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Caution! This is a simple example because both variable are measured in Watts. If the two variables were measured differently, you would need to convert them to equivalent forms before performing the calculation.
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Vinit’s problems – 3-1
Example for equation 3.1
Illustration:
An electric motor consumes 100 watts (a joule per second (J/s)) of power to obtain 90 watts of mechanical power. Determine its efficiency?
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Step 1: Input to the electric motor is in the form of electrical energy and the output is mechanical energy. Using the given formula for efficiency
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An electric motor consumes 92 watts (a joule per second (J/s)) of power to obtain 83 watts of mechanical power. Determine its efficiency?
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Illustration 3-1 is a very simple case because both mechanical and electrical power is given in Watts. Units of both the input and the output have to match.
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Vinit’s Problem 3-2
Another Example for equation 3.1
Illustration:
The United States power plants consumed 39.5 quadrillion Btus of energy and produced 3.675 trillion kWh of electricity. What is the average efficiency of the power plants in the U.S.?
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Step 1: To find the efficiency, both the units of input energy and the output energy have to be same. So we need to convert kWh into Btus.
1 kWh
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= 3412 Btus
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Therefore 3.675 x10^12 kWh
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= 3.675 x 10^12 kWh x 3412 Btus
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1 kWh
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= 12539.1 x 10^12 Btus
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Step 2: Use the formula for efficiency.
Efficiency
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= Useful Energy Output
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Total Energy Input
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= 12539 x 10^12 Btus
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39.5 x 10^15 Btus
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= 0.3174
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The United States power plants consumed 37 quadrillion Btus of energy and produced 2 trillion kWh of electricity. What is the average efficiency of the power plants in the U.S.?
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