Energy Saving Demo 2
The Energy Cost Problem
Increases in energy costs for the UK Manufacturing Industry have increased to such a degree that it has become one of the major issues of our time. Recently one of our pharmaceutical clients suffered an eye watering 800% increase in its energy bills we are likely to see the energy cost burden driving a successful profitable business into a loss.
Electric motors are crucial to many commercial buildings and industrial processes, consuming a huge 65% of all electricity use across all UK manufacturing. Within Water Utilities this increases to 85% of all electricity being consumed. Additionally, to the financial strain it also creates significant environmental impact.
FIXED SPEED COSTS:
VSD CONTROL COSTS:
ENERGY SAVINGS:
| Percent of Motor Speed | Percent of Time at Motor Speed |
| 100% | |
| 95% | |
| 90% | |
| 85% | |
| 80% | |
| 75% | |
| 70% | |
| 65% | |
| 60% | |
| 55% | |
| 50% |
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A Case Study Example
A UK based glass manufacturer contacted Quantum to ask us if we could help them reduce their soaring energy costs. We discussed our Try-Before-You-Buy scheme and agreed on a trial of their 250Kw Quench Fan, the largest motor application they had on site. The trial proved an exact energy saving of £114,903.00 would be achieved with installation of a new drive on the application.
The new drive supplied, installed, and fully commissioned price was £18,987.00 which would give a payback period of only 2 months.
Our client did not have the capital to invest up front in the new drive so Quantum offered the drive on a long-term lease with fixed rate of £450 per week, £23,400.00 per annum. Delivering a £91,587.00 per year saving to client with the added benefits.
- Zero pounds Initial Capital Outlay
- Guaranteed annual savings of £ 91,587.00
- Schneider VSD Hardware that is serviced annually for free
- Unlimited 24/7 tech support from fully qualified Drive Service Engineers
- Immediate engineer to site cover in case of Drive problems
- No asset value depreciation
No Bulls**t, Just Energy Savings
The Unscrupulous Salesperson
Utilisation of Variable Speed Drives on motor applications can deliver huge savings for industry, but, for far too long unscrupulous VSD salespeople have been peddling myths and lies to you, the customers, to get that all important sale for themselves. These salespeople, the vast majority of whom are not engineers, and have no formal engineering qualifications, are happy to tell you that you will achieve vast savings if you buy their drive. They calculate these savings by using very basic energy saving calculators that make huge assumptions on the installed motors and the application details but fail to take many other crucial elements into consideration.
This is nonsense, there is no way to accurately predict the savings that can be achieved when utilising VSD control on your motors by using a calculator. To purchase a drive based on a salesperson, with no engineering qualifications, is commercial suicide when there is a clear motive for a product sale.
How does it work?
The solution
Try before you buy lets customers try a variable speed drive on their application on their site without the need to commit to any up-front purchase.
Quantum Controls try-before-you-buy services are taking the UK manufacturing industry by storm, providing a real-time solution to the energy crisis that engineers like yourself are facing up and down the country right now.
Conclusion
Not only does Quantum’s unique try-before-you-buy scheme ensure you, the client knows the absolute Facts, not Fiction, about the savings you will achieve to the exact penny when using variable speed drives on your motor applications. It also gives you the flexibility and convenience to prove savings then decide if an outright purchase or long-term lease is the best option for your company. Since the onset of the Energy Price Crisis, we have seen 74% of our try-before-you-buy clients go with the long-term lease option rather than the outright purchase. With many clients now having dozens of drives on up to 3-year lease agreements with Quantum which, in effect, is free as it delivers huge energy savings with the lease costs only representing on average 20% of the actual saving achieved.
So, you could say this option delivers unlimited energy saving for free. Sounds too good to be true, but we Guarantee it isn’t and we have the history and data to prove it.
💡 PRO TIP: Cube Law is the relationship between a centrifugal pump or fan speed and its energy need is known as Cube Law. This means that a small increase in speed requires a lot more power, but also means that a modest speed reduction can give significant energy savings. All major brands of Variable Speed Drive will produce the desired savings due the cubed law effect, Quantum can supply your desired brand of VSD for new sale or lease.
Your Call to Action
Our ‘Try-Before-You-Buy’ energy assessment includes the whole chain, from data collection to temporary drive installation to full and detailed report issued to you with an accurate figure on how much you can save.
Contact us today for a free no obligation meeting to discuss potential motor applications that could deliver huge energy savings.
We currently have 2,500+ drives in out rental fleet from 5.5Kw to 4.5mW, but this scheme is generating huge interest so don’t delay we are dealing with enquiries on a first come first served basis.
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What our customers say
Our customer requested to identify the potential savings of an Induced Draught (ID) fan application still running with a mechanical damper that runs 24/7. We were not surprised to see the excellent return on investment, especially with the current costs of 25p per kWh.
The 110kw fan went from 99.66kw absorbed power to 16.52kw, which brought the running costs from £218,255.40 PA to £36,178.80, saving the customer £182,076.60 each year.
When requested to assist a water framework partner with a foaming issue on an Advanced Anaerobic Digestor (AAD) plant, we needed to slow the pump mixers down, but
didn’t know by how much, and what speeds would be required to adjust to incoming product qualities.
Using our hire equipment, we found the ideal point to run the 90kw mixer pumps was 38hz. At this point the foam went away and there were no changes to the mixing quality. The gas produced was 22% dryer and there was 22% more gas produced for the combi plant. There was also no need to spend £3,000 a week on anti-foam chemicals.
The reduced pump speed also means a reduced power consumption, saving £267,500 per year, based on electricity alone 25p per kWh.
When working with one of our southern power generation service contract customers, we found that although most equipment on site had been upgraded, the hot air primary, cold air primary, and secondary air fans had not been upgraded to VSD control.
By installing variable speed drives onto these applications, we managed to reduce the hot air primary by 114,106kWh, the cold air primary by 273,370kWh, and the secondary air fan by 370,648kWh. This combined reduction of 758,124kWh which equates to an annual saving of £189,531 with a 3-month return on investment.
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