Update! Please help
Perhaps i need to clarify.
I'm trying to build a sort of "poor mans dynomometer" to test electric motor output, my idea was to couple the motor to a pump and use the pump to force a fluid (water) into a pipe that would compress a piston into another cylinder that contains...
Please forgive what I'm sure is a dumb question, but I'm stumped.
Is there a way to determine the amount of horsepower (from an electric motor for instance) that is req'd to pressurize a tank of a known volume to a specific pressure?
In other words if an electric motor is used to compress...