For 1/3 the price of a PowerSave 1200 or KVAR power factor correction device, you can buy a real energy optimizing motor controller!
ENIGIN’S INTELLIGENT MOTOR ENERGY CONTROLLERS (iMEC)
How does iMEC work?
AC induction motors consume more than half of all the worlds’ energy! Unfortunately, motors lack the intelligence to address three key problems that lead to massive energy wastage, unnecessary carbon emissions and undue wear and tear:
1) Fixed speed motor driven applications like escalators cannot intelligently adjust their torque output to match load changes leading to excess energy consumption.
2) Motors that drive applications like pumps & fans cannot intelligently adjust their speed to match load changes and as such consume more power than they need.
3) When starting, a motor develops more torque than is required at full speed. This high inrush of current can lead to mechanical breakdown and peak demand penalties. To avoid the problems associated with starting, motors are often left running continuously even when they are not being used which leads to huge energy waste.
The iMEC solution effortlessly addresses all of these problems by introducing intelligence to your existing systems:
1) iMEC can be applied to fixed speed applications and will dynamically adjust the torque output to meet load requirement without altering the speed (see fig. 1). This leads to substantial savings and is ideal for applications like escalators and many others which run at no/low load for long periods of time. In the right applications, payback is typically under two years!
2) iMEC can be specified to intelligently adjust the speed of your motors to match their variable loading so your motors only consume the power they need. This is a vast improvement over traditional control methods (see fig. 2). A mere 20% reduction in speed can lead to energy savings of up to 50%!
3) iMEC provides a smooth, step-less acceleration (soft start) of your motors (see fig. 3).
This dramatically reduces wear & tear on your system and helps you to avoid peak demand penalties. With a controlled start in place your motors can now be switched off without the fears of re-starting and iMEC can be programmed to perform this function automatically. Auto Switch Off delivers 100% energy savings!
Use iMEC to get your motors under control – it’s a great way to cut your costs, boost your profits and ‘do your bit’ in the fight against climate change
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KVAR vs Power Save is not the point. Neither of the technologies work across the board. They should not be used as a one size fits all technology.
That’s why the Enigin iMEC motor controller is a much more intelligent, and less expensive solution: Motor controllers work – capacitor banks might but need to be sized correctly.
Isn’t Ian Wrigley with Enigin now? When we signed on with Somar Ian Wrigley was with us but now he founded a competing company. Don’t you people have non-compete clauses?
Yes it is Ian Wrigley of Enigin! That proves the amount of experience the Enigin team carries in the energy saving business!
Correction: iMEC costs only 1/3 the price of a Power-Save 1200 or KVAR unit and provides real motor control and an energy optimizing mode.
40% energy savings sounds a bit high for motors, however, we can claim 10-18% savings on small induction motors such as those found in refrigerators, air conditioners, compressors, etc.
Plus, the iMEC solution is very affordable, making it cost effective.
For comparison, iMEC motor controllers cost about 1/2 the price of the Power Save 1200.
Power Boss will save up to 40% in induction motor electricity cost. How much will your system save? I doubt you can reach 40%.
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Overstock sale: Less than 1/2 the price of a KVAR or PowerSave1200 and has microprocessor controls to adapt to your motor load, saving you energy!
Install this on your refrigerator and use a Kill-a-watt to measure the power before and after installation. Read the Kill-a-Watt's kWH register after about 1 week with the iMEC and 1 week without the iMEC.
We are passing this discount on to you. You will not find the iMEC for less anywhere on the Internet!
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Depending on application. VF drives are highly effective.
"vegetable filled power factor capacitors for residential installation"
Looking at my visitor log, someone found this blog entry on Power Factor correction by typing the above sentence into bing.com. Fascinating!
As if it isn't bad enough that companies are selling the power factor capacitors as a black box solution to any power factor problem anywhere, sometimes without analyzing the magnitude of the reactive power problem, but now someone out there has caught wind that these power factor correction solutions are apparently going organic!
I would love to hear the explanation behind this one!
Anyone know anything about it?
vegetable filled power factor capacitors for residential installation
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Hello Pagan,
Interesting question. I'd have to see the case studies or electricity bills to determine what is happening.
In any case, here is another analysis which considers the power factor correction black boxes dubious energy savers.
Power Factor Controllers
What about the dozens of case studies that Power-Save provides? All those customers saving energy in their homes.
It’s not a reduction of amps, like you say, but real kW energy savings. Power-Save has copies of electricity bills in their emails to prove this.
I guess it comes down to one salesman’s word against another’s.
Who can we believe?
Roger Cruz Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Do you have a distibutor in the Philippines?
yes
visit http://www.enigin.com.ph
Dear Anonymous,
I noticed that you link back to a KVAR sales site, and I have decided to allow your comment and your link.
