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For rotating machinery, formulae for power in Volt Amperes [VA] goes like this:
For single-phase current:
For three-phase current:
The results of the power calculations are given in
Table 1 below. The answers required are as follows.
1. The total input power kilovolt-amperes required for site is 120.8 kVA
2. The incoming supply cable capacity at 415 volt, three-phase, 50 Hz required is:
This is the input current to the site at the voltage of that cable. This is not the same as
a total of the currents calculated in Table 1 as these larger numbers only appear
at their reduced voltages in the relevant sub-circuits.
3. Assume that the crane, pump and tools are running for 25% of an 8-h working
day, 5 days per week for 48 weeks, 20 of the tungsten lamps are for security
lighting 16 h every night, and the remaining 40 tungsten lamps and the flood lamps
are used for 3 h per day, 5 days per week for the winter period of 20 weeks.
The crane, pump and tools are working for:
The security lamps are working for:
The other lamps are working for:
Power
(kW)
Number
kW
kVA
Tower
Crane
75
75
93.75
415
130.4
Sump Pump
6.25
240
26
Lamps
0.1
60
240
25
Flood
Lamps
0.4
12
4.8
4.8
240
20
Hand Tools
0.4
20
10
110
90.9
98.8
120.8
n.a.
n.a.
Total //
Power (kW)
Number
Time (h)
Energy (kWh)
Tower Crane
75
480
36000
Sump Pump
480
2400
0.1
20
5824
11648
Lamps
0.1
40
300
1200
Flood Lamps
0.4
12
300
1440
Hand Tools
0.4
20
480
3840
56528