Mining Field: Ventilation and Air Conditioning Area: Heat Load (Rule#366)
Normally, the diesel engine on an LHD unit does not run at full load capacity (horsepower rating); it is more in the region of 50%, on average. In practice, all the power produced by the diesel engines of a mobile equipment fleet is converted into heat and each horsepower utilized produces heat equivalent to 42.4 BTU per minute. read more »