NOVEMBER 2019
Smart Motors

Smart motors integrate an innovative electric motor design with a programmable variable-frequency drive (VFD). Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) found that the software-controlled switched reluctance motor  was on average 4% more efficient than a premium motor combined with a VFD, and cost about half as much.

Download Findings

• 1-page infographic

• 4-page brief

• ORNL full report

View Webinar

• On-demand video

• Slides

• Q&A

Additional Resources

• Report: Evaluation of High Rotor Pole Switched Reluctance Motors to Control Condenser Fans in a Commercial Refrigeration System (NREL, June 2019)

• Report: Software-Controlled Switch Reluctance Motors (Southern California Edison Emerging Products Group, August 2018)

• Guidance: Premium Efficiency Motor Selection and Application Guide (DOE/EERE, February 2014)

• Webinar: Performance Evaluation of Software Controlled Switched Reluctance Motors (UC Davis Energy Exchange, March 2019)