Supporting the Effective and Efficient Reduction of Energy Consumption in Electrical Drive Systems

Abstract

Despite its increasing recognition in general public as well as by decision makers and authorities reducing energy consumption in electrical drive systems still is labor intensive, requires qualified expertise and sophisticated technical knowledge covering different engineering domains Very often there is a variety of interfering constraints which have to be considered: environment conditions, performance requirements such as allowable maximum or minimum values of speed, torque and current, reliability and total life-cycle cost, just to mention a few. In many cases this is not a trivial task. And last but not least: its effort has to be taken into account when deciding about the feasibility of energy saving actions. Exploiting the saving potential of electrical drive systems is obviously closely related to the effort it takes for its identification.