HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

3- A centrifugal pum p is to discharge water at the rate of 110 litres/second at a speed of 1450 rpm against a head of 23 m etres. The impeller diameter and its width at outlet are 250mm and 50m m respectively. Determine the vane angle at the outlet if the m anometric efficiency of the pum p is 75%. Assum e zero whirl at inlet. Solution: Q := 110 d2 r2 := 2 L s N := 1450rpm Hm := 23m d2 := 250mm b 2 := 50mm
m := 75%

vw1 := 0

Hth := 1m Given
m =

Hm Hth

Hth := Find Hth

( )

Hth = 30.667 m

Af2 = 2 r b vf := 1 Given Q = 2 r2 b 2 vf m U 2 := N r2 = 18.98 s

2 := 1

m s

U = r

2 N 60 m s

vf := Find( vf)

vf = 2.801

Given U2 - 1 Hth = U - vf tan 2 g 2

( ( ))

2 := Find 2

( )

2 = 41.773 deg
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