Indu Shekhar Kumar

ME 2900
Lab 7: Air Motor Torque and Horsepower Measurements

4/21/2014

Part A: Qualitative Torque
Table 1: Hand-Torque Data Collection

Weight
(lb.)
Weight
(kg)
Distance
from
handle
Difficulty
Rating
Torque
(in-lb.)
Torque
(ft-lb)
Torque
(N-m)
2.1 0.95 1in very low 2.1 0.175 0.237
10 4.5 10 cm medium 39.4 3.283 4.41
10 4.5 1 ft. high 120 10.0 13.46
18 8.2 1 ft. maximum 216 18.0 24.52

Q1: What is the smallest amount of torque that you attempted to test? List this value in
units of in-lb., ft-lb, and N-m. Please include sample calculations.
Ans: The smallest torque lifted was =2.1 in-lb. or 25.2 ft-lb. or 0.237 N-m.






Q2: What is a medium amount of torque that you were able to produce by hand? List
this value in units of in-lb., ft-lb, and N-m.
Ans: The medium torque lifted was =39.4 in-lb. or 3.283 ft-lb. or 4.41 N-m.







Q3: What is the maximum amount of torque that you were able to produce by hand?
List this value in units of in-lb., ft-lb., and N-m.
Ans: The maximum torque lifted was =216 in-lb. or 18.0 ft-lb. or 24.52 N-m.







Part B: Eddy Current Dynamometer
Q4) Table 2: Eddy Current Dynamometer Data Collection

Q5: Include sample calculations, showing how you calculated the entire first non-zero
row of Table 2. Sample calculations may be neatly hand-written.





Optical
Sensor
Frequency
(Hz)
Angular
Velocity
(RPM)
Load Cell
Output
(mV)
Force on
Load Cell
(lb.)
Torque
(in-lb.)
Power
(HP)
714.3 714.3 0 0 0 0
641.0 641.0 18.75 0.2344 0.9376 0.00954
581.4 581.4 106.2 1.328 5.312 0.0490
531.9 531.9 150.0 1.875 7.500 0.0633
463.0 463.0 193.7 2.421 9.684 0.0711
384.6 384.6 337.5 4.219 16.88 0.1030
320.5 320.5 506.2 6.328 25.31 0.1287
284.1 284.1 600.0 7.500 30.00 0.1352
274.7 274.7 656.2 8.202 32.81 0.1430
242.7 242.7 725.0 9.062 36.25 0.1396






Q6: Create a graph of torque (in-lb.) vs. angular velocity (RPM) according to this data.
Use good practices discussed in lecture when creating the graphs for this lab.
Ans:



200 300 400 500 600 700 800
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
RPM
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Torque vs. RPM
Q7: Create a graph of power (HP) vs. angular velocity (RPM) according to this data.
Ans:

Q8: Discuss the plots you just created. What is the relationship between torque, power
and angular velocity?
Ans: From above two graphs it can be seen that as the RPM increases the value of
torque and power decreases. This means that both torque and power are inversely
proportional to the angular velocity of the motor.


200 300 400 500 600 700 800
0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.12
0.14
0.16
RPM
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Power vs. RPM
Part C: Inertial Dynamometer
Q9) Table 3: Inertial Dynamometer Data Collection


Average
Angular
Velocity
(RPM)
t
(ms)


(rad/s)


(rad/s
2
)

Torque
(in-lb.)

Power
(HP)

84.32 200.0 4.90 24.50 39.44 0.0527
126.5 80.0 3.94 49.25 79.29 0.1591
168.8 80.0 4.91 61.38 98.82 0.2647
225.0 240.0 6.87 28.62 46.08 0.1645
290.6 360.0 6.87 19.08 30.72 0.1416
358.5 560.0 7.35 13.12 21.12 0.1201
433.5 1000 8.34 8.340 13.43 0.0924
550.8 5880 16.21 2.762 4.447 0.0389
639.9 2800 2.46 0.8786 1.141 0.0116
Time
(ms)
Voltage
(mV)
Angular
Velocity
(RPM)
Angular
Velocity
(rad/s)
200.0 203.1 60.93 6.381
400.0 359.0 107.7 11.28
480.0 484.4 145.3 15.22
560.0 640.6 192.2 20.13
800.0 859.4 257.8 27.00
1160 1078 323.4 33.87
1720 1312 393.6 41.22
2720 1578 473.4 49.57
8600 2094 628.2 65.78
11400 2172 651.6 68.24



Q10: Include sample calculations, showing how you calculated the entire first non-zero
row of Table 3. Sample calculations may be neatly hand-written. When calculating
power, use the average RPM between the two data points.
Ans:


















Q11: Create a graph of torque (inlb) vs. average angular velocity (RPM) showing data
generated by both dynamometers.

Q12: Create a graph of power (HP) vs. average angular velocity (RPM) showing data
generated from both dynamometers.

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
RPM
T
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Torque vs. RPM


Eddy-current dyno
Inertial Dyno
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
RPM
P
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h
p
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Power vs. RPM


Eddy-current dyno
Inertial Dyno
Q13: What was the maximum torque and horsepower produced by the air motor, and at
what speeds did these values occur? Compare and contrast the data generated by the
two types of dynamometers. Which dynamometer was more useful at low speeds, and
which one was more useful at high speeds?

Ans: The maximum torque was 98.92 in-lb. and it was generated at 168.8 RPM. The
maximum power was 0.2647 hp. And it was also generated at 168.8 RPM. The data
produced by the inertial dynamometer was over a wide range of speeds. Moreover,
these graphs showed a steep increase in the torque and power with increase in RPM
initially. As the RPM was increased further the graph conformed to the shape similar to
the one produced by the eddy-current dynamometer. The inertial dynamometer gave
useful reading at lower RPM, whereas the eddy-current dynamometer gave usable
readings in the high RPM range.