Energy Efficiency Standards of Induction Motors, ¿Are you Prepared Latin America?

• Main Authors: Carlos M. Londoño-Parra, José L. Ramírez-Echavarría
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano 2013-06-01
• Series: TecnoLógicas
• Subjects: Electric motor driven system (EMDS); energy efficiency standards; mutual recognition agreements; testing laboratories.
• Online Access: http://itmojs.itm.edu.co/index.php/tecnologicas/article/view/407/393

In Colombia the regulatory process regarding the energy efficiency of end-use prod-ucts is emerging with the draft technical regulation product labeling RETIQ, which includes in Annex E, the test methods for determining the efficiency of motors alternat-ing current induction. The goal of this paper is to compare the energy efficiency of induction motors between the countries of Latin America and the countries of the major economies of the globe, considering four aspects: the current state of classification standards and test procedures of induction motors efficiency, multilateral agreements of mutual recognition, the infrastructure to conduct tests of the standard and support programs to improve the efficiency of electric motor-driven systems. The study reveals that Latin America is a considerable delay in the implementation of classification standards and methods for testing the efficiency of electric motors, most widely used in the world: IEC 60034-30:2008, IEC 60034-2-1: 2007 IEEE 112:2004 and EPAct'92, with respect to the countries of the European Union, United States, China, Australia, and other developed countries, in which these standards have been adopted. Furthermore, the region is evident in the absence of programs focused on improving the energy efficiency of electric motors and a limited number of accredited laboratories to evaluate their efficiency, which leads to most Latin American countries to establish agreements mutual recognition for this purpose.