Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Re: [Electric Boats] Re: please take a stab at sizing a motor....

 

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 07:19:48AM -0000, Jeremy wrote:
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> My estimate, using BSFC directly, indicates around 15kW, or 20hp, for 1 US gallon per hour.

The often-cited rule of thumb for consumption in the average sailboat's
diesel these days is 1gph for every 18HP, so that's another example of a
calculation falling right in line with another source of info. I like
how often this happens here. :)

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