Question

A rig must hoist a load of 300,000 lbf. The drawworks can provide an input power to the
block and tackle system as high as 500hp. Eight lines are strung between the crown block
and traveling block. Calculate (i) the static tension in the fast line when upward motion
is impending, (ii) the maximum hook horsepower available, (iii) the maximum hoisting
speed, (iv) the actual derrick load (v) the maximum equivalent derrick load, and (vi) the
derrick efficiency factor. The power efficiency of n=8 is given as 0.841.

Solution

1. Tension in Fast Line

By using the formula:

ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑
𝐹𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 =
𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑥 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠

𝑊
𝐹 =
𝜂𝑥𝑛

300000 300000
𝐹 = =
0.841 𝑥 8 6.728

𝑭𝒇𝒍 = 𝟒𝟒𝟓𝟖𝟗. 𝟖𝟖 𝒍𝒃𝒇

2. Maximum Hook Horsepower

𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = 𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑥 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑃

𝑃 =𝜂𝑥𝑃
Course In-charge: Sir Ahad Manzoor
𝑃 = 0.841 𝑥 500

𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌 = 𝟒𝟐𝟎. 𝟓 𝒉𝑷
 3. Maximum Hoisting Speed

𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟
𝐻𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑

𝑃
𝑣 =
𝑊

420.5
𝑣 =
300000

ℎ𝑃
𝑣 = 0.001402
𝑙𝑏𝑓

Multiplying with the 33000 as the corrector factor, to change the hP/lbf to ft/min.

𝑣 = 0.001402 𝑥 33000

𝒗𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 = 𝟒𝟔. 𝟐𝟓 𝒇𝒕/𝒎𝒊𝒏

4. Actual Derrick Load

1 + (1 + 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠)𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦
𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 𝑥 𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑
𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑥 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠

1 + (1 + 𝑛)𝜂
𝐹 = 𝑥𝑊
𝜂𝑥𝑛

1 + (1 + 8) 𝑥 0.841
𝐹 = 𝑥 300000
0.841 𝑥 8

8.569
𝐹 = 𝑥 300000
6.728

𝑭𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 = 𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟎𝟖𝟗. 𝟕𝟕 𝒍𝒃𝒇

5. Maximum Equivalent Derrick Load

𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 + 4
𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 𝑥 𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠

𝑛+4
𝐹 = 𝑥𝑊
𝑛

8+4
𝐹 = 𝑥 300000
8

𝑭𝑬𝑫 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒍𝒃𝒔.

6. Derrick Efficiency Factor

𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑

𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 = 𝑥 100
𝑀𝑎𝑥. 𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑

𝐹
𝐸 = 𝑥 100
𝐹

382089.77
𝐸 = 𝑥 100
450000

𝑬𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 = 𝟎. 𝟖𝟒𝟗 = 𝟖𝟒. 𝟗 %

7. Time Required to Lift 90 ft Stand

𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡

𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 =
𝐻𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑

𝐿
𝑡=
𝑣

90
𝑡=
46.25

𝒕 = 𝟏. 𝟗𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