Electric Motors and Variable Speed Drives (VSD) Evaluation Tool

This excel tool developed by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is designed to assist organisations benefits of retrofitting a range of high efficiency motors and/or VSDs. The methodologies used in the calculation eng on the EMEEES1 approach. The EMEEES project funded by the EU whose objective was to develop harmonised ev methods to evaluate measures implemented to achive targtes set out in the energy end-use and energy services dir key component of this tool. Two calculation outputs are possible: Energy Savings Calculator - to provide an estimate savings, and a Payback Calculator - to provide a simple payback and average payback of all measures included in t project.

Three retrofit options can be evaluated; VSDs installed on existing standard motors; motor replacement with either a Efficiency (IE2) motor or Premium Efficiency (IE3) motor; and motor replacement incorporating VSD. Motor and equ utilisation factors vary across sectors so users can also select from two sectors, Industry and Tertiary2 . In addition u select up to six different applications with which to conduct the evaluation. These include: pumps, fans, air compress conveyors and refrigeration.

It has been developed to aid organisations in estimating energy savings but obviously has limitations in terms of the inputs used in the calculation process; in order to calculate more robust estimates and projections of energy and cos opportunities a detailed assessment of each upgrade is recommended. Data Inputs are for CREAM coloured cells in each worksheet STEP 1 > To commence the evaluation process, the following should be completed first. Company Name >> SEAI Sligo Building Name >> Average Cost/kWh Electricity Office 1 0.1772

Annual Hours of operation are default from EMEEES STEP 2 >

Click on the Energy Savings Calculator tab and select the SECTOR, EFFICIENCY GRADE a APPLICATION. Next complete the quantities of each upgrade installed. Proceed to the Payback motor.

STEP 3 >

Calculator tab and complete column H with the latest retrofit cost pe

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This tool is intended to provide indicative results, SEAI cannot be held liable for any lo incurred though its use. SEAI would welcome feedback on how these simple tools cou enhanced.

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Electric Motor and VSD Energy Savings Calculator Select > Variable >

Tertiary

Typical Motor Size kW 0.75 1.1 1.5 2.2 3 4 5.5 7.5 11 15 18.5 22 30 37 45 55 75 90 110 132 160 200 375 400
VSD (Existing Motor)

Premium Efficiency Pumps (IE3) Retrofit Option EE Motor

Company > Building Name > Project Reference >

SEAI Sligo Office 1 999

Delivered Energy Saving

Primary Energy Savings

Default

Operating Parameters

VSD and EE Motor 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24

Hours of Operation 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,050 3,050 3,050 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000

Existing motor Efficiency

New Motor Efficiency %

Load Factor % 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60

Quantity Installed 0 0 72.1 75.1 77.2 79.7 81.5 83.1 84.7 86.1 87.6 88.7 89.4 89.9 90.8 91.3 91.7 92.2 92.7 93 93.3 93.6 93.8 94 94 94 84.0 85.3 86.3 87.5 88.4 89.2 90.0 90.8 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.6 94.0 94.3 94.5 95.0 95.2 95.4 95.6 95.8 96.0 96.0 96.0

0 0 0

Delivered Energy Savings (kWh) Primary Energy Savings (kWh)

956,092 2,390,230 Total Electricity Savings Retrofit Option Total Primary Energy Savings Retrofit Option VSD (Existing Motor)

Electricity Savings (kWh) Retrofit Option

VSD (Existing Motor)

EE Motor

VSD and EE Motor 830 1,121 1,445 1,986 2,586 2,900 3,831 5,058 7,056 9,378 11,384 13,424 17,933 21,934 26,486 31,947 43,315 51,673 62,785 74,901 90,585 112,979 211,835 225,957

VSD (Existing Motor)

EE Motor

VSD and EE Motor 8,305 15,324 26,486 31,947 43,315 51,673 62,785 74,901 90,585 112,979 211,835 225,957 956,092 -

28% 609 857 1,137 1,615 2,154 2,466 3,327 4,463 6,329 8,523 10,430 12,334 16,652 20,425 24,733 30,065 40,777 48,774 59,421 71,077 85,970 107,234 201,064 214,468 308 366 428 514 600 602 700 825 1,011 1,187 1,326 1,514 1,779 2,095 2,435 2,613 3,526 4,025 4,671 5,311 6,410 7,979 14,960 15,957 -

