HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

2- Calculate vane angle at the inlet of a centrifugal pump impeller having 200mm diam eter at inlet and 400m m diam eter at outlet. The im peller vanes are set backwards 45 at outlet and the entry of the pum p is radial. The pump runs at 1000 rpm and the velocity of flow through the impeller is constant at 3m/s. A lso calculate t he work done per unit force of water (theoretical head developed by pump), the velocity at which water lives the impeller at outlet (absolute velocity at outlet), and the direction of the water at outlet (guide vane angle at outlet). Solution: d1 r1 := 2 vw1 := 0 d2 r2 := 2

d1 := 200mm vf := v1

d2 := 400mm

N := 1000rpm

2 := 45

m v1 := 3 s

U = r

2 N 60

U ( N , r) := N r m U N , r1 = 10.472 s

U 1 := 10.472

m s

1 := 1deg

Given tan 1 =

( )

v1 U 1

1 := Find 1

( )
m s

1 = 15.986 deg

m U N , r2 = 20.944 s

U 2 := 20.944

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HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

vw2 := 1 Given

m s m s

vf tan 2 = U 2 - vw2

( )

vw2 := Find vw2

vw2 = 17.944

m v2 := 1 s Given v2 = vw2 + vf
2 := 1
2 2 2

v2 := Find v2

( )

m v2 = 18.193 s

Given vf tan 2 = vw2

( )

2 := Find 2

( )

2 = 9.491 deg

Hth :=

U 2 vw2 g

U 1 vw1 g

Hth = 38.323 m

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