Sizing Of Driver (Electric Motor) For Pumps

rev. 1
Started byron23, Feb 27 2014
Q = Volumetric flow rate in m3/h 100 put your figure 440 gpm
DP = Differential Pressure, bar 9 put your figure diff. head, m 92 301 ft
Eo = pump hydraulic efficiency 0.62 put your figure
SG = specific gravity of pumped liquid 1 put your figure (only required for head calculations and Eo estimate)
efficiency estimate 0.61 according to: Branan, The process engineer's pocket handbook
BkW = Brake Kilowatt in KW
BkW = Q*DP / (36*Eo) 40.3

The BkW obtained thus needs to be multiplied by a load factor to arrive at the motor power. CENTR 1.1
Load factors are typically 1.1 for centrifugal pumps and 1.05 for positive displacement pumps. POS DISP 1.05
type of pump CENTR select your choice
load factor 1.1
corrected BkW 44.4
Next round-off (round-up) the motor power to the next available standard motor size.
consider this resource (last pages with reference to ABB motor) with power factor indicated # 0.9 LIMITED AT 75 kW MAX
http://www.cheresources.com/invision/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=8316 F:\ARTICOLI\2457.pdf
CONTRIBUTIONS
ankur2061, for the procedure
breizh, for the documentation
gegio1960, for the spreadsheet
SELECTED MOTOR OUTPUT POWER 45 kW