Caterpillar 3000 Series 6

Altitude - curve 3952

ALTITUDE [1000 ft]
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500
[metre]

1.0

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5
AMB
AIR
0.4 TEMP

0.3 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

950 900 850 800 750 700 650 600 [m bar]
100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 [kPa]
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Perkins Engines Company 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 [mm Hg]
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K1077

DIAGRAM FOR ESTIMATING EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE AND TEMPERATURE ON POWER OUTPUT

RELATIVE TO BS 5514 REFERENCE CONDITIONS.
(27ºC and 100 kPa [750mm Hg])
Effects relative to BS 649 conditions (29.4ºC and 99.9 kPa [749mm Hg]) will be similar.

Sales Manual, TPD 1394E, issue 2 109