Prime Movers

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 Prime Movers

• Electric motors

• Single-cylinder gas engines

• Multi-cylinder gas engines

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 Motor Slip

The difference between motor speed at no loads and the

speed when fully loaded, expressed as a percentage of
no load speed. As torque on the motor increases the
motor slows down (slips) and the motor develops more
torque. Slip goes up as motor torque increases.

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 NEMA Motor Classifications

• NEMA B 3% SLIP

• NEMA C 4% SLIP

• NEMA D 5 to 8% SLIP

• NEMA D+ 8 to 13% SLIP

• Special Purpose Greater than 13%

(ultrahigh slip)

Slip = 100 (Synch. RPM-Full load RPM/Synch. RPM)

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 Motor Sizing

• HP required = API peak torque rating/3150 x 2.5

• Peak torque is 640,000 in-lb torque

640,000 / (3150 x 2.5) = 81.26

• 1 HP = 0.7457 kW

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 Horsepower of Prime Mover

*These values are approximate for high-slip (NEMA D) electric

motors and slow-speed engines.

*HP = BPD x depth

56,000

For normal-slip electric motors and multi-cylinder engines:

*HP = BPD x depth

45,000

Multiply HP by 0.8 for Mark II units.

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 Internal Combustion Engines

• Designed to run on natural gas or propane

• Slow-speed engines have a crankshaft speed of 750

RPM or lower.

• High-speed (multi-cylinder) engines have speeds up to

2,000 RPM.

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