Pump Motor Efficiency Part 4: What Is a SMART PUMP?

Perhaps you’ve heard about mandates for higher energy efficiency and the innovations that have emerged to meet these requirements. Integrated control functionality for some HVAC equipment is among these innovations. Fan manufacturers were the first….

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Pump Motor Efficiency Requirements Part 2: Electronically Commutated Motors

Pump Motor Efficiency Requirements Part 2: Electronically Commutated Motors

Electronically commutated motors (ECMs) will play an important role in compliance with increasing motor efficiency requirements from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). But how do these motors differ from century-old direct current (DC) motor technology….

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Pump Motor Efficiency Requirements Part 1: A Three-Decade Retrospective

Pump Motor Efficiency Requirements Part 1: A Three-Decade Retrospective

This series provides an evolutionary perspective on motors and increasing motor efficiency requirements. We begin with a brief look at motor history and the key developments in motor efficiency classifications over the last….

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