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Advanced Energy Efficiency, Lecture 2: Industry - Rocky Mountain ...

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Capture system synergies<br />

◊ For example, with a V-belt-drive fan…<br />

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Cut belt losses from 10–15+% to 1–2% with a<br />

good synchronous belt<br />

› Doesn’t stretch or slip; very long life; very<br />

low maintenance (no tension adjustments)<br />

› Costs about –$1/kWh due to saved maint.<br />

But must use a soft-start device (or flat<br />

Habasit-class belt) for high-inertia loads like<br />

big centrifugal fans—which otherwise strip the<br />

teeth off a cogged belt

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