t are Power and Energy/Electricity

Power and Energy/Electricity are two words that are used so much for each other that many feel
that they mean the same. Interestingly both of them have a very different meaning. Power is the
rate at which electricity is used and energy/electricity is the actual consumption. To give an
analogy, power is similar to speed but electricity/energy is the actual distance traveled.

So Power x Time = Electricity (or energy)

Just like Speed x Time = Distance Traveled.

Power and its units

Power is always represented in watt (W) or kilowatt (kW). A thousand (1000) watts make one
kilowatt. So if any appliance is rated as 1.2 kW then it means that it consumes electricity at a rate
of 1200 W. Now as we discussed earlier that power is the rate at which electricity is consumed
and not the actual electricity consumed, Watt or Kilowatt just represent the rate at which
electricity is consumed per hour. Which means that when you buy a 100 W bulb, it does not
consume 100 units of electricity but consumes at a rate of 100 W.

Energy/Electricity and its units

A unit (as mentioned on the electricity bills) is represented in kWH or Kilowatt Hour. This is the
actual electricity or energy used. If you use 1000 Watts or 1 Kilowatt of power for 1 hour then
you consume 1 unit or 1 Kilowatt-Hour (kWH) of electricity. So the reading on the electricity
meter represents the actual electricity used. Just like the odometer on your vehicle that shows the
actual distance travelled by the vehicle, electricity meter shows the amount of electricity that is
used. So a 100-Watt bulb if kept on for 10 hours will consume:

100 x 10 = 1000 Watt-Hour = 1 Kilowatt-Hour (kWH) = 1 units (on your meter

The consumption of electricity refers herepower consumption

Formula for Power consumption of a single phase motor is
 KWH = (V × I × PF) ÷ 1,000
take PF(Power Factor) as unityPF=1,KWH=kilowatts of power consumption per hour
so

KWH = (V × I × 1) ÷ 1,000.
KWH = (V × I ) ÷ 1,000.
KWH = (1 HP) ÷ 1,000.
KWH = (745.7) ÷ 1,000. (1 HP =745.7 watt)
KWH = 0.7457.
Power consumption per hour is 0.7457 so for 24 hours the power consumption of the
motor is 24*0.7457=17.8968 KW
Finally the answer for your question is17.8968 KW

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It depends upon load on the motor.

If the motor is fully loaded, it will provide output power of 3HP = (3 X 0.746) kW = 2.24
kW.

Electrical input power = output power / (Efficiency /100).

Assuming 90 % efficiency, input power = 2.24 kW / (90/100)

= 2.49 kW

Unit consumed = Power in kW X numbers of hours of operation.

= 2.49 X 24 units
= 59.76 units.
Hence units burnt (consumed) by 3 HP motor in 24 hours will be 59.76, if the motor
efficiency is 90% and motor is fully loaded.

In actual, motor load will be less than full load and units consumed will be less accordingly.
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Yaksh Rajput, studied Electrical Engineering
AnsweredMar19

1 HP = 746 watts

3HP= 3*746watts = 2238 watts

1 unit = 1 kWh= 1000 Wh

So, if 3 HP runs one hour it consume

2238/1000= 2.238 units

So, in 24 hour = 24*2.238 = 53.72 units in 24 hr.