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Increasing motor efficiency to reduce energy consumption?
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[QUOTE="russ_watters, post: 6465573, member: 142"] I only looked at the first. It's a "switched reluctance motor", which wikipedia tells me was first patented in 1838 (!). So it's a really, really old idea. It's been refined of course. For small motors running at low RPM, efficiencies drop substantially and this type of motor may help avoid that. How much of a benefit? It's tough to know: Yes, there is a lot of marketing hype in there and no detailed case studies. More concerning is that I don't see a way to buy one, and I see the company's name changed last year (from "Software Motor Company"). It looks like a startup that isn't actually off the ground yet. The cynic in me thinks they originally picked "Software Motor Company" because they thought it would make venture capitalists backsides tingle and they are hoping to market it by putting internet into it. [/QUOTE]
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