It is estimated that 38.4% of the total U.S. electrical energy consumption is used to run motors.1 Annually, 45 billion kWh are used by 1-10 horsepower motors, alone. Even a small increase in motor efficiency could greatly reduce energy consumption. Turntide has developed a patented High Rotor-Pole Switched Reluctance Motor (HRSRM) system that can achieve up to 95% peak motor efficiency and maintain similarly high levels of performance over a wide range of operating speeds. Figure 1 shows the Turntide switched reluctance motor.
- J. Douglas and G. McCoy, 2014 Premium Efficiency Motor Selection and Application Guide: A
Handbook for Industry. (Advanced Manufacturing Office: U.S. Department of Energy, 2014,
DOE/G0-102014-4107). ↩︎