Total Primary Energy Savings Retrofit Option VSD (Existing Motor)

20,762 38,311 66,216 79,867 108,288 129,181 156,962 187,251 226,463 282,447 529,588 564,894 2,390,230

Electric Motor and VSD Energy Savings Calculator

Company > Building> Project Reference

SEAI Sligo Office 1 999

Average Cost/kWh ()

Sector > Motor Size 0.75 1.1 1.5 2.2 3 4 5.5 7.5 11 15 18.5 22 30 37 45 55 75 90 110 132 160 200 375 400

Premium Efficiency (IE3) Motor Efficiency > Electricity Savings (kWh) % Energy Savings VSD Electricity Cost VSD and VSD and VSD EE Motor (Existing EE Motor EE Motor /kWh EE Motor EE Motor Motor) Replacement costs, no labour) 0.1772 28% 0.1772 240 331 571 308 609 830 27 0.1772 271 465 736 366 857 1,121 21 0.1772 325 489 814 428 1,137 1,445 18 0.1772 378 559 937 514 1,615 1,986 14 0.1772 641 626 1,267 600 2,154 2,586 12 0.1772 672 740 1,412 602 2,466 2,900 10 0.1772 713 910 1,623 700 3,327 3,831 8 0.1772 877 1,015 1,892 825 4,463 5,058 7 0.1772 1,039 1,145 2,184 1,011 6,329 7,056 6 0.1772 1,285 1,355 2,640 1,187 8,523 9,378 5 0.1772 1,547 1,650 3,196 1,326 10,430 11,384 4 0.1772 1,959 1,952 3,911 1,514 12,334 13,424 4 0.1772 2,401 2,492 4,893 1,779 16,652 17,933 4 0.1772 3,275 3,138 6,412 2,095 20,425 21,934 3 0.1772 3,776 3,861 7,637 2,435 24,733 26,486 3 0.1772 4,595 4,772 9,367 2,613 30,065 31,947 3 0.1772 5,368 6,049 11,416 3,526 40,777 43,315 3 0.1772 6,409 7,071 13,479 4,025 48,774 51,673 3 0.1772 8,311 9,058 17,368 4,671 59,421 62,785 3 0.1772 9,058 10,983 20,040 5,311 71,077 74,901 2 0.1772 9,762 13,928 23,690 6,410 85,970 90,585 2 0.1772 11,623 17,851 29,474 107,234 7,979 112,979 2 0.1772 15,451 33,326 48,777 201,064 14,960 211,835 2 0.1772 15,451 35,493 50,944 214,468 15,957 225,957 2 Tertiary Application > Pumps Replacement Costs3

Average Cost/kWh ()

0.1772

um Efficiency (IE3) % Energy Savings VSD and EE Motor 73 65 60 54 51 48 45 43 41 39 38 38 37 36 36 35 35 34 34 34 34 33 33 33

Simple Payback (Years) VSD EE Motor VSD and EE Motor 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2

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REFERENCES
1 Evaluation and Monitoring for the EU Directive on Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services.

EEMEEES bottom-up case applications; 12: Energy Efficient Motors, 13 Variable Speed Drives, eERG Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energetica, Italy , 2009. http://www.evaluate-energysavings.eu/emeees/en/evaluation_tools/bottom-up.php
2 Tertiary sector - The tertiary sector also known as the service sector or the service industry. Examples

of public and commercial services and include: Government, Healthcare/hospitals, Public health, Waste disposal, Education, Banking, Insurance, Financial services, Legal services, Consulting, News media, Hospitality industry (e.g. restaurants, hotels, casinos), Tourism, Retail, sales, Franchising, Real estate and Sales.
3 Average budget prices for supply only (no installation costs) and could vary depending volume being

purchased. Users are urged to update with current prices.

4 Default: Stefan Thomas (Wuppertal Institute), 2009: Overview of default values proposed in bottom-up

case application, http://www.evaluate-energy-savings.eu/emeees/en/evaluation_tools/bottom-up.php

ncy and Energy Services. Variable Speed Drives, eERG evaluate-energy-

e service industry. Examples hospitals, Public health, Waste es, Consulting, News media, es, Franchising, Real estate

ry depending volume being

alues proposed in bottom-up uation_tools/bottom-up.php