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Heat Gain from Electrical Motors in Continuous Operation

Heat transferred from electrical motors to rooms with different locations of fan and motor
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Electrical motors in air condition system contributes to the heat loads in air condition systems and have influence on the cooling equipment dimensions.

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Gained heat load from electrical motor and fans in different locations can be estimated from the table below:

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0.05 0.07 0.10 0.14 0.20 0.28 0.40 0.56 0.80 1.1 1.6 2.5 4.0 5.6 8.0 11.2 16 20 25 32 40 50

40 46 55 60 64 66 70 72 76 80 80 81 82 84 84 86 87 88 89 89 89 90

0.13 0.15 0.18 0.23 0.31 0.42 0.60 0.78 1.05 1.38 2.0 3.1 4.9 6.7 9.5 13.0 18.4 22.7 28.0 36.0 45.0 56.0

Location of Fan and Motor 2 Motor Outside 1 3 the Air Flow Motor and Motor in the or Outside the Fan in the Room. The Room. The Inlet Air Flow Fan in the Fan in the or in the Outlet Air Inlet Air Flow Room Flow or in the (kW) (kW) Room (kW) 0.13 0.05 0.08 0.15 0.07 0.08 0.18 0.10 0.08 0.23 0.14 0.09 0.31 0.20 0.11 0.42 0.28 0.14 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.78 0.56 0.22 1.05 0.80 0.25 1.38 1.1 0.28 2.0 1.6 0.40 3.1 2.5 0.60 4.9 4.0 0.90 6.7 5.6 1.1 9.5 8.0 1.5 13.0 11.2 1.8 18.4 16 2.4 22.7 20 2.7 28.0 25 3.0 36.0 32 4.0 45.0 40 5.0 56.0 50 6.0

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Location of Fan and Motor 2 Motor Outside 1 3 the Air Flow Motor and Motor in the or Outside the Fan in the Room. The Room. The Inlet Air Flow Fan in the Fan in the or in the Outlet Air Inlet Air Flow Room Flow or in the (kW) (kW) Room (kW) 70.0 63 7.0 89.0 80 9.0 110 100 10.0

1 kW = 1,000 Watts = 3,412 Btu/h = 737.6/550 British hp = 1.341 British hp = 103/9.80665 kgf m/s = 737.6 ft lbf/s = 103/(9.80665 75) metric hp
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