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Exercise from the chapter "Power, energy, efficiency"

Power of a crane motor

Level 3 of 5 · Skills: Calculate

Statement

A crane whose mechanical parts have an efficiency of 0.6 must lift a mass of 500 kg to 10 m in 60 s. What useful power must its motor deliver? (g = 9.81 N/kg)

m = 500 kg · h = 10 m · t = 60 s · η = 0.6

Parametric exercise: the values change with every draw; these are one example.

Guided problem in 4 steps: unknown, formula, units, data, result.

1 hint from Bastaya available in the lab
Solution

Useful work W = m·g·h = 500 × 9.81 × 10 = 49050 J; useful power 817.5 W; the motor delivers P = 817.5 / 0.6 = 1363 W.

Course sheet of the chapter : Power, energy, efficiency

This chapter is covered by the paths: General electricity, ISL-oriented exercises

Other exercises of the chapter

Simulated time00:00:00
Q = I·t-
W = P·t-

Workbench

Circuit diagram CEI 60617

How does it work?

The perfboard: each big hole is a circuit node. You push a single leg of a component (resistor, lamp...) into it. The 4 small holes around it are connected to it: that is where chips and leads plug in.

  1. Drag a component onto the board: it snaps onto the grid. R rotates it.
  2. To join neighbouring big holes, click Jumper chip in the palette (or C) then drag on the board: a line of chips is laid at once. Bridged holes become a single node.
  3. For long links and for the power supply (placed next to the board), drag a lead from one big hole to another (or to a terminal).
  4. As soon as a loop is closed, the circuit is solved in real time (Ohm + Kirchhoff) and the diagram follows.
  5. Zoom with the wheel (or + / −, two-finger pinch); drag the background to pan, 0 fits the board. The + buttons around the board add a row or a column.

Del delete · R rotate · C chip brush · Esc cancel · wheel zoom · drag the background to pan

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