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Fuel Consumption

12/28/2013 1:31 AM

From my maintenance manual there is specification list which specifies that the fuel consumption of my Wheel Loader is <=218 g/kw.h , so how could i get the fuel consumption of my machine in [litters / hour] the rated power of the machine is 162kw @ 2200rpm.
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12/28/2013 1:46 AM

218 g/kwh x 162 kw = 35,316 g/h. Fuel weight is its specific gravity x 1000 g/L. I forget the SG, but maybe about 0.8, so 800 g/L. Then 35,316 g/h ÷ 800 g/L ≈ 44 L/h. You probably won't be running full bore all the time, so your consumption should be somewhat less than that.

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12/28/2013 11:08 PM

Dear Mr. Tornado,

The Sp.Gr of Diesel is varying between 0.823 to 0.880, depending on the crude oil character, in general it can be taken as 0.85

This I have read in a manual.

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12/29/2013 5:09 AM

218g/kwh - is that g=gallons or g= grams?

218 gallons per hour seems a lot of fuel.

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12/29/2013 6:43 AM

Then it must be grams, as implied in the OP.

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12/29/2013 9:11 AM

Dear Mr.Tonyaston,

It is GRAMS and NOT gallons.

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08/16/2016 11:51 PM

Thank you a lot sir
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12/28/2013 10:53 PM

0.218/0.9 (avg S.G. Diesel ) equals 0.24litre. multiplied by 162 gives about 40L/h. expect to use less as the loader won't be using all its gee gees all the time.

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12/29/2013 12:09 AM

It depends on how many cats are running on the wheel! I think cats normally have only one or two litters per year, so it will take a lot of cats to get even one litter per hour!
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12/29/2013 12:23 AM

Maybe his wheel loader is a CAT.

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