IDS are ABB Inverter specialists. We specify, install, commission, repair, service and hire variable speed drives.
With less than 60% of obligated businesses not making the original deadline for ESOS compliance of 29th January, a grace period of three months was given by the Environment Agency. However, as the period came to an end (29th April) there are still in the region of 3,000 ESOS qualifying organisations unaccounted for. Environment Agency […]
Around 80 percent of maximal torque at 90 percent speed is normally considered an efficient duty point for a motor and drive system. However, a more efficient duty point can be found which could benefit a designer tasked with improving a pump system’s efficiency. If you plot motor ISO efficiency curves for various duty points, […]
A surface water pumping station expects to cut the energy use of two submersible pumps by between 10 and 15 percent following the installation of ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs). The VSDs also avoid the cost of installing a new transformer and improve the reliability of the site’s pumping system. Susworth Pumping Station, located in Lincolnshire, […]
The drive was installed on a 4 kW sewage aerator at the Swallow unmanned treatment works in Lincolnshire. Wayne Barley, Northern Energy and Efficiency Engineer for Anglian Water, says: “The vertical rotor of the aerator was set on a duty cycle of 20 minutes off, 20 minutes on. Working in this way, there were frequent […]
We spoke to Lorraine Famiglietti of IDS regarding ESOS. A mandatory European programme to implement energy audits into large organisations. Here is what she had to say. “Those subject to ESOS get to find out how wasteful their energy usage is, but is there a comeback to change anything they find? No. Perhaps there should […]
Warehouse Energy Saving – An inverter installation at the Movianto Warehousing Facility in conjunction with local Commercial Electrical Engineers & Contractors, Lockcraft Electrical. Warehouse Energy Saving – Case Study Large logistics and warehousing facilities can save money by installing ABB inverters from IDS, up to as much as 44% per year off the energy bill! […]
The food and beverage industry is very competitive and operates on notoriously small margins, so cutting operating costs is vital for manufacturing companies operating in this market. With electric motors forming such a fundamental part of processes such as stirring, mixing, chilling, baking and brewing, motor energy costs and how to reduce them is one […]
One of the biggest challenges data centres have (apart from the obvious security measures) is keeping the computers cool. Overheating is a constant danger. Any form of ‘down time’ can be disastrous. To combat this data centres employ various chilling equipment; condensers, chilled water pumps, chiller compressors and air handling units (AHUs). Saving Energy in […]
A free energy efficiency motor audit was undertaken to look into energy savings within a scientific studies building at a university in Cambridge. University Energy Saving Potentials The findings revealed that there were 12 AHUs (Air Handling Units) at the university. There are two 5.5 kW motors on each extract fan that run 24 hours […]
IDS are an associate members of BCF (British Coatings Federation). We are keen to explore the energy saving possibilities using inverters within the coatings industry and have seen a couple of sites. A large number of applications have been identified within the coatings industry where inverters can assist in the reduction of wasted energy, these […]
