6-16. A special-purpose 30-horsepower electric motor has an efficiency of 90%. Its purchase and installation price is

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6-16. A special-purpose 30-horsepower electric motor has an efficiency of 90%. Its purchase and installation price is $2,200. A second 30-horsepower high-efficiency motor can be purchased for $3,200, and its efficiency is 93%. Either motor will be operated 4,000 hours per year at full load, and electricity costs $0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). MARR = 15% per year, and neither motor will have a market value at the end of the eight-year study period. (6.4)

a. Which motor should be chosen?

b. For an incremental investment of $1,000 in the more efficient motor, what is the PW of the energy savings over the eight-year period?

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Engineering Economy

ISBN: 9780134870069

17th Edition

Authors: William Sullivan, Elin Wicks, C Koelling

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