Fig. 2.1 shows a fork-lift truck used to lift a load.
When lifting the load, the electric motor on the fork-lift truck has a useful output power of 600 W.
(a)Define ‘power’.
Fig. 2.1 shows a fork-lift truck used to lift a load.
When lifting the load, the electric motor on the fork-lift truck has a useful output power of 600 W.
(a)Define ‘power’.
The efficiency of the motor is 70%.
(b)Calculate the input power to the motor.
The fork-lift truck lifts a load with mass of 50 kg through a vertical distance of 2.3 m.
(c)(i)Calculate the work done in lifting the load.
(c)(ii)Calculate the time taken to lift the load.
(d)Describe how energy is transferred to thermal energy as the load is lifted by the fork-lift truck.