AHU heat gain due to supply fan motor

If the motor's in the airstream, then it seems like all of the energy added to system counts and the efficiency
doesn't matter. The energy imparted to the airstream to induce flow will be given up as heat when it slows
back down, right?
LittleInch (Petroleum)3 Nov 16 16:57
I think you need to follow the energy.

The inlet power to the fan is the shaft power which is a max of 102 bhp (76kW)according to your diagram.

The motor only supplies what it needs regardless of motor rating. However it has an efficiency of lets say 92%.
Therefore the electrical power going into the motors is 111 bhp (83kW). This loss of efficiency comes out as
heat - (7kW).

Then you have the efficiency of the fan - 60%. Most of this loss of efficiency will be expressed as heat (where
else does the energy go??), hence 102 or 76kW X 0,4 = 40.8 bhp / 30.5kW.

The remaining energy being input into the fan is converted to a mixture of potential energy (pressure) and
kinetic energy (flow). Eventually this energy will be converted to heat, but spread out over the ducting and not
instantaneous heating.

So you then end up with total heat being input into the air by the fan and motor of 7kW plus 30.5 kW - total of
37.5kW.

Flow is 45000 cfm = 1250m3/min = 20.9 m3/sec = 25.6 kg/sec

Heat capacity of air is approx. 1kJ/kg/K
So with energy of 37.5kJ per second into 25.6kg air, temp rise is 1.46 degrees C = 2.63F

Make sense?

This means that the extra heat caused by putting the motor in the airflow is about a 25% increase - sounds
good to me and corresponds to the ROT of 2 degree F without the motor.

I still don't understand your original equation and I think it is the wrong one for this purpose.