulation Leakage
• Taking Field Measurements
  • Safety Considerations
  • Constructing the Motor List and Inventory Database
  • Acquiring Motor Nameplate Data
  • Load-Time Profiles
  • Measuring Operating Values
  • Data Gathering Approaches
  • Safety Issues in Data Gathering
  • Voltage Measurements
  • Current Measurements
  • Power Factor Measurements
  • Purchasing Motor Testing Instruments
  • Voltage Meters
  • Current Meters
  • Tachometers
  • Power and Power Factor Meters
  • Multi-channel Power Loggers
  • Motor Analyzers
  • Industrial Practices
• Motor Load and Efficiency Estimation Techniques
  • Input Power Measurements
  • Line Current Measurements
  • The Slip Method
  • Variable Load Levels
  • Determining Motor Efficiency
  • Computerized Load and Efficiency Estimation Techniques
• Energy, Demand, and Dollar Savings Analysis
  • Calculating Annual Energy and Demand Savings
  • Assessing Economic Feasibility
• Motor Improvement Planning
  • Energy Efficient Alternatives
  • Upon Failure Alternatives
  • Without an Existing Motor Failure

Course Author

US Department of Energy

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Certificate of completion of the course

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This online PDH course can also be used as a continuing education course for the following.

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering