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Heat Gain from Typical Electric Motors

Heat Transfer Engineering and Design

Heat Gain from Typical Electric Motors

Electric motors create heat energy that may need to be managed in an industrial system. For example, the heat load may be additive in an HVAC system of an enclosure with additional heat energy producing components

Motor
Rated,
kW
Motor
Type
Nominal
rpm
Full Load
Motor
Efficiency,
%
Location of Motor and Driven
Equipment with Respect to
Conditioned Space or Airstream
A
B
C
Motor
in,
Driven
Equipment
in, W
Motor out,
Driven
Equipment
in, W
Motor
in,
Driven
Equipment
out, W
0.04
Shaded
pole
1500
35
105
35
70
0.06
35
170
59
110
0.09
35
264
94
173
0.12
35
340
117
223
0.19
Split
phase
1750
54
346
188
158
0.25
56
439
246
194
0.37
60
621
372
249
0.56
3-Phase
1750
72
776
557
217
0.75
75
993
747
249

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Derived from resources provided by:

ASHRAE Pocket Guide for HVAC, 2013