{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# 7.34 Pump Power and Operating Cost" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Given a pump provides 428 feet of head, pumps 700 gpm of 60 deg F water.\n", "The efficiencies of the pump, motor, and VSD are as follows: 70.7%, 95%, 96%.\n", "\n", "Find the brake horsepower, electrical horsepower, and the operating cost (on an 8000 hour/year basis) given a power cost of $0.12/kWhr." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "The brake power is 107.05591309130916 horsepower\n", "The power is 117.38586961766357 horsepower\n", "The cost is $84033.24278348622 dimensionless dollars/year\n" ] } ], "source": [ "from fluids.units import *\n", "rho = 62.364*u.lb/u.ft**3\n", "head = 428*u.foot\n", "Q = 700*u.gal/u.min\n", "pump_efficiency = 0.707\n", "total_efficiency = .707*.95*.96\n", "dP = head*rho*u.gravity\n", "\n", "# unfortunately pint does not support currency, so we keep it dimensionless\n", "rate = 0.12/(u.kW*u.hour)\n", "\n", "bhp = Q*dP/pump_efficiency\n", "print('The brake power is %s' %(bhp.to(u.hp)))\n", "power = Q*dP/total_efficiency\n", "print('The power is %s' %(power.to(u.hp)))\n", "cost = power*rate\n", "cost = (cost*8000*u.hour).to_base_units()\n", "print('The cost is $%s dollars/year' %(cost))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The value given in Crane is $83970." ] } ], "metadata": { "language_info": { "name": "python" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 1 }