HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

TURBINES

Solution by DF Sozinando, Mechanical Eng. student at Vaal University of Technology

3- The pipe supplies water to the pelton wheel with a gross head of 450. The head loss due to friction in the pipe is one-third of the gross head. The bucket speed U=0.46Vj for m aximum practical conditions. Flow through the nozzle is 1.8 m 3/s. Determ ine the power developed by the runner and hydraulic efficiency if angle of deflection is 168 and C v=0.98. Vr1=Vr2

Solution: H := 450m k := 1 1 hf := H 3
:= 9.81

U = 0.46 vj

Q := 1.8

m s

:= 168

cv := 0.98

kN m
3

hp := H - hf vj := cv 2 g hp vj
2

hp = 300 m m vj = 75.173 s

hj := 2 g

hj = 288.12 m m s Hth = 283.148 m

U := 0.46 vj

U = 34.58

U Hth := vj - U ( 1 - k cos( ) ) g

Pth := Hth Q Hth hj

Pth = 4999.83 kW

hyd :=

hyd = 98.274 %

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