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In this paper, an elevator's drive system is thoroughly examined in order to improve its operation, in terms of reducing the energy consumption. Vector control is used for the drive system and the simulation results are compared to a real application's measurements. In order to reduce the total energy consumption of the system, the conventional braking system is replaced by a regenerative braking...