I just hope you do a fair analysis of reactive power for your customers and properly size the capacitor bank to precisely offset the inductive reactance you are trying to correct. Getting close to power factor of 1 is the goal.
Going too far by creating too much capacitative reactance will drop the power factor lower in the other direction. Tipping the scale the other way is just as bad as the problem you are trying to correct. More capacitors does not equal better solution.
Therefore, any “off the shelf” or “one size fits all” solution you sell can be misleading.
The same warning goes for motor controllers: One size does not fit all, though there is no danger from “over-sizing” the motor controller. However, a huge danger exists from under-sizing it.
One must also consider where a variable speed controller is a better solution than a torque controller.
In considering whether to apply a soft starter or torque controller, you should also consider the number of start / stops per day, and the percentage loading. The optimizing function of Enigin’s torque controllers (iMEC) make them a good selection for refrigerator, freezer, chiller and air conditioner compressors, as well as some fan applications and conveyer belts.
Motor controllers also save in maintenance costs. Ever hear that “slamming” sound when your motor turns on? Your application might benefit from soft starting using the Enigin iMEC torque controller.
Same principle as accelerating your automobile. Slamming the car into first gear at the green light wastes energy and will wear out your car’s engine.
Slow it down and save energy and protect your equipment: Consider an Enigin iMEC motor controller.
I was searching for Blogs about capacitor 25 kvar and found this site. I am interested in your content and appreciate sites like this.
Question about KVAR controller:
OK, so let's assume the KVAR or PowerSave 1200 or whatever you use DOES save electrical energy when the motor or other inductive load is operating.
What happens when the motor is turned off?
You would have the opposite but equally energy-wasting problem:
Say you have an electric motor at your facility which brings your power factor down to 0.6 lagging.
Now IF BY SOME STROKE OF LUCK, one of the available power factor correction black box sizes coincidentally brought that power factor back to, or close to unity (sort of like a Doctor telling both infants and adults to take the same dose of Tylenol for a headache regardless of age or weight), then, when the motor is turned off, the power factor correction device will bring the facility's power factor to 0.6 leading.
If your facility is surcharged by the electric utility for imperfect power factor, then it does not matter if the power factor is leading or lagging – you will still be charged.
Furthermore, all those arguments about reactive currents causing I2R (I squared R is known as "resistance or heating losses) in the distribution wiring apply equally to leading and lagging power factor problems. Therefore, if your facility's power factor is brought to 1 because all motor loads happen to be turned off, this power factor "correction" device will bring it back to less than 1, unless it is taken out of the electrical circuit every time the motor is turned off.
Is it?
How do the manufacturers of the power factor correction gadgets explain that?
While it would be helpful to know how much time is spent pumping at which rate, and how many start / stops occur per day, if you don’t know, we can provide a data logger for as little as $ 100.00. The data will upload into your computer as an Excel file, which you can email to us.
It would also be useful to know your electricity rate, but for this purpose we will use Baltimore Gas & Electric’s retail rate of 15 cents per kWH.
However, I would imagine that your pump is more than 50% loaded, and would not achieve great savings. The soft start controller can save SOME money if your pump has many start / stop cycles. More importantly, the soft starter can increase lifespan of your equipment by avoiding sudden impulses to your system, which can be damaging not only to the motor, but also to your piping.
Personally, I use two of these controllers at home: On my heat pump compressor and on the air handler fan. Nevertheless, I have not done an analysis of savings from these two soft starting controllers.
I am a homeowner with an irrigation well. I use a 240vac 1hp submersible pump for 10 hrs/day/ for 6mo/yr. Irrigation pressure varries from 30psi @ 15gpm to 60psi @ 10gpm.
Will this technology be cost efficoent to apply in this situation?
Dear Mr. Cruz,
Please send me your complete contact information and I will send it to the company for consideration.
Please email:
partnerships @ marylandgreenpower.com
Regards,
Dennis Meizys
Maryland Green Power Co.
+1-443-864-3072
Do you have a distibutor in the Philippines?
There is a partner in the Philippines, Power Saver Services, Puerto Princesa City – Palawan, Philippines… email.. doods96@yahoo.com.. Contact number 09067283236
I’m very much interested to start a business.
Do you have a marketing tool on how to sell the product fast?
Note the difference between a capacitor-based power factor correction system and a motor controller:
Capacitors are fixed and cannot compensate for varying degrees of inductance.
Motor controllers dynamically adjust response using a microprocessor-based system.
We will evaluate your facility for free and advise which is the best motor control solution for your needs. We can supply you with Enigin fixed-speed motor controllers, torque controllers, soft-starters, and a multitude of other solutions.
Why buy a one-size fits all solution when you can get customized energy saving equipment?
If interested in Enigin Motor Controllers (iMEC) as supplied by Enigin Partner Maryland Green Power Co., please contact us at: 443-864-3072.