HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

4- An inward flow reaction turbine having external diam eter of 1.5m runs at 400rpm . The velocity of flow at inlet is 10m/s. If the guide blade angle is 15, find the absolute velocity of water at inlet, velocity of whirl at inlet, inlet vane angle of runner, and relative velocity at inlet.

Solution: d1 := 1.5m U 1 := N r1 vw1 := 1 Given vf1 tan 1 = vw1 m s N := 400rpm m vf1 := 10 s

1 := 15

d1 r1 := 2 m s

U 1 = 31.416

( )

vw1 := Find vw1

vw1 = 37.321

m s

NB: When vane angle ( ) is greather then 90 or whirl velocity ( vw) is greather then tangent velocity of the impeller ( U) , this will be always the type of velocity triangle that we going to deal with.

vr 1 :=
:= 1

( vw1 - U1)2 + ( vf1)2

vr 1 = 11.613

m s

Given tan( ) = vw1 - U 1 vf1

:= Find( ) = 30.56 deg 1 = 120.56 deg

1 := + 90deg

v1 :=

( vw1) 2 + ( vf1) 2

m v1 = 38.637 s

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HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

Alternative calculation of V 1 m v1 := 1 s Given vf1 sin 1 = v1 m v1 = 38.637 s

( )

v1 := Find v1

( )

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