Question

To maintain a rotor at a uniform angular speed of 200 rad s^–1, an engine needs to transmit a torque of 180 Nm. What is the power required by the engine?

(Note: uniform angular velocity in the absence of friction implies zero torque. In practice, applied torque is needed to counter frictional torque). Assume that the engine is 100 % efficient.

Answer 1

Angular speed of the rotor, ω = 200 rad/s
Torque required, τ = 180 Nm

The power of the rotor (P) is related to torque and angular speed by the relation:

Hence, the power required by the engine is 36 kW.