HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

TUTORIAL 2
1- A centrifugal pum p has external an impeller diameter as 1500m m running at 210 rpm delivers 180 litres of water per second. The vane angle at outlet is 25o. Assum e radial entry and velocity of flow throughout as 2.5m /s, determ ine theoretical power developed by the pum p. Find m anom etric head if manometric efficiency of the pump is 65%.

Solution: d2 := 1500mm d2 r2 := 2 N := 210rpm Q := 180 L s

2 := 25

m vf2 := 2.5 s

m := 65% := 9.81

kN m
3

U 2 := N r2

U 2 = 16.493

m s

U2 - 1 Hth := U 2 - vf2 tan 2 g

( ( ))

Hth = 18.723 m Pth = 33.06 kW

Pth := Hth Q Hm := 1m Given

m =

Hm Hth

Hm := Find Hm

( )

Hm = 12.17 m

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