Deemed Power Savings of Cogged V-belts versus Smooth V-belts

Abstract

ABSTRACTEnergy efficiency produces multiple well-known benefits, including reduced energy costs to end users, but also universal societal benefits of price suppression in energy markets, avoided electric transmission and generating plant costs, and reduced emissions. Because of these well-known benefits, energy efficiency is increasingly utilized as a resource to meet society's energy needs. The energy-efficiency resource is often procured through utility or government-run energy-efficiency programs. Increasing energy savings requirements of these programs are producing a need for new ways to achieve energy efficiency.Consider then, the cogged v-belt. V-belt drives are commonly used to transfer power from electric motors to a wide variety of applications. The energy efficiency benefits of cogged v-belts over smooth v-belts have been presented in various publications since the 1990s and the transition to cogged v-belts is recommended by many organizations including the U.S Dept. of Energy [1].Thus, a quest...