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DETERMINATION OF REQUIRED DRIVE MOTOR POWER FOR DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

A. Fan Drive Calculations: To calculate fan shaft power imparted by drawn air, we use the following formula: Impeller shaft kW = Q x dp / 367,000 x h where: Q = gas flow, Am3/h dp = fan total static pressure, mmH2O h = fan efficiency (0.6 for radial, 0.8 for backward curved) or Impeller shaft air hp = CFM * pt * rw / 12 * 33,000 where: CFM = gas flow, ft3/min pt = total static pressure, inH2O rw = density of water, lb/ft3 * fan efficiency range from 50 to 80% Resulting calculated power absorbed from these two formulas will give almost the same values up to hundredth decimal point.

B. Pump Drive Calculations: To calculate pump shaft power imparted by liquid, we use the following formula: Impeller shaft hp = Q x SG x DHf / 3,960 where: Q = pump discharge volume flow, gal/min DHf = dynamic head in feet also the total dynamic head of fluid SG = specific gravity of fluid referred to water @ 60oF * pump efficiency range from 60 to 90% for positive displacement pumps

C. Screw Conveyor Drive Calculations: To calculate screw shaft power , we use the following formula: Screw hp = 1 + ( ALN + CWLF/1,000,000 ) where: L = length of conveyor, feet N = rpm of screw C = cubic feet conveyed per hour W = weight of material, pounds per cubic foot A = factor for bearing F = factor for conveyed material class

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D. Bucket Elevator Drive Calculations: To calculate bucket shaft power , we use the following formula: Bucket kW = k C H / 367 where: C = load, tons per hour H = height (center to center distance), meters k = coefficient varying from 1.2 for fed buckets to 2 for nodular material with high scooping resistance

Drive motor power determination: To get motor rating required to drive the fan or any equipment, we consider different applications. Each application have different service factor based on actual engineering experience or practice - to be multiplied with the calculated shaft or brake power. Service factors are used to make allowance for the working stress in a machine member. Such working stress might be increased by suddenly applying the load, with resulting shock. Account must also be taken of such operating conditions as whether it will be in intermittent or continuous service, lubrication and protection it will have from injurious agents. Average values of service factor are 1.2 to 1.5 for light shock; 1.5 to 2 for moderate shock; 2 to 3 for very heavy shock; and as high as 5 in a few extreme cases. Also, we get motor rating required to drive the fan or any equipment by dividing shaft or brake power by the mechanical efficiency of the fan or any equipment. Mechanical efficiency accounts for all the mechanical losses in a machine. For V-belt drives, service factors are listed below for different applications: Driven Machine
Agitators, paddle propellers Bakery machinery Flour, feed and cereal mills Machine tools Conveyors Generators and exciters Laundry machines Paper machinery Printing machinery Compressors Screens Brick and clay machinery Oil-filled machinery Textile machinery Fans and blowers Pumps Crushing machinery Mills Line shafts Rubber plant machinery

Service factor
1.0-1.2 1.0-1.2 1.0-1.4 1.0-1.4 1.0-1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2-1.4 1.2-1.4 1.2-1.6 1.2-1.6 1.2-1.8 1.2-2.0 1.2-2.0 1.4-1.6 1.4-1.6 1.4-2.0 1.4-2.0

For gear drives, service factors are listed below for different applications:
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Driven Machinery
Centrifugal machines Hoisting machinery Belt-driven machine tools Textile machinery Smoothly running conveyors

Service factors

Machinery with uniform load without shock;

1.0-1.25

Machinery with medium shock;

Reciprocating comp. & pumps Pneumatic tools Well-drilling machinery Wire-drawing machinery Portable electric tools Lobe blowers Heavy duty conveyors Machine tools Kilns 1.25-1.5

Machinery with moderately heavy shock;

Dredging machinery Road machinery Railway motor cars Sigle-cylinder compressor Ore or stone crushers Punch press Tumbling barrels 1.5-1.75

Machinery with heavy shock;

Rolling mill Rock crushers 1.5-1.75

For power transmission chains, service factor are listed below for different loading: Driven Machine
Uniform load, average conditions Moderate shock Heavy shock

Service factor 10 hrs/day 24 hrs/day

1.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.7

For flexible coupling drives, service factors are listed below for different applications: Driven Machinery Machinery with uniform load;
Centrifugal pumps Fans Agitators Generators Line shafts 1.0

Service factors

Machinery with moderate shock;

Beaters Grinders Hoists Ball mills 3 1.5

1.5 Reciprocating comps or pumps

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Machinery with heavy shock;

Boat propellers 1-2 cyl. Comps. or pumps Crushers Hammer and rolling mills 1.5