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IEEE Future Energy Challenge Winners Unveil Energy Efficient, Low-Cost Motor Drive Designs for Appliances
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - International Rectifier, IRŪ (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, salutes the winners of IEEE's 2005 International Future Energy Challenge.
The IEEE competition called upon university teams from around the globe to leverage innovations in motor drive design to create an efficient, low cost, single-phase adjustable speed motor for use in energy-saving appliances. First Place went to the team from the University of Belgrade under the direction of Dr. Slobodan N. Vukosavic while the award for Outstanding Design Innovation was given to the team from the University of South Carolina directed by Drs. Antonello Monti and Enrico Santi.
"We applaud the outstanding results achieved by our colleagues at the University of Belgrade and University of South Carolina. The world needs bright minds like these to solve the chronic energy shortages we face. Designs like these provide real solutions ready for implementation", said Alberto Guerra, vice president of Technical Marketing and System Application at IR-SA, a joint venture of International Rectifier and Sanyo.
Both winning design entries presented innovative brushless DC motor drive designs leveraging the performance and reliability characteristics of International Rectifier's IRAM power stage modules.
The competition was sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society, the IEEE Industry Applications Society, the IEEE Power Engineering Society, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the European Power Electronics Association, among others. Winners were announced on August 17 in Chicago. For more information, go to http://www.energychallenge.org/
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