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Example 3.5. A factory has a 240-V supply from which the following loads are taken :
Lighting: Three hundred 150-W, four hundred 100 W and five hundred 60-W lamps
Heating: 100kW
Motors A total of 44.76 KW (60 bhp.) with an average efficiency of 75 percent
Misc, + Various load taking a current of 40 A.
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“Assuming that the lighting load is on for a period of 4 hours/day, the heating for 10 hours per
day and the remainder for 2 hours/day, caiculate the weekly consumption of the factory in kWh when
‘working on a 5-day week
What current is taken when the lighting load only is
switched on ?
Solution, The power consumed by each load can be
tabulated as given below
Power consumed
Lighting 300 x 150 = 45,000 = 45 kW
400 x 100 = 40,000 = 40 kW
500 x 60 = 30,000 = 30 kW.
Total = 115 kW /Ia¢tory needs electric power fr lighting
‘and running motors.
Heating 100 kW
Motors 44.76/0.75 = 59.7 kW
Misc. = 240 x 40/1000 = 9.6 kW
Similarly, the energy consumed/day can be tabulated as follows ;
Energy consumed / day
Lighting = 1ISKWx4hr = 460 kWh
Heating = 100KWx10hr = 1,000 kWh
Motors = 59.7kWx2hr = 119.4kWh
Misc = 9.6 kW x2 br 19.2 kWh
Total daily consumption 1,598.6 kWh
Weekly consumption = 1,598.6 x 5 = 7,993 kWh
Current taken by the lighting load alone = 115 x 1000/240 = 479 A
