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000 Hydraulic Pump & Motor Equations:

POWER IN
OR OUT:
(T x )

FLOW IN:

FLOW OUT:
AOut

AIn
VIn

Shaft

VOut
QOut

QIn
pIn

Pump
or
Motor

In

pOut
Out

Important Flow Variables In Hydraulic Pumps and Motors

Quantity

Pumps
TPump Pump

Power Input

PIn

Power Output

POut pPump QPump

Volume Flow Rate

DPump Pump
Or AIn VIn
DPump =Displacement of Pump

Power Equation

Mass Flow Rate

mi

Motors
pMotor QMotor
TMotor Motor
DMotor Motor
Or AOut VOut
DMotor =Displacement of Motor

mPIn = POut; so

mPIn = POut; so

mTPump Pump =
pPump QPump

mpMotorQMotor =
TMotor Motor

mIn = In AIn VIn

mIn = In AIn VIn

mOut = Out AOut VOut

mOut = Out AOut VOut

Power Equation:

PIn = POut + EStored + PLoss

Note:

EStored ~ 0 For Steady State

PLoss = PIn ( 1 - m )