HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

2- An inward flow reaction turbine has external diameter of runner equal to 67.5cm and corresponding width of 15cm. The effective head is 21m , velocity of flow at inlet is 3m/s, the guide vane angle at inlet is 12 and the vane angle is 90 at inlet. Inner diameter is 50cm and width is 22.5cm. Whirl velocity at outlet is zero. Find the speed of the turbine, outlet vane angle, and power developed. Solution: d1 := 67.5cm d1 r1 := 2 b 1 := 15cm d2 := 50cm H := 21m m vf1 := 3 s d2 r2 := 2 vr 1 := vf1
1 := 12 1 := 90

b 2 := 22.5cm

U 1 := 1 Given

m s

vf1 tan 1 = U1

( )

U 1 := Find U 1

( )

U 1 = 14.114

m s

vw1 := U 1 N := 1rpm Given U 1 = N r1 U 2 := N r2 N := Find( N ) N = 399.341 rpm U 2 = 10.455 m s

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HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

Q := 2 r1 b 1 vf1 m vf2 := 1 s Given Q = 2 r2 b 2 vf2

2 := 1

Q = 0.954

m s

vf2 := Find vf2

( )

m vf2 = 2.7 s

Given vf2 tan 2 = U2

( )

2 := Find 2

( )

2 = 14.481 deg

Hth :=

U 1 vw1 g kN m
3

Hth = 20.313 m

:= 9.81

P := Hth Q

P = 190.155 kW

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