REAP USDA GRANTS

SPPS is excited to inform its customers that the Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service has announced that it is accepting applications for the Rural Energy for America Program for 2015. The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is designed to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy costs and consumption. The Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Assistance part of the program provides grants and guaranteed loans to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to make energy efficiency improvements to their operations.

SPPS Written-Pole high efficiency single-phase electric motors are an excellent fit for these grants and loans. Our large horsepower single-phase motors provide the efficiency and cost savings associated with electric drives in locations where three-phase power is not economically available.

80 million dollars has been set aside for grants $20,000 and lower.  These grants can cover 25% of the total system improvement cost including wiring and pumps. This set aside deadline is soon, April 30, 2015.

Call us and we can discuss your specific circumstances and assist you in applying for this USDA money.  SPPS has been in contact with USDA representatives and we are happy to work with you to get access to these funds to improve your irrigation or grain drying operation.  Give us a call and we can go over the details of the program with you.

A large farmer in the Texas Panhandle just installed a 100 HP SPPS Written-Pole Motor on an irrigation well, replacing a natural gas engine. He estimates that he will save over $ on Energy costs alone.  The additional savings of oil changes and maintenance on the natural gas engine are on top of that!

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Today at our production facility we tested the locked rotor torque a new 30 HP Written Pole motor. The Locked Rotor Torque or Starting Torque is the torque the electrical motor develops when its starts at rest or zero speed.

A high Starting Torque is more important for application or machines hard to start such as positive displacement pumps.

Our motor out performed our expectations with 110 ft/lbs of torque at 0 rpm or 125% of full rated HP. Needless to say, we had a good day at the office

STOP BY AND SEE US AT THE AMARILLO FARM AND RANCH SHOW!

Our booth is in the Amarillo Civic Center. Heritage Room  H805.  December 2-4, 9:00am to 5:00pm

Show discounts are available.

We are excited to announce the opening of our first Single Phase Power Solutions, LLC Sales and Service Center in Dumas, Texas. We will be serving our agriculture and oil and gas customers in Texas from this location. Drop by and see us. We would love to show you what a SPPS Written Pole Motor can do for your application. View our demonstration 30 HP motor in operation and let us discuss your needs.

Our Written-Pole Single- Phase Technology is THE BEST OPTION, WHERE THREE-PHASE POWER IS NOT ECONOMIC OR TIMELY AVAILABLE. These motors are true single-phase motors, not phase converters or VFDs.  We can provide you with real world case studies in Irrigation, Salt-water injection etc.  Sized from 15 to 100 HP our motors are a solutions that rural power providers prefer.

. Suite B, Dumas Texas (Hwy 287) Just north of town.

Cincinnati, OH—March 24, 2014—Single Phase Power Solutions, LLC’s (SPPS) President, Drew Abbott  has been invited to speak at the annual conference of the Rural Electric Resource Council’s Annual Conference about the large horse power single-phase “Written-Pole” electric motors SPPS produces and supports. SPPS “Written-Pole” motors are the worlds only large-horsepower single-phase motor, available up to 100 hp. Their low starting current (soft start), energy efficiency   and proven reliability make them a preferred choice over VFD and phase converters in many applications.  This technology allows remote users to operate on available single-phase distribution lines, eliminating the high cost of running three-phase supply or the high operating costs  associated with combustion engines.

 

CINCINNATI, OH—October 18, 2013—Cincinnati-based Single Phase Power Solutions, LLC (SPPS) has signed an agreement with Precise Power Corporation of Bradenton, Florida to manufacture and sell 30 to 100 horsepower Written-Pole® single-phase motors. SPPS will reintroduce these motors, which are not phase converters but true single-phase motors—the only large-horsepower single-phase motors in existence. SPPS is expanding its manufacturing capability with a new plant, opening early 2014, in Sarasota, Florida.

