HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

5- A centrifugal pum p discharge 7500 litres of water per m inute against a total head of 25m etres when running at 660 rpm . The outer diam eter of the im peller is 600m m and the ratio of outer to inner diam eter is 2. The area of flow, through the wheel is 0.06m 2. The vanes are set backward 45 at outlet. Water enters the wheel radially and without shock. Calculate: (a) m anometric efficiency, and (b) vane angle at inlet

Solution: Q := 7500 vw1 := 0 L min Hm := 25m N := 660rpm d2 := 600mm d2 d1 := 2 Af := 0.06m

2

2 := 45

d1 r1 := 2

d2 r2 := 2

U 2 := N r2 U 1 := N r1 vf := 1 Given Q = Af vf m s

U 2 = 20.735 U 1 = 10.367

m s m s

vf := Find( vf)

vf = 2.083

m s

v1 := vf

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

( ( ))

Hth = 39.435 m

m :=

Hm Hth

m = 63.396 %
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HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

1 := 1

Given v1 tan 1 = U1

( )

1 := Find 1

( )

1 = 11.362 deg

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