[Equest-users] Break horse power Vs motor hp

[Hall, Brendan]

Ideally you should give the design head, flow, pump efficiency and motor efficiency and let the program calculate the power, then check against your numbers. But I have not had any review comments with just setting the pump power to the bhp (converted to kW).

Brendan Hall, M.Sc., LEED AP BD+C
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Oscar B.
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 1:23 PM
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Subject: [Equest-users] Break horse power Vs motor hp



Hello group

I am modeling a building for LEED purpose. If someone can give me some lights I will appreciate

What is the correct approach when simulating pumps and fan power in the proposed case?. size the electric motors with the bhp or the next commercial motor size. I mean the if the condenser water pump has 15.3 bhp but the next available motor size is 20 hp. the pump will not use 20 hp.

Thanks in advance.


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