Black Mamba is arguably the 'Mother' of all pumps.
DETROIT: US fuel pump assembly retailer Auteria has published a new graphic that compares the amount of fuel pumped through a variety of hard-working fuel pumps.
The team at Auteria looked at funny cars (a type of drag racers), cargo ships, planes, Nascar cars, and other vehicles that demand a lot from their fuel pumps. The graphic illustrates fuel consumption at a gallon-per-hour rate and, for fun, does include one vehicle that uses a nominal amount of fuel each hour.
"For those of us who like mechanical trivia, this was a lot of fun to create," said Auteria product manager Ana Rivera. "We have a huge inventory of fuel pumps that are identified with letters and numbers, but it turns out one amazing fuel pump has its own unique name - Black Mamba. This pump by Rage Fuel Systems pumps fuel faster than pumps used in cargo ships and airliners."
Using information collected from sites like fuelly.com, mpgomatic.com and fueleconomy.gov, the team at Auteria used the following methodology to find their answers:
Fuel consumption rates are in gallons per hour (1 gal/hr = 3.8 l/hr) and are either sourced from manufacturers or calculated based on range divided by average cruising speed divided by fuel capacity. The result is the fuel consumption rate (in gallons-per-hour). In the case where an average cruising speed is not known, estimates were made.
Here are some highlights from the chart:
> The Rage Black Mamba can pump 7,400 gallons of fuel per hour (28,120 l/hr), but it only runs for a few seconds.
> A Nascar Cup Series car pumps 40 gallons of fuel per hour (151 l/hr).
> A cargo ship consumes about 4,364 gallons of fuel per hour (16,519 l/hr).
> The Honda Ruckus fuel pump only needs to move .2 (2/10ths) of a gallon of fuel per hour (0.7 l/hr).
> The fuel pumps in a Boeing 777 need to move 2,966 gallons of fuel per hour (11,227 l/hr), but the labour is split among two to six pumps.
Auteria is a nearly 50-year-old US company that provides fuel pump assemblies built to OEM specifications.