HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

2- A centrifugal pum p delivers 50 litres per second against a head of 25m running at 1500 rpm . The velocity of flow is m aintained constant at 2.4 m/s and the blades are set backwards at 30 to the tangent at exit. The inner diameter is half of the outer diam eter, the m anom etric efficiency is 80%. Find the theoretical power developed by the pump and the blade angle at inlet. Assum e zero whirl at inlet.

Solution: L s kN m
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Q := 50

Hm := 25m

N := 1500rpm

vf := 2.4

m s

2 := 30

m := 80%

1 d1 = d2 2

:= 9.81

Hth := 1m Given
m =

Hm Hth

Hth := Find Hth

( )

Hth = 31.25 m Pth = 15.328 kW

Pth := Hth Q

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HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

VELOCITY TRIANGLE

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

vf tan 2 = U 2 - vw2

( )

Hth =

U 2 vw2 g

U2 = U2 vw2 := 1 Given g Hth + vw2 = tan 2 vw2 vf vw2 := Find vw2 m s

( )

vw2 = 15.55

m s

U 2 := 1 Given

m s

Hth =

U 2 vw2 g

U 2 := Find U 2

( )

U 2 = 19.707

m s

2 U 2. d2 d2 = U 2:= N N2 1 d1 := d2 2 U 1 := N
1 := 1

d2 = 0.251 m d1 = 0.125 m U 1 = 9.854 m s

d1 2

Given vf tan 1 = U1

( )

1 := Find 1

( )

1 = 13.689 deg

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