The agreement allows SPPS to use John F. Roesel, Jr. and Ronnie Barber’s award-winning proprietary Written-Pole® technology. This technology was first applied to the manufacture of large horsepower single-phase motors in the mid-1990s; many of the motors produced in this period are still in use, a testimony to the motors’ reliability.

Three-phase electric power in rural locations is limited. Traditionally, applications in these locations have relied on reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE), as conventional single-phase motors do not exceed 12 horsepower. New RICE emissions regulations will drive up the cost of internal combustion engines, while the cost of bringing three-phase lines to rural applications can cost $30,000 to $100,000 per mile. A case study of an irrigation application showed 70% cost savings in using a large horsepower single-phase motor instead of a propane-fueled engine.

“Our launch market is Dumas, Texas, and the nine counties surrounding Dumas,” reports Greg York, SPPS Vice President of Operations. “There are three million acres being farmed with irrigation and roughly 9,000 motors or pumps in the launch region…[but] irrigation farming is just one of the applications we’ve identified to grow our business. Our motor provides similar benefits anywhere fossil fuel engines are being used.”

Founded by Drew Abbott and Greg York, Single Phase Power Solutions has offices in Cincinnati, Dumas, TX and a new production facility in Sarasota. Written-Pole® single-phase motors will be demonstrated at select agriculture and technology events in the coming months.

Although it has been nearly 10 years since the successful testing of the world’s first commercially available 100 horsepower single-phase electric motor, SPPS is continuing to expand  the awareness and consumer base of this ground-breaking design. Designed for operation on single-phase utility distribution systems, the single-phase motor is the behemoth of the company’s line of large-horsepower single-phase motors, available in sizes ranging from 15 to 100 hp. These large horsepower single-phase motors benefit from several important enhancements made possible through the application of Written-Pole® Technology, a proprietary motor and generator technology developed by John F. Roesel Jr. and Ronnie Barber. The low starting current requirements and high operating efficiency made possible by this technology have enabled designers to dramatically increase the available horsepower that single-phase motors can produce while operating on standard single-phase utility distribution systems.

The starting demand of a Written-Pole® single-phase motor is generally about 25 to 30 percent of the starting demand of an equivalent single or three-phase induction motor, dramatically reducing electrical demand and annoying voltage flicker on utility distributions systems. The 100 hp single-phase motor is the standard in starting performance with a locked-rotor current of 1.3 times the motor’s full-load current while still producing 65 percent of the motor’s rated full-load torque. The peak starting current of 1.50 times the rated full-load current generates 125 percent of the motor’s rated full-load torque providing sufficient torque to start most loads.

Written-Pole® single-phase electric motors are the most energy efficient single-phase motors available in the market, with operating efficiencies comparable to those of energy-efficient three phase induction motors mandated under Canadian and American energy-efficiency regulations. While energy efficiency regulations for large horsepower single-phase motors do not presently exist in either Canada or the United States, Written-Pole® single-phase motors clearly demonstrate the potential for future energy savings.

Testing performed at Hydro Quebec laboratory an independent laboratory in Shawinigan, Quebec, considered to be one of the most advanced motor test laboratories in North America, confirmed the full-load operating efficiency of the 100 hp single-phase motor to be greater than 95.0 percent, comparable to high efficiency three-phase induction motors offered by other manufacturers. This impressive achievement provides for substantial operating savings over comparable diesel or electric options that can dramatically improve the cost-effectiveness of many agricultural and municipal applications.

Applications ranging from single motor installations of 15 horsepower to multiple motor installations totaling clearly demonstrated the benefits available from the use of Written-Pole® single-phase motors. End-users seeking to expand or modernize applications with larger horsepower requirements such as irrigation pumping systems, grain drying facilities and gas compression equipment now have an electric option that will enable them to benefit from the low energy costs, reduced labor requirements and convenience of electric power. The replacement of diesel engines in many larger horsepower applications will substantially reduce operating costs as diesel fuel costs continue to rise, while protecting the environment through reductions in the production of greenhouse gases and soil/water contamination from fuel spills.

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