Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-07339-817-4

Chapter 2 - Energy, Energy Transfer, and General Energy Analysis - Problems - Page 101: 2-57

Answer

$E_{save}=9289.81\frac{kWh}{year}$ $Cost_{save}=1114.7$ $t_{payback}=0.00637 years$

Work Step by Step

$75hp*\frac{0.746kW}{hp}=55.95kW$ The energy save will be: $E_{save}=\frac{W}{\eta_{1}}t-\frac{W}{\eta_{2}}t=55.95kW*(4368\frac{h}{year}*0.75)*(\frac{1}{0.91}-\frac{1}{0.954})$ $E_{save}=9289.81\frac{kWh}{year}$ The cost save will be: $Cost_{save}=Cost*E_{save}=0.12\frac{dollars}{kWh}*9289.81\frac{kWh}{year}$ $Cost_{save}=1114.78\frac{dollars}{year}$ To determine the simple payback period first we need to determine the implementation cost, wich is the differential cost betwen the high and standard efficiency motor: $Cost_{differential}=5520dollars-5449dollars=71dollars$ Then the simple payback period will be: $t_{payback}=\frac{71dollars}{1114.78\frac{dollars}{year}}=0.00637 years$
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