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Diagram For: 400-1000-1100-1300 ENGINE SERIES

Curve:

ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE & TEMPERATURE

Issue:

ON POWER OUTPUT RELATIVE TO ISO AND SAE

REFERENCE CONDITIONS AT SEA-LEVEL.
APPLICABLE TO ENGINES WITH MECHANICAL FIE ONLY.

Perkins Engines Company Limited

2006 Commercial in Confidence,
proprietary information of
Perkins Engines Company Ltd.

S 8001
1

Sheet 1

Date: 11-Apr-2006

1.08
1.06
1.04
1.02
1.00
0.98
0.96
0.94
0.92

0.88
0.86
0.84
0.82

Power Correction Factor

0.80
0.78
0.76

AMBIENT
AIR
TEMPERATURE,
DRY

1000
975

0.72

950

0.70

925

0.68

900

0.66

875

0.64

850

0.62

825

0.60
0.58
Y
LL
RA
TU
NA

0.56
0.54

AS

0.52

T
RA
PI

0.50

ED

0.48
0.46

gC
De
25
gC gC gC egC egC egC
C
e
eg De De
D 0D
D
6
0D 10 20 30D 40 50

0.74

800
775

AMBIENT
AIR
TEMPERATURE,
DRY

750
725
700
675
650
625

0.44

600

0.42

575

0.40

550

0.38
0

250

500

750

1000

1250

1500

1750

2000

2250

2500

2750

3000

3250

3500

3750

4000

4250

Dry Barometric Pressure, mbar

0D
eg
C
10D
eg
C
20D
eg
C
30D25D
TU
eg egC
RB
C
OC
40D
HA
RG
eg
ED
C
50
-S
De
EE
gC
NO
TE 60
De
gC

0.90

4500

4750

5000

Altitude, m

NOTE
For air-to-water charge cooled turbocharged engines
the power correction shown above does not apply.
For these engines the reference temperature of 25C
should be used and not the actual ambient (engine
inlet) air temperature.
For power correction due to humidity refer to curve
S8002.

The above diagram is applicable to correct Engine Power quoted to

the following Rating Standards:
Total Barometric
Pressure (kPa)

Vapour
Pressure
(kPa)

Air Inlet
Temperature
(C)

ISO 14396: 2002

100

25

80/1269/EEC

100

25

88/195/EEC

100

25

ISO 1585: 1992

100

25

ISO 2288: 1989

100

25

ISO 3046-1: 1995

100

25

ISO 8665: 1994

100

25

ISO 9249: 1989

100

25

SAE J1349 4.2.4

100

25

SAE J1995 3.1

100

25

UN/ECE R120

100

25

Rating Standard

Drawn by:

Issued by:

A. Bradley

P. Knight
(Legislation Engineer)

Date: 11-Apr-2006