Schneider ATV212 low-harmonic energy saving HVAC drives. Altivar ATV212 from Schneider UK is a single series variable speed drive for energy saving for a wide range of HVAC applications up to 75 kW. It incorporates a range of functions specific to pumps and fans, including instant detection of system failure, belt breakage, pump […]
Inverter drives reduce blast chiller cost by £30k pa One of the UK’s largest producers of duck products is saving £30,000 a year on freezing costs following the introduction of ABB variable-speed drives on its blast chiller application. Cherry Valley Farms of Lincolnshire rears some eight million ducks every year and […]
Jeremy Shinton of Mitsubishi Electric UK asks: Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) – Opportunity or Red Tape? ESOS is a new piece of EU legislation which requires member states to introduce a mandatory programme of energy audits for ‘large enterprises’. The mandatory energy audit scheme will impact on over 9000 of the UK’s largest […]
ACH550 energy saving drives for chilled water pumps Fan and pump applications continue to offer opportunities for saving money through energy saving. Although in most new installations equipment is optimised for energy saving, there is a huge installed base of fan and pump motors that spend their life either turned off or […]
EnergySave energy savings calculator from ABB ABB has developed EnergySave software to calculate how much energy and money users could save by using variable speed inverter drives from ABB UK, whilst also deriving other benefits such as soft starting and stopping, an improved power factor, and connection into process automation. It is generally